Author: Justin Demetri

Italian Food

A Closer Look at Anchovies

Many maintain not to like anchovies because they associate this delicious fish only and exclusively with the salty, cured variety usually found on pizza. Almost as often, however, people rave about how amazingly delicious a particular Italian meal is, without being able to pinpoint exactly what ingredient gives to the […]

liguria
Tourism

Liguria

The region of Liguria is also known as the Italian Riviera and is well marked as a major tourist spot with famous resort towns sprinkled among fishing villages and rocky coastline. Liguria occupies a thin stretch of coastline from Italy’s western border with France, following the Mediterranean coastline south and east […]

tour sicily
Tours

Palermo, Sicily: Itineraries

Visiting Palermo, one of Italy’s most beautiful cities in Italy Sicily is said to be one of the places in Italy where “life is lived in the moment”, and this couldn’t be more true. There is an overwhelming amount of artistic excellence that fills the streets of Sicily. With its incredible […]

venice tours
Tours

More Tours of Venice

Venice is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is a combination of 118 small islands in northern Italy. Tradition has it that fishermen settled on the islands centuries ago and eventually it was used by the Italian military. Venice is full of history and definitely […]

Italian Food

Salumi

Salumi is not a term often heard outside of Italy, yet many of these products are found in specialty shops or Italian delicatessens and are used by cooks all over the world. Some, like prosciutto, need no introduction while others are not usually seen outside their motherland. Salumi are a large family of high-quality cured […]

Veneto

Veneto Region of Italy

  Veneto comprises the main portion of a larger area that is known as Triveneto, which (along with Friuli and Trentino) make up the northeast quarter of the country. To the north lie the haunting crags and shafts of the Dolomite Mountains with Veneto occupying the basins and marshy deltas of the […]