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Huge Price Increase of Italian Olive Oil leads to speculation and olive theft

Published on Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:06 Category: Business / Economy, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Italians call their olive oil “green gold”. This year the comparison couldn’t be more fitting: Prices are increasing so much that they resemble more and more the...

Mc Donald’s going local: Chianina Burger

Published on Tuesday, 9 December 2014 15:30 Category: Business / Economy, Curiosities, Food

Mc Donald’s is having a hard time all over the world. I guess that’s why they try to go local. Especially in Italy it is hard to compete with the local food. That’s...

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Prosecco beats champaign

Published on Monday, 1 December 2014 09:36 Category: Curiosities, Italy, Tradition, Wine

Forget champaign. Try Prosecco instead. Italian bubbles beat French bubbles. Italian sparkling wine has surpassed the more blasé champaign. The typical Northern Italian sparkling wines last year have sold 307 million bottles. That was three million...

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...

Italians and their tomatoes

Published on Tuesday, 25 November 2014 15:46 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy

One of the most surprising things in Italy is the variety of tomatoes. There ist not just the big round one and the cherry tomato, as you might think. No, there is the Occhio di...

Wood fired pizza oven on the go

Published on Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:19 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Lucky Italian students. In front of the University campus of the Politecnico in Milan students can have their pizza from a wood fired pizza oven on the go. Not bad for student food. This...

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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...

Italy`s wine women

Published on Wednesday, 5 November 2014 18:21 Category: Business / Economy, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition, Wine

They are called Josè Rallo, Vinzia Novara di Gaetano, Albiera Antinori or Elena Alberti Nulli. They live between the Alps and Sicily. They are strong and beautyfull and grapes and wine are their business. More and more women are...

A proper flour, for the an excellent bread and pizza!

Published on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 20:59 Category: Curiosities, Food

Not all flours are equal. Each one of them is suitable and the ideal base only for a specific dish of food product. what’s the flour? It is a...

Italian truffles: the goodness of autumn

Published on Monday, 28 October 2013 23:12 Category: Curiosities, Food

Truffle season has been very fruitful this year experts expected a bumper crop , thanks to the abundant summer rains , and it was! Because of its scarcity in some years the price...

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Huge Price Increase of Italian Olive Oil leads to speculation and olive theft

Mc Donald’s going local: Chianina Burger

Prosecco beats champaign

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

Italians and their tomatoes

Wood fired pizza oven on the go

Maria Callas, Frank Sinatra and wedding proposals gone wrong

Italy`s wine women

A proper flour, for the an excellent bread and pizza!

Italian truffles: the goodness of autumn

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