Recipes

Food & Drink
by Francesca Re Manning |
I would probably list walking and eating as two of my favourite activities. And if you can do both in a beautiful setting surrounded by art and historical…
Culture
by Francine Segan |
Alchermes, a spicy-sweet liqueur with a lovely floral aroma and distinctive bright red color, was created in Tuscany and has been popular throughout Italy…
Food & Drink
by Francine Segan |
A Natale con i tuoi e a Pasqua con chi vuoi. “Spend Christmas with your family, but Easter with whoever you want,” a popular expression throughout Italy…
Food & Drink
by Francine Segan |
A box of pasta can cost anywhere from $1 to $7 or more per pound. Since pasta is just flour plus water, what, if anything, makes expensive pasta worth the…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
“La pizza napoletana è una pizza da amare.” (“Neapolitan pizza is a pizza to cherish”). That’s the sentence I remember most vividly from my conversation with…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
Food & Drink
by csabino |
A cocktail that came into being thanks to a cowboy count, the Negroni with roots in Milan, Turin, and Florence, enjoys a fast-growing revival in bars around…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
Food & Drink
by ITALY |
All over Italy, there are no Carnival celebrations without some crispy fried dessert, the ones on the photo above, which represent the real taste of a true…
Culture
by Germaine Stafford |
Pranzo di PasquaThe abbey of San Vincenzo in Molise was founded in 703 A.D. by Paldo, Taso and Tato, three monks from Benevento. They built San Vincenzo on the…