Colomba pasquale, an Italian Easter cake usually shaped like a dove, is one of the foods traditionally served at an Easter meal in Italy…and leftovers are great with cappuccino the next morning. Read on to learn how to make this delicious cake with a home-tested recipe.
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A Personal Guide to Travel and Life in Italy
This personal guide to travel and life in Italy is culled from over 20 years of experience living and working in Italy. Get the inside scoop on what it’s really like to live in Italy, my favorite places to go in Italy, my recommended hotels and restaurants in Italy and even the darker side of life in Italy and how to cope with its mind-numbing bureaucracy. I’ll cover lots of different topics from luxury to adventure travel in Italy, Italian politics, culinary travel in Italy, Italian language, customs and traditions, as well as how I personally became an expert on Italian furnace parts.
Traditional Foods of Italy- Colomba Pasquale, Italian Easter Cake
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Made in Italy – Italian Cheese Stamps
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Unique Attractions in Italy- FAI Italian National Trust’s Heritage Weekend
Celebrate Italy’s artistic and cultural heritage with FAI, the National Trust of Italy, and unique attractions not normally open to the public the weekend of March 26 & 27, 2011. [more...]
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Italian Festivals: St Joseph’s Day in Sicily – A Real Feast
The Festa di San Giuseppe in Sicily is a feast day that honors St. Joseph, and it mainly centers around food. The tavolata – laden table – of sweets and festival breads, and a day-long food auction are part of the celebrations. Of course, I was there to bid. [more...]
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Celebrate Italy’s 150th Anniversary on March 17-Free Museums and Archeological Sites
In honor of the 150th Anniversary of Italy on March 17, 2011, celebrate with free entrance to state museums and archeological sites
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Traditions in Italy–Chiacchiere, Carnevale Sweets
Carnevale is celebrated all over Italy, and one of its traditions is eating fried sweets, like chiacchiere. [more...]
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Regional of Foods of Italy – ‘Mpanatigghi Biscuits from Modica Sicily
'Mpanatigghi are a sweet biscuit from the town of Modica, Sicily with a long history dating back to the 16th century, and contain a surprise ingredient, most unusual for sweets in Italy. [more...]
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Food Traditions in Italy-Unesco Mediterranean Diet
At a free pasta feast in Rome, Italy celebrates the Mediterranean diet’s inclusion in the Unesco Intangible Heritage list. [more...]
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Autumn Traditions in Italy–The Summer of San Martino
The warm sunny days of early November - similar to an American Indian summer - are called the "summer of San Martino" in Italy. Find out why.
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Have Sausage, Will Travel – Exchanging Regional Foods in Italy
Italians who travel to another town to visit family in Italy feel compelled to bring samples of the best of their regional food, exchanging it for local specialties to bring back home. I’ve lived on the family trade route between sausages, olive oil and gorgonzola. [more...]
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