Mediterranean Diet

Food & Drink

Dieta Med-Italiana Festival in Lecce Celebrates Mediterranean Diet

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 04/28/2014 - 02:30

Have you ever tried ciciri and tria (fried dough and chickpeas), octopus “alla pignata” or turnip tops orecchiette? These and other delicacies from Salento,…

Lifestyle

Italians' Life Expectancy On The Rise

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 03/27/2014 - 02:00

Italians are increasingly long-lived. That's according to the latest census by ISTAT (National Institute for Statistics), whose findings were disclosed by the…

Lifestyle

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama Honorarily Gifted 1,400-year-old Lecce Olive Tree

by Gabi Logan | Mon, 06/04/2012 - 05:03

At the Med-Italian Diet Festival last weekend, the Province of Lecce in Puglia dedicated a 1,400-year-old, 46-foot-diameter olive oil tree to the First Lady of…

Food & Drink

Young Italians Abandon Mediterranean Diet

by Natalie Aldern | Thu, 07/21/2011 - 04:53

Nutritionists are sounding the alarm as expanding waistbands signal the desertion of traditional diets across Italy. The growing obesity trend is especially…