Pesto Cooks at the Pesto World Championship in Genova The Pesto World Championship: the competition Every two years Genoa hosts the Pesto World Championship. In 2014, the competition reached its fifth edition and was a success from the point of view of public and number of participants. The latter are usually professional […]
A special “made in Italy” product, the passata di pomodoro, plain tomato preserve or Tomato purée. “Made in Italy” is synonym with history, creativity, imagination and culture. It is a true way of life, recognized and sought after all over the world. We are a country where the homemade and […]
Milan is known for a lot of things. Thousands of tourists visit the city each year to check out to see its beautiful piazzas, museums, boulevards, and churches. Of course, when visiting Milan you can also enjoy some marvelous cuisine. Known as the fashion capital of Italy, Milan is also a city that has plenty […]
In happy times and in sad, we will raise a glass to toast our friends and our loved ones. Usually, we toast to honor a life, a birth, a marriage, a holiday or any occasion, even the simplest of happy moments, but that was not always the case. […]
Whoever coined the phrase, In Vino Veritas (the truth is in wine) was right on target. With a little too much wine tongues become loose and the truth comes out, whether or not it will set you free. As an admirer of Bacchus and a lover of the white wine grape […]
Do you know where Carnia is in Friuli? If not, we’ll share with you some insights about Carnia, Italy. Along with that, we’ll also share some insights of the traditional Carnia cuisine. The mountainous territory of Carnia is the part of Friuli which stands astride the border between Austria and […]
Vegetables See Vegetable Recipes Perhaps it is the particular light in Venice but the vegetables on display in the Rialto market have uncommonly intense color. From the snowy heads of cauliflower and fennel, to the rich gold of pumpkins and the brilliant green of chard and broccoli rabe, […]
Somehow in the vast universe that is Italian wine the products of Sicily have been overlooked. Sure Sicilian wines such as Marsala are mainstays in Italian Cuisine and Moscato is a favorite dessert wine, but these two examples are a paltry representative for an island with a wine tradition of […]
Is a raviolo worth a trip? Ravioli are a good reason to travel According to a research just published by JFC, a company specialized in surveys on tourism, it is definitely worth a stopover if it is stuffed with Sicilian red shrimp with a pork sausage jello. And […]
Nonna’s kitchen Everybody in Italy has a grandmother whose cuisine they remember fondly. It is not only nostalgia, Italian nonne were artists in the kitchen. Driven by the needs caused by poverty, or by the strict adherence to traditions, grandmothers’ dishes always had that special extra. In this […]