Italian Food and Wine

Italian Food- Friuli Venezia Giulia

2011-01-11T11:11:00.000+01:00

Author: Abhishek Agarwal The preconceived notion that Italian food consists of about fifteen dishes found at the italian food joints in the U.S is false. In fact, Italion food has a wide variety and varies greatly acroos across the country. The different regional cuisines found in Italy take cues from surounding nations and spice it up with a lit of bit of local creativity to provide the

Italian Cuisine - A Great and Tasty Choice

2011-01-09T11:08:00.000+01:00

Author: Steve Buchanan Italy is one of the oldest countries in the world, and thanks to the geographical boundaries of the Mediterranean Sea and the Alps it has remained largely unchanged throughout history. Even during the Roman Empire, Italy was set apart. Legions that had been abroad always knew when they had returned to the mother country. Italian food history, however, reaches far beyond

Take a look at the Amalfi Coast

2010-12-30T13:39:00.006+01:00

Join us on this tour to the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy, in a nice old red car.

A Wine Lover's Nearly Weekly Review Of $15 Wine - A Southern Italian Falanghina

2010-12-28T14:08:00.005+01:00

Author: Levi Reiss One of my very first Italian wine reviews was a really impressed Falanghina white from the region of Molise in central Italy. Now a few years later I'll be tasting this same grape from the neighboring region of Campania in southern Italy. The producer has been in the wine business for just under 100 years. The grapes were grown on the slopes of the Taburno mountains. So we

The typical Christmas desserts: panettone and pandoro

2010-12-23T13:46:00.004+01:00

Author: Martinapp With the approaching of Christmas, among friends and relatives several discussions arouse between those who prefer the pandoro and who the panettone, two typical desserts of Italian feasts but not only. Which is better or tastier is hard to say, it depends on taste, but certainly they are the best sellers. Surely this supposed rivalry also allows pastry shop to increase

Popular Christmas Traditions and Christmas Decorations in Italy

2010-12-22T13:30:00.001+01:00

Author: Karen Jebbia Italy has many Christmas traditions and customs. Here is a short guide to the popular Christmas traditions and decorations in Italy. St. Francis of Assisi created the first crèche, or nativity scene, in 1223. Complete with live animals, it made the story of Jesus\' birth come alive. The custom of families and churches erecting manger scenes during Christmas is practiced

Guide to Piazza Navona Christmas Market, Rome, Italy

2010-12-21T13:30:00.000+01:00

Author: Orson Johnson If you happen to be in Rome during the Christmas season, you should not fail to pay visit to the Piazza Navona Christmas Market. From the market, visitors will be able to spot famous Roman architecture in the surrounding areas. The piazza Navona or the market square is an important part of the city’s architectural history and was built in the first century to serve as a

Choosing Wine for an Italian Dinner

2010-11-06T11:27:00.000+01:00

Author: Emily Contadino The restaurant is nice, the tables are set perfectly, the menu is laid out in front of you. You know exactly what you want for dinner, spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread and cannoli for dessert. Perfect. Then the waiter asks what if you would like wine with that, you think to yourself ‘wine does sound good…but what kind?’. For many diners, Italian cuisine and wine go

Travel To Italy And Experience Europe

2010-11-03T11:19:00.000+01:00

Author: Frank Johnson If you want to experience Europe, you need to travel to Italy. No other country on earth offers the depth, breadth, and scope of Italy. For lovers of art, history, architecture, or music Italy is unsurpassable. From the Ancient Roman Empire to the Medieval Tuscan fortress towns and the Venetian Republic, Italy's incredible historical diversity has come together to produce a

Famous Italian Food

2010-10-31T20:17:00.000+01:00

Author: Kath Ibbetson The old saying "the Italian food is just composed of about twenty dishes" found at the Italian restaurants in the United States is quite false. Actually, Italian food has an extensive variety and it differs really throughout the world. The diverse regional Italian cuisines present in Italy takes cues from surrounding inhabitants and spices it up with a lot of local

I Love Italian Travel - Wine Touring In Val d'Aosta

2010-10-09T13:56:00.001+02:00

Author: Levi Reiss So you are planning to visit Val d'Aosta, a sliver of mountainous land bordering on Switzerland and France. This region is bilingual and boasts some of the best skiing in Europe for example on Mount Blanc near Courmayeur. In this tiny region you'll find some 150 historic castles, forts, and towers. Visit the medieval village of Bard and the fort that impeded Napoleon's

Americans Doing Italian Cooking

2010-10-06T13:15:00.008+02:00

Author: Jack Sands Most of us have found some sort of Italian cuisine that has become a favorite for our families and ourselves. Unfortunately, far too many of us discount the possibility of bringing Italian cooking into our very own kitchens for fear that many of the recipes are far too difficult. The truth is that learning to cook Italian food just might make your home the favorite drop in

I Love Italian Travel - Umbria Wine Tours

2010-10-04T13:48:00.000+02:00

Author: Levi Reiss So you are planning a tour of Umbria; the only region of Italy with neither a seacoast nor a border with a foreign country. Let's hope that won't stop you from visiting this beautiful region, still somewhat unknown to tourists. Whether or not you are Catholic, you should see the Basilica di San Franceso dedicate to Italy's patron saint, St, Francis of Assisi. Don't miss the

Italian Cooking Schools - Don't Just Drink Your Wine, Eat It Too!

