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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...

Recipe: Spaghetti with bottarga (dried fish eggs)

Published on Monday, 19 October 2015 10:40 Category: ByItaly News, Food, Italy, Wine

Do you know bottarga ? It is made out of fish eggs and spread on top of spaghetti. This simple, but fantastic dish comes from southern Italy. Bottarga is produced in...

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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BBQ all’italiana

Published on Friday, 9 October 2015 16:52 Category: Culture, Food, Italy

Barbecue Italian style. Not just some nice steaks on the grill. But also red and yellow peppers and a “torta al testo”. The torta al testa is an Italian food specialty from Umbria. It is waiting to...

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

Recipe: Spaghetti with bottarga (dried fish eggs)

Italy: Porchetta (pig) instead of ice-cream

A small history of the Italian aperitivo

BBQ all’italiana

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