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by Katia Amore | Mon, 03/14/2011 - 11:20

Pizza Margherita is to many the true Italian flag. According to popular tradition, in 1889, 28 years after the unification of Italy, during a visit to Naples…

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Foodie Guide to Bresaola

by Katia Amore | Wed, 01/12/2011 - 03:39

Ask any Italian you know what they would eat if they went on a diet after the heavy Christmas holiday meals with panettoni, torroni, pandori, chocolate etc.…

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Foodie Guide to Italian Craft Beer

by Michael Clancy | Thu, 12/23/2010 - 11:57

When it comes to drinking in Italy, wine is king. And rightly so, Italy is renown for producing world class wines of many different varieties. From the…

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Foodie Guide to Arance! (Oranges)

by Katia Amore | Fri, 01/15/2010 - 04:05

Italians are Europe's number one consumers of fresh fruit. Every year, on average, Italians consume 157 kg of fruit per capita against the 94 kg of other EU…

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Foodie guide to radicchio

by Katia Amore | Thu, 11/26/2009 - 07:19

Whenever Italians want to add a splash of purple to their recipes "radicchio" does the trick. But this colourful chicory is especially famous for its…

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Foodie Guide to Winter Squash

by Carla Passino | Fri, 10/16/2009 - 05:13

Say squash and you think of the triumph of the gigantic orange and yellow pumpkins that grace the American countryside, ripe for spicy pies and Hallowe’en…

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Food Guide to... Chestnuts

by Carla Passino | Fri, 10/02/2009 - 08:51

Hanging by a thread off laden branches, chestnuts sparkle like dark jewels. They look like huge, fat raindrops, and gleam with a perfect deep brown gloss…

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Castelbasso celebrates art, food and history

by ITALY | Thu, 07/20/2006 - 06:03

Castelbasso is an ancient burgh surrounded by walls, a church in the middle and a tower at its top. A typical Italian medieval town that gives the impression…