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The truth about fat in gelato

Published on Monday, 19 January 2015 09:08 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy

Fat in different foods : Gelato has the least

Italians are proud of their gelato. Rightly so, I would add. But don’t you dare call it ice cream. They could be offended. So I asked the spokespeople of the “Gelato University” (yes, it does exist) what...

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Only in Italy: My gourmet-hairdresser – Part 2

Published on Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:39 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy

My gourmet-Hairdresser at work at his Pizza oven

Here are some pictures of my hairdresser Lino from Dionea at work, precisely at his 2nd “job” at home at his pizza oven. Yes, he does have a real wood fired pizza oven...

Only in Italy: My gourmet-haidresser

Published on Tuesday, 13 January 2015 13:45 Category: Business / Economy, Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

You are convinced that hair dressers only have gossip magazines ? Not in Italy. My hair dresser in Milan Dionea offers -apart from “Wired” in Italian – the latest cooking magazines. And while he dries my...

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Self-Service Draft Wine at the bookshop

Published on Thursday, 8 January 2015 21:27 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition, Wine

Only in Italy: At the Feltrinelli bookstore in the new high rise in Piazza Gae Aulenti in Milan you can have a nice glas of wine with your book. With your rechargable card you can...

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Santa Claus on a Vespa: Buon natale !

Published on Tuesday, 23 December 2014 16:23 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

That`s Christmas – Italian style. Santa Claus on a Vespa. Merry Christmas ! Buon natale ! Happy Holidays !

Slowing down, enjoying life far awaz from the rush seems to be the megatrend in the world today. Not fast food but slow food. Not fast travel but slow travel. Italy’s...

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Zibibbo: A sweet wine is part of the Unesco world heritage

Published on Saturday, 29 November 2014 10:03 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition, Wine

Zibibbo is not just a delicious sweet wine to taste after a nice dinner. It is also part of Italian culture – and now of human culture as...

Maria Callas, Frank Sinatra and wedding proposals gone wrong

Published on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 17:08 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

There it is: A dinner table in the farest corner of the restaurant Savini – hidden behind heavy light red curtains, but with a stunning view on the Galleria Vittorio...

The truth about fat in gelato

Only in Italy: My gourmet-hairdresser – Part 2

Only in Italy: My gourmet-haidresser

Self-Service Draft Wine at the bookshop

Santa Claus on a Vespa: Buon natale !

Zibibbo: A sweet wine is part of the Unesco world heritage

Maria Callas, Frank Sinatra and wedding proposals gone wrong

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