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Dangerous Olive Harvest in Italy – Beware of the geese !

Published on Wednesday, 4 November 2015 10:57 Category: ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

olive harvest umbria italy - beware of the geese!

Harvesting olives in Italy can sometimes be very dangerous. As you can see sometimes you even have to be aware of the geese. This picture is taken at...

About truffle pigs and truffle dogs in Italy

Published on Tuesday, 3 November 2015 12:39 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Did you know why Italians use only truffle dogs and truffle pigs are against the law in Italy ? Officially the reason is that the heavy truffle pigs destroy too much of the...

The “Italian solution” for olive oil and wine

Published on Monday, 2 November 2015 18:15 Category: ByItaly News, Curiosities, Food, Tradition, Wine

ceramic wine corks ceramic oil corks from Italy, seen in Perugia, Umbria

Italians are great inventors when it comes to food and wine. Take these wonderful Deruta ceramic wine corks and ceramic oil corks. The ceramic oil corks keep the good Italian Extra Vergine Olive...

Eurochocolate: ByItaly´s Ciocoreale

Published on Sunday, 25 October 2015 14:42 Category: ByItaly News, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tourism, Tradition, Travel

Eurochocolate, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, chocolate festival, ciocoreale

ByItaly ´s supplier Terre Umbre , which makes the wonderful Ciocoreale , is having great success at Eurochocolate – the Chocolate Festival in Perugia, Umbria. Eurochocolate is the biggest chocolate festival in Italy and a real dream...

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The biggest Bacio Perugina in the world – a chocolate dream come true

Published on Thursday, 22 October 2015 08:41 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Bacio Perugina extra large, Perugia, Eurochocolate

This is an oversize Bacio Perugina – the most romantic little chocolate in the world. “Bacio” in Italian means kiss . The “Bacio Perugina” has been...

Truffle season has started in Italy

Published on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 09:45 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy

The truffle season has started in Italy. Truffle dogs are flocking to the countryside to find the precious little truffles like here in Umbria. In Umbria eating truffles has a long tradition. Usually truffles...

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Eurochocolate: Italy`s chocolate festival in Perugia

Published on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 11:18 Category: Business / Economy, ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tourism, Tradition

Eurochocolate, Perugia, Italy sculpting chocolate

It is chocolate month in the Umbrian city of Perugia. It is called Eurochocolate. A mustach made out of chocolate, a chocolate sculpturer and – of course – lots and lots of chocolate from all...

Three wheel Ape car – Pick-up the Italian way

Published on Friday, 16 October 2015 13:02 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition, Travel

You always thought a car had four wheels ? Italy proves you wrong. The classic “Ape” or “Apecar” is still in use. Especially as a transporter the small transporter is still...

Italy: Porchetta (pig) instead of ice-cream

Published on Thursday, 15 October 2015 13:00 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

“Giovedì Porchetta” – Thursday suckling pig Looks like the people in this part of Italy have a clear preference for suckling pig – and not for industrial ice-cream. There are people who prefer sweet food...

A small history of the Italian aperitivo

Published on Sunday, 11 October 2015 13:39 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tourism, Tradition, Travel, Wine

Did you know how the Italian aperitivo was born ? The Italian aperitivo is the little alcoholic drink you have before dinner to stimulate the appetite. A drink with not too much alcohol,...

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Dangerous Olive Harvest in Italy – Beware of the geese !

About truffle pigs and truffle dogs in Italy

The “Italian solution” for olive oil and wine

Eurochocolate: ByItaly´s Ciocoreale

The biggest Bacio Perugina in the world – a chocolate dream come true

Truffle season has started in Italy

Eurochocolate: Italy`s chocolate festival in Perugia

Three wheel Ape car – Pick-up the Italian way

Italy: Porchetta (pig) instead of ice-cream

A small history of the Italian aperitivo

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