Send us your favourite pictures travels to Italy, and each month the best photo will win a bottle of Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco and cooler!… THIS MONTH’S WINNER Summer in Venice by Gergely Kristo “This was the first time I went to Venice, and the city really amazed me. The trip was a birthday present […]
Get your palette in the mood for summer flavours with recipes from The Vegetarian Society accompanied by coffee matching ideas from the experts at De’Longhi… Aubergine, pesto & mozzarella rolls with spinach and pine nut salad With the lingering flavour of fresh, creamy mozzarella, a classic Italian take on the espresso is the macchiato, meaning […]
With Easter falling early this year, our April selection is testament to the fact there is still plenty to do this month throughout Italy – we look at spring festivals, liberation day, art exhibitions and wine tastings in our selection of events… VENICE INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW 5-7 & 12-14 April Venice, Veneto A great time […]
Marina Spironetti picks a selection of the best activities and events to get involved with during a stay in Cremona… NOUGAT FESTIVAL The annual Festa del Torrone is dedicated to Cremona’s other claim to fame, nougat, which is said to have been occasioned by the marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti to Francesco Sforza, back in […]
This month we review hefty cookbooks, handy guidebooks and thought-provoking fiction. Read on for our highlights from the world of Italian books this month… La Cucina Italiana: The Encyclopedia of Italian Cooking Published by Rizzoli, £30 (hardback) La Cucina Italiana – the popular US magazine for Italian cooking – has now brought out this hefty, […]
The Marketing Manager at De’Longhi UK explains the perfect way to make an espresso using an at-home espresso machine. MULTI-TASKING Q. My current coffee machine can’t heat milk at the same time as it makes an espresso, so there is often a wait before serving a latte. I’ve heard that you should serve an espresso […]
Marian Hale, of Homes Italia, explains which areas of Italy are good to relcoate to when the more expensive areas are out of your price range. A CLOSE CALL Q. I’m looking to move to Italy and really love Tuscany but would like somewhere more affordable. What other regions have similar landscapes but lower price […]
Simple and satisfying, there is a blissful array of filled pasta to be found on the market – we taste seven leading brands to find our favourites… Growing in popularity outside of Italy, filled pasta is, for many, the perfect simple supper. The flavours and variations are understandably diverse – from meaty ravioli through to […]
Marina Spironetti has travelled to the Alpine town of Castelrotto to attend a traditional wedding with a difference… It’s a winter Sunday morning and I have a wedding to attend. It’s not going to be the usual ceremony, though. First of all, it’s a traditional one. The wedding couple, as well as all their families […]
Fresco is one of the most fascinating and most diffused artistic techniques in central and southern Italy. The fresco technique was big in the classical period; the Minoans, Greeks and Romans decorated their grand homes with wall paintings in fresco… During the medieval period this technique, like bronze for artistic purposes, dropped out of use, […]