The Alpine village where you get money to move. Locana: a small comune in the region of Piedmont is the last in a relatively long series of Italian villages and towns offering money to people for settling in. In other words, it’s town paying you to move there.
Livigno slopes climb to almost 9000 ft, which means they usually have plenty of natural snow and is a great place for skiing.
See Seafood Recipes Nothing defines Venice’s cuisine like its seafood. No meal is complete without some sea creatures as the fruitful harvest from the surrounding lagoon and the nearby sea washes onto the plate. If you’re looking to learn more about food in Venice, here’s our overview on the seafood […]
Viva La Vespa! Still The Besta! Whenever I see one of those classic putt-putts of yesteryear zooming down a busy street, I cannot help but reminisce about the two beautiful years I spent in Perugia, half a lifetime ago. Within the trail of their vapor lie a myriad of sweet […]
Italian Americans during World War Two: millions of Italian Americans were affected by the implementation of Executive Order 9066
Italians’s breakfast habits A typical Italian breakfast: cappuccino e brioche, eaten at a café on the way to work. Lovely, but is it healthy? (Colti Sbagli/flickr) Italians have had bad breakfast habits for quite a long time, but fortunately our way of dealing with “prima colazione” has been changing. […]
The noise of the machine and the steam coming out of it. Pouring it little by little until creating a little crema, cream, on top and here we are: il caffe’ e’ servito (coffee is served)! Every morning a strong scent can be smelt in the streets of Italian cafés […]
Italian Cakes baked for special holidays: Pandoro, Panettone Colomba and Carnevale’s specialities.
Italian sparkling wines are generally less expensive than their French and Californian counterparts; they have a crisp, inviting character all of their own.
In the first part of this article, we presented five curious and little known facts about the history of Italy and its people: from ancient Rome and its soldiers, to the tragic end of Pompeii, up to the times of the unification of Italy, we’ve discovered a bunch of interesting […]
