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What Nonna did with her Sicilian Oranges

Published on Thursday, 15 January 2015 14:01 Category: Food, Italy, Tradition

What do you do when your Sicilian friends send you a whole crate of oranges ? This is the problem ByItaly’s Nonna had to face. She and her family could...

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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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Befana – the strange Italian witch

Published on Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:24 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Her name is Befana, she is a witch, rides on her broom and she is ugly. But the Befana usually smiles and brings presents to the kids if they have been nice. Naughty...

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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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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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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...

The Olive Oil fraud – how food scandals damage the reputation and what ByItaly does about it

Published on Thursday, 27 November 2014 16:57 Category: Business / Economy, Food

Italian Olive Oil is considered the best in the world. But is your olive oil really Italian ? After the latest media...

What Nonna did with her Sicilian Oranges

Only in Italy: My gourmet-hairdresser – Part 2

Only in Italy: My gourmet-haidresser

Befana – the strange Italian witch

Santa Claus on a Vespa: Buon natale !

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

Mc Donald’s going local: Chianina Burger

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

The Olive Oil fraud – how food scandals damage the reputation and what ByItaly does about it

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