Life in Italy, Real Estate in Italy, Move to Italy
Italy is considered the home country of wine, one of Italians’ favorite alcoholic beverages. Wine is not simply considered a drink in Italy, but it is part of local habits and culture, especially when sitting around the table. A lot of people in Italy decide to drink a glass […]
Wine tasting doesn’t have to be stuffy. Too many people shy away from tasting and comparing wine because they think they don’t know “how to do it”. Well, what’s to know? Take, for example, an impromptu wine tasting we had with two of our neighbors recently. They had come over […]
The Fall is knocking at our doors, and we start feeling like getting all warm and cozy, even in the kitchen: soups take the place of salads, mature cheeses that of mozzarella and we all feel like eating more… Beans, in all their varieties and associated with a plethora of […]
I think it’s a typical situation: you’re invited to a dinner party and would like to bring a good bottle of vino. Off you go to the wine store, full of expectations, thinking it’ll be an easy choice: in the end, you just need to check out the label, right? […]
We have seen on movies and television where the Lord of the manor summons the butler to retreat to the wine cellar for a bottle of wine. How impressed would your family and friends be if they discovered you had your own little wine cellar? Home wine cellars are becoming […]
Cheese Spoils the Taste of Wine Don’t waste your money on quality wine if you also intend to eat cheese at the same time. New research conducted at the University of California, Davis shows anyone who eats cheese first will find it nearly impossible to distinguish the subtle tastes […]
Nutella is more than a chocolate spread, it’s comfort in a jar. When you’re a child, a slice of bread loaded with the stuff makes the best treat. When you’re a teenager, you only need a few heaped spoons of it to forget about all those injustices and […]
I must admit I never thought of following a cooking course: in part, because I was lucky enough to have amazing teachers in the figures of my grandmothers (and my own dad, too), in part because, well… it never really occured to me to do it. A few years ago, however, […]
Glass of a Sicilian Red Wine So, you’ve come to realize that your home is in one of the premier wine regions in the country. You begin to make the rounds to the various wineries, engage in wine tasting and develop a cultured palate for the stuff. Over time […]
PIZZA OK, I like American pizza once in a while – but Italian pizza is a very different thing. The establishments which specialize in pizzas are called “pizzeria” and often they have menus listing 20 or more types. In Italy, pizza is always made to order (with somebody in the […]