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Fresh Pasta: Italian Street Food

Published on Wednesday, 9 March 2016 13:53 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

Street Food – Italian Style. This food stand in Milan, Italy, shows: Fast Food doesn’t have to be junk food. You can have a nice plate of fresh pasta ( no frozen pasta heated...

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Italian wine women

Published on Monday, 7 March 2016 10:42 Category: ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition, Wine

They are called Elena Walch, Josè Rallo, Vinzia Novara di Gaetano or Albiera Antinori. They live between the Alps in the north of Italy and Sicily in the south. They are strong and beautyfull and grapes and wine are their business. More and more women are playing an important role in...

Italian food: Torta al testo – the Umbrian specialty

Published on Friday, 4 March 2016 08:21 Category: Food, Italy, Tradition, Wine

Torta al Testo is an Italian classic of Umbria, a region in Central Italy. Torta al testo is an ancient type of flat bread “baked” on a flat pan. The torta al...

Starbucks & Co coming to Italy

Published on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 08:53 Category: Business / Economy, ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition

Does Italy need Starbucks or other American coffee chains ? We were shocked at the announcement that the Seattle based coffee chain Starbucks wants to open its first shop in Milan early next...

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Drinking your own Extra Vergine Olive Oil from Italy: Adopt an olive tree

Published on Tuesday, 1 March 2016 12:00 Category: ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

We have to say thank you to our wonderfull comunity of “adoptive parents” of olive trees in Italy: One year after the start of “Adopt an...

Uncinaia: The draft wood hunters of the Tiber Valley in Italy

Published on Thursday, 25 February 2016 07:41 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Sports, Tradition

When the spring rains let the water level of the Tiber river rise, the moment has come for the “Uncinaia” in the Tiber Valley in Italy. The “Uncinaia” is...

Crowdfunding a chapel in Tuscany, Italy

Published on Tuesday, 23 February 2016 13:17 Category: ByItaly News, Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tourism, Tradition, Travel

You want to help saving a chapel in San Filippino in Tuscany ? “Save San Filippino” has started a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to save this small jewel in San Filippino in Tuscany. They...

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Making a good vinegar is almost like making a good wine

Published on Monday, 22 February 2016 11:27 Category: ByItaly News

Did you know that making a good vinegar is almost like making a good wine ? Take a look at this Mengazzoli vinegar on ByItaly video to...

Christo’s “Floating Piers” on the Lake Iseo in Italy

Published on Friday, 19 February 2016 17:25 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tourism, Travel

Christo's new project for lake lago d iseo, italy

Wrapping artist Christo is coming to Italy. He will create three kilometers of floating piers on the Northern Italian lake “Lago d’Iseo”. It has been 40 years since Christo and Jeanne-Claude...

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate praises Sicily’s Ben Rye as a “knockout” wine

Published on Tuesday, 16 February 2016 12:00 Category: ByItaly News, Italy, Tradition, Travel, Wine

If you were looking for a good reason to get a nice bottle of Donnafugata Ben Rye Passito desert wine from the Sicilian island of Panetelleria, here is...

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Fresh Pasta: Italian Street Food

Italian wine women

Italian food: Torta al testo – the Umbrian specialty

Starbucks & Co coming to Italy

Drinking your own Extra Vergine Olive Oil from Italy: Adopt an olive tree

Uncinaia: The draft wood hunters of the Tiber Valley in Italy

Crowdfunding a chapel in Tuscany, Italy

Making a good vinegar is almost like making a good wine

Christo’s “Floating Piers” on the Lake Iseo in Italy

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate praises Sicily’s Ben Rye as a “knockout” wine

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