2010-10-02T14:06:00.001+02:00

Author: Abhishek Agarwal Are you interested in cooking and want to take up a class? Have you always favored Italian food over other foods? Are you a wine lover? If you are interested in becoming an expert cook especially in Italian cooking because you love wine then it is the right time for you to join one of the many schools that teach Italian cooking and how to enjoy your wine. These schools

Getting The Most From Italian Wine

2010-09-30T13:09:00.000+02:00

Author: Louise Truswell When it comes to wine, Italy is well known for its Chianti and Pinot Grigio. However Italian wine isn’t just about these two famous gems. The country offers a huge variety of diverse and unusual wines, while boasting some of the oldest wine growing regions in the world. Italian Favourites Possibly Central Italy’s greatest export, Chianti is the region from where the

Mario Batali: Simple Italian Food, Recipes from My Two Villages

2010-09-15T11:58:00.001+02:00

Perfectly pristine ingredients, combined sensibly and cooked properly, are the unmistakable hallmarks of the best Italian food. Chef Mario Batali, known to fans far and wide as "Molto Mario" from his appearances on television's Food Network and as chef of New York's much-loved Pó restaurant, has elevated these simple principles to fine art, creating innovative new fare that pays tribute to

Three Easy Pasta Recipes

2010-09-13T14:15:00.000+02:00

Author: Ana Maria Da Costa Vasconcellos When I get home and have short time to prepare lunch, the quickest dish is always pasta. You can easily have a complete meal in 10 minutes (plus the time to boil the water). Pasta is a genuine food, that mostly of the times contain only water and wheat flour, being safe for people of all ages. The difference is how we dress it. But following the rules of

Italian Risotto

2010-09-11T12:05:00.000+02:00

Author: Ana Maria Da Costa Vasconcellos The Italian risotto has become known as another Italian typical dish, even if rice isn't originally from Italy as pasta. Rice is a cereal as corn or wheat, but less fat and is eaten by half world population. The Italian rice is appreciated for its high quality and today is widely exported as a gourmet product. The Italian rice is classified in 4 groups,

How to make an authentic tomato sauce

2010-09-09T14:42:00.000+02:00

Follow this video and learn how to make a true and genuine tomato sauce that goes with your homemade pasta.

Eataly now also in New York

2010-09-07T10:28:00.000+02:00

The italians are by all means truly proud of their traditional food and great cooking, and protects their genuine italian products like for example the Mozzarella-cheese, prosciutto di Parma or Balsamico di Modena - all these products are part of Made in Italy. This interest in caring for and protecting precious foods, are also the idea behind the italian shoppingcenter Eataly, where you can buy

Speciality & Fine Food Fair in London

2010-09-05T01:56:00.000+02:00

The next 3 days the London Olympia is hosting the Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2010, and you might have the opportunity to get lost in time and place when you visit this fair for food-enthusiasts or just regular food-lovers. Find fine quality oliveoils from Italy, pasta, snacks, special wines, italian biscuits and of course, many different italian wines. This years speciality is the Chocolate

Wine Making In Tuscany - A Perfect Tour

2010-09-03T14:31:00.006+02:00

Author: Alastair Hamilton What do France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Chile, the United States of America, Romania, Germany, Portugal, Moldova, Hungary, South Africa, Croatia and Argentina have in common? Wine and wineries. These fourteen countries lead the world in the export of "vino." Italy is second only to France in the production of wines, and it's all thanks to the famous region of

Italian Salami, Prosciutto and Mortadella

2010-09-01T10:39:00.000+02:00

Author: Ana Maria Da Costa Vasconcellos Italian salami is not often named as a typical Italian product, even if it is really present in Italians daily diet. This simple cold cut is commonly used in Italy in an antipasto or, more commonly, inside a sandwich that a young Italian student eat at school pause. Generally salami is made with 1/3 beef, 1/3 pork and 1/3 fat. This proportion varies

Italian Cuisine, Flavors of Italy

2010-08-30T13:32:00.001+02:00

Author: James Murray A Mediterranean diet and healthy Italian cuisine makes you live longer. Italy, the country known today had not officially formed until the 19th century, the Italian cuisine can claim their roots going back as far as 4th century BC. Italian cuisine has evolved through centuries of political and social changes. When the New World was discovered significant changes occurred,

I Love Italian Travel - May Attractions Of Campania And Apulia

2010-08-29T13:27:00.000+02:00

Author: Levi Reiss So you are planning to visit southern Italy in May, but are simply not sure what to see and to do. Don't you despair; there are lots and lots of special spring events that simply aren't available in the good old summertime. Here are a few of them. Get rolling; May is almost upon us. We start our virtual tour in Campania on the coast of the Tyrhennian Sea and then head east to