March – 2016 – Blog By Italy

Fiat Cinquecentos (500) still roaming the Italian streets

Published on Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:12 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tradition, Travel

Forget the new Fiat Cinquecento (500). This is the real thing. Did you know there still lots of these tiny cute little original Fiat 500 vehicles roaming the streets of Italy...

Happy (Vespa) Easter

Published on Thursday, 24 March 2016 10:59 Category: ByItaly News, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

ByItaly wishes you all a happy Easter ! Have lots of great food – maybe Italian food – and enjoy the spring coming ! We will have some “torta di pasqua” and lots of Easter eggs made...

“Torta di Pasqua”: Italian salty Easter cake with cheese

Published on Saturday, 19 March 2016 11:09 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition, Wine

Easter is around the corner and in Italy this means you start preparing food(of course). In Umbria,where ByItaly is based,we make the “Torta di Pasqua”, a salty Easter cake with...

Easter in Italy: Easter Eggs are XXL

Published on Friday, 11 March 2016 10:37 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

There is one thing about Italian chocolate easter eggs: They are big. And big means big. Extra-large. Inside you usually find more chocolate like small easter eggs and a little surprise or...

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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...

F YMonth: March 29, 2016

Fiat Cinquecentos (500) still roaming the Italian streets

Happy (Vespa) Easter

“Torta di Pasqua”: Italian salty Easter cake with cheese

Easter in Italy: Easter Eggs are XXL

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

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