Delicacies

Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 05/05/2017 - 02:00
If you love cheese, Italy is a good place to be. Each region produces a variety of excellent cheeses; this month, as we’re featuring little-known Friuli…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/26/2017 - 06:00
The delicious Certaldo Onion is so tied to its area of production (and it has been for a long time) that, in the 12th century, the local lords, counts Alberti…
Culture
by rebeccawinke | Thu, 03/30/2017 - 03:44
Italy’s famed and varied cuisine is closely linked to each of its 20 regions’ history and topography, and nowhere is this more true (or more varied) than in…
Travel
by Anna Lebedeva | Sun, 03/05/2017 - 22:06
Oscar and Lady, two adorable Lagetto Romagnolo pups, wagged their tails enthusiastically sniffing the ground under an oak tree. Oscar started digging the soil…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/08/2017 - 00:00
It would be an ‘irreparable damage’, says Slow Food, to lose an extraordinary cheese like Asiago Stravecchio. Produced in the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni, a…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/16/2016 - 06:10
Pasta di Gragnano is considered among the best pasta produced in Italy, and if you love pasta, a few boxes of Pasta di Gragnano shouldn’t miss from your pantry…
Culture
by Luciana.Squadrilli | Tue, 09/27/2016 - 02:16
Picturesque hamlets set in the middle of pristine valleys, an evocative patchwork of vineyards growing on gentle slopes or steep terraces, lovely coastal towns…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 09/22/2016 - 08:00
Once used as an ornamental plant gracing the gardens of houses in the Savona’s countryside, the chinotto plant can still be found in Liguria, although its…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/02/2016 - 02:00
Fiore sardo is Sardinia’s signature cheese, now a Slow Food presidium, established to protect the ancient traditions of Sardinian shepherds, the first…
Travel
by John Bensalhia | Thu, 05/19/2016 - 05:58
John Bensalhia guides you round some of the most unforgettable experiences in Italy that will make your holiday one to treasure forever... Sunglasses. Water…