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EXCLUSIVE WINE TASTING

Home In Italy — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:11:19 +0000

Home in Italy would like to welcome its guests in Umbria with a special gift. They are kindly invited to experience an exclusive Wine Tasting in one of the finest enotecas in Italy: Enoteca Properzio, Spello, Umbria.

“Everything that the enoteca of your dreams would have, is here: marble floor, prosciutto slicer, coffee machine, cheeses beyond inventory, hams galore, that wonderful aroma of Italian food shops and some 2,200 wines alongside typical Umbrian products” (The Independent Traveller).

“The wine bar Enoteca Properzio, in the heart of Umbria, carries more than 2,200 labels, along with wine pairings – olive oils, honey, marmalades, sauces, mushrooms, truffles, and more” (New York Living).

“A wine-tasting featuring the best vintages of Italy’s premier winemakers” (Condè Nast Traveler).

“Recently voted one of Italy’s top ten wine shops by an Italian wine magazine, this enoteca gives serious wine buffs a run for their money. Presided over by the enthusiastic Angelini brothers, it stocks some 2,200 global wines, including a vast selection from Umbria. The enoteca occupies part of Palazzo dei Canonici, its sleek contemporary styling encased in ancient bricks vaults” (Time Out).

Today the free Wine Tasting is available only for Umbria bookings because of the location of the enoteca.

SPECIAL OFFER: SANTINI | AMALFI COAST

Home In Italy — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:03:04 +0000

Santini is a unique property located in the heart of the Amalfi Coast, few kilometers away from Sorrento. It has been recenty fully renewed and it boasts now heated swimming pool on the roof, air conditioning thorughout the villa, Jacuzzi and Turkish steam bath.

Moreover the villa has an excellent concierge service, and it is possible to ask for private chef, beauty treatments, boat excursions and many more.

Special offer: for all the bookings made from March 11, a reduction of 20% will be applied!

RECIPE OF THE MONTH: CARNIVAL CHIACCHERE

Home In Italy — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:09:56 +0000

It is time to wear your mask and go to the most fancy and fun party in town: Carnival is here!

In Italy there are several kinds of pancakes: the most famous are the chiacchere (it means to chat): simple, crunchy, in one word, delicious!

Ingredients:
250gr white flour
1 whole egg
50gr sugar, 1 pinch salt
50gr butter
1 dose vanilla, 3 tbs Marsala
Powdered sugar, oil to fry

Combine flour, sugar and vanilla, than pour all over a surface.
Make a hole in the middle and pour egg, soft butter pieces and marsala in. Knead well. Roll dough with a rolling-pin in a very thin sheet. Cut 6cm x 10cm rectangles, in the middle make tree cuts. In a medium pan warm abundant oil, when hot, fry few chiacchere per time. Sprinkle with sieved powdered sugar.

Enjoy!

GET INSPIRED WITH HOME IN ITALY VILLAS

Home In Italy — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:51:14 +0000

Each week our staff selects for you one of our top luxury villas: get inspired and start planning your leisure time in Italy!

Cosante- Lake Garda - sleeps up to 14 people

Cosante is a newly restored villa set within the relaxing countryside of a private fenced in estate of 1.30 hectares. From the villa there is a splendid view of the Lake Garda, which can be admired by the terraces and from the garden of villa Cosante.The modern style of the interior decoration adds an elegant atmosphere to all the rooms. Nestled in the hills, the garden of the villa is surrounded by old centuries trees which delimitate it from the rest of the private property. Cosante boasts fenced in swimming pool, A/C, Wi-Fi and fridge in each suite, ipad dock station and many more!

RECIPE OF THE MONTH: WINTER SALAD

Home In Italy — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:23:49 +0000

A healthy recipe for January, when after the holidays we can feel a little bit heavy! Fresh and light ingredients can be as tasty as all the others, the important thing is to combine them with fantasy!

Ingredients
1 tabs fresh grapefruit juice
extra-virgin olive oil
salt
1/4 tsp. minced fresh rosemary
1/8 tsp. freshly ground pepper
Fresh spinach leaves
3 or 4 mango
1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds
1/2 grapefruit
In a small saucepan whisk in grapefruit juice, oil, salt, rosemary and pepper. In a salad bowl, gently mix fresh spinach leaves (better if organic), grapefruit segments and almonds with dressing. Divide among 6 plates. Arrange mango slices on salads, some other almonds and sprinkle with some fresh rosemary finely minced.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH: CHRISTMAS CROCCANTE

Home In Italy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:47:54 +0000

Ingredients
1 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of light corn syrup
1-1/2 cups of blanched almonds, toasted
Combine the sugar and corn syrup in a pan. Stir continuously until the mixture looks like wet sand. Set the pan over low heat and allow it to melt and caramelize. Stir the mixture for 15-20 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat.
Quickly stir in the almonds. Pour the hot croccante on a baking sheet and spread it out. Allow it to cool and harden.
After the croccante has cooled, break it into pieces to us as a candy.

Enjoy!

HOME IN ST. BARTS!

Home In Italy — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:30:17 +0000

Home in Italy will soon open a new destination: St. Barts! And a brand new website will be availble within few days: www.homeinstbarts.com

Featuring 150 luxury villas personally selected by our expert staff for their charm, comfort, contemporary design, luxurious swimming pools, you will find your dream accomodation in St. Barts.
Live your dream: spend your Christmas holiday in the gorgeous island of St. Barts!

RECIPE OF THE MONTH: POACHED PEARS

Home In Italy — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:23:10 +0000

Ingredients
12 pears, Keisers are the better
2 cups Italian red wine
3/4 cups brown sugar
orange zest
1 piece cinnamon bark
3 cups water

Peel the pears. Put the rest of the ingredients except the pears into a glass pot and boil for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add the pears to the poaching liquid, standing them upright. When the liquid comes to a boil, lower the heat to a simmer and cover. Simmer for about fifty minutes. Remove into another bowl, immersing them in the wine. Serve with vanilla icecream.

KANDINSKY EXHIBITION IN PISA

Home In Italy — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:56:10 +0000

Fifty works by Russian master Wassily Kandinsky (the “Father of Abstract Art”) will be on display in the Auditorium of Pisa’s Palazzo Blu until February, 2013. The exhibit retraces the years between 1901 and 1922, the period when Kandinsky left the Soviet Union.
The expo begins by guiding visitors through the artist’s first paintings, realized during the Symbolist movement – to the works from the Murnau period. It ends with the largest canvases created during the few years in which Kandinsky – with his The Blue Rider – became the point of unity between the Western and Russian avant-garde movements.

For more information, please click here

Opening Hours
Monday – Friday: 10 AM – 7 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 10 AM – 8 PM

Where: Palazzo Blu
City: Pisa
Address: Lungarno Gambacorti 9
Region: Tuscan

RECIPE OF THE MONTH: LASAGNA WITH VEGETABLES

Home In Italy — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:43:47 +0000

LASAGNA WITH VEGETABLES
Ingredients
100g fresh lasagna sheets- precooked
600g mixed vegetables
2 tablespoons of oil
1 large onion
100g grated parmesan
2 mozzarella cheese

Slice vegetables and cook them in a large pan where you have already browned the onion. Spoon some vegetable mixture into a casserole. Top with a layer of lasagne sheets. Spread with the parmesan and some chops of mozzarella and mixture. Repeat the layers. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake for about 35-40 minutes.

Everyone will enjoy this world wide famous dish from the Italian tradition!