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Rosticceria – Fast Food the Italian Way

Published on Friday, 15 January 2016 12:33 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Hungry in Italy and no time to cook ? No problem. Fortunately in Italy we have a lot of alternatives to the fast food chains. For example the so called rosticceria –...

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Christmas in Italy: Cappelletti time of the year

Published on Thursday, 17 December 2015 21:37 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

hand made cappelletti for CHristmas, Italy, Umbria

Christmas is coming. In Umbria this means to prepare the cappelletti pasta. There is no Christmas without capelletti in this region of Italy. Cappelletti (little hats) are small meat filled pasta...

Italy: Santa Claus run in Perugia

Published on Sunday, 13 December 2015 13:22 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Sports, Tradition

This morning hundreds of Santa Claus have invaded the center of Perugia. Dressed up in Santa Claus costumes – with the benevolence of the Catholic church – the participants of the “Babbo Run” ran...

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Perugia: Italian Christmas market “below the surface”

Published on Sunday, 6 December 2015 13:11 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tourism, Tradition

Christmas market in Perugia Rocca Paolina Italy Umbria

Perugia offers a very special Christmas market: The Christmas market of this characteristic Italian town in Umbria takes place in the Rocca Paolina. The Rocca Paolina is an old part of Perugia which was...

The history of Panettone

Published on Friday, 4 December 2015 10:21 Category: ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

There is no Christmas in Italy without “Panettone“: Panettone classico,Panettone with almonds, Panettone with chocolate. One panettone has to be there. What is the history behind this famous Italian cake ? One legend attributes the...

Santa Claus discovering Italy

Published on Thursday, 3 December 2015 22:15 Category: ByItaly News, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tourism, Tradition

Santa Claus is still discovering Italy . And he is taking it very, very slow. He knows, www.byitaly.com takes care of the gifts. So he has time to take pictures, discover those tiny Italian villages, wait...

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Christmas time in Italy

Published on Sunday, 29 November 2015 14:06 Category: ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Christmas Tree in Italy, Perugia, Umbria

Holiday season has started in Italy. The already beautyfull Italians towns become even prettier for Christmas. The lights went up in Perugia this week. The Christmas tree in front of the Fontana Maggiore is just...

Video: The making of a real Italian Panettone – the traditional Italian Christmas cake

Published on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 12:08 Category: ByItaly News, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

There is no Christmas in Italy without Panettone. Take a look at this wonderfull video about the making of authentic Italian Panettone. We took our...

Pinocchio’s pizza – made in the mouth of the terrible fire-eater

Published on Monday, 23 November 2015 13:55 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy

Do you know the story of Pinocchio ? In Italy every child knows the tale of the little wooden Pinocchio which comes to life. It is part of...

The Italian beer “Birra Perugia” wins silver medal in Germany !

Published on Sunday, 22 November 2015 20:04 Category: ByItaly News, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition

Fabbrica Birra Perugia award winning European Beer Star Nurnberg germany

The Italian beer brewery “Fabbrica Birra Perugia” has made it to the second place (Silver medal ) at the famour beer contest called “European Beer Star” !!! Where...

Rosticceria – Fast Food the Italian Way

Christmas in Italy: Cappelletti time of the year

Italy: Santa Claus run in Perugia

Perugia: Italian Christmas market “below the surface”

The history of Panettone

Santa Claus discovering Italy

Christmas time in Italy

Video: The making of a real Italian Panettone – the traditional Italian Christmas cake

Pinocchio’s pizza – made in the mouth of the terrible fire-eater

The Italian beer “Birra Perugia” wins silver medal in Germany !

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