In Italy, pasta Carbonara is every student’s staple food: when you are in university, you always have spaghetti, eggs, and cheese in your cupboard. Guanciale or pancetta is easy to get at the store and does not cost too much. Cheap, easy to make, filling, what is not to love about […]
We need to support Italy with our thoughts, and music is a great way to bring our mind to places, channelling good energy towards them. So, thinking of Italy with Dean Martin and its music may well be a good exercise in addressing all positive energy to our beloved country. […]
It is not only to food that Italians dedicated museums to, but also drinks: some beverages are as representative of Italy as famous dishes are, and these museums are not only a way for people to learn about them, but also to teach the difference between authentic, Italian products and their […]
Futurism artists in Italy
Two Italian writers worth knowing.
Discover Italy’s most beautiful places according to popular magazine Harper’s Bazaar: Calfosch, in South Tirol (Trentino Alto-Adige) Lake Como (Lombardia) Positano, on the Amalfi Coast (Campania) Polignano a Mare (Puglia) Siena (Toscana) Ponte Sant’Angelo and Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome (Lazio) The Dolomites (Trentino Alto-Adige and Veneto) Bologna (Emilia Romagna) The […]
Let’s introduce our ten types of Italian men speaking a bit about cinema: A few years ago, Italian cinema developed a trend: that of representing on screen stereotypical figures, characteristic of our country: the average Italian, with all his idiosyncrasies and peculiarities, comes in several forms and the silver screen exploited this creative line […]
Did you know? The Italian artist Canova was supposed to create a model of George Washington. The catch? The President was naked. How it happened Thomas Jefferson commissioned the study to Canova at the end of 1812. The Italian artist was supposed to make a plaster model of George Washington, […]
Vegetarian dishes you can eat in Italy
Briscola, along with Scopa, is one of those card games that almost everyone knows in Italy: in fact, it is known in most Mediterranean countries. Italian cards used in Briscola Briscola is easy to learn, but becoming a pro, it’s not an easy task: it’s a trick game, and its goal is […]
