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Italian hot chocolate: homemade recipe

17 April, 2020

Here’s a recipe for homemade Italian hot chocolate, so you can enjoy traditional Italian-style “cioccolata” at home. Contrary to Neenah’s comment on our first post about Italian hot chocolate, one made at a bar is always made with milk and…

Vanessa Incontrada snapped in bikini at Follonica, Tuscany

17 April, 2020

Vanessa Incontrada is spending a few days of rest at Follonica in Tuscany; although she delivered a child only a year ago, the tv presenter and former model looks gorgeous in her bikini. Take a look at our gallery!

Italian cheese: scimudin from the Valtellina

17 April, 2020

If we had to do a list of all the cheeses in Italy, this would become a never-ending cheese blog. But given the hugely rich Italian culinary tradition, we take a look every so often at an Italian cheese product…

Italian gestures in pictures: learn Italian expressions

17 April, 2020

We’ve seen world famous Italian gestures in this hilarious Italian video, and here we bring you a post on Italian gestures - in pictures! Ever wanted to know exactly what the guy was telling you when you hired your car…

Beckham in Milan: posh hotel for posh guests

17 April, 2020

With David Beckham in Milan, his arrival relieves some tension and brings a respite to the soap opera that had become the city’s expectation of the Posh and Becks arrival. But the Beckham rent in Viale Abruzzi will be put…

Giorgio Armani: luxury holiday on Main Armani yacht

17 April, 2020

Italian celebrities love their luxury Italian summer holidays, and who better than Giorgio Armani to show us how it’s done? The Italian fashion designer has spent his holidays in Calabria, touring on the Armani luxury yacht, Main by Codecasa.The luxury…

harry and meghan in LA delivering fodd for charity

LA, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry delivering food for a charity

17 April, 2020

The Duke and the Duchess were seen for the first time in LA while volunteering for the Project Angel Food charity.

Summer Holidays in Sardinia: Hotel La Valle on the island of San Pietro

17 April, 2020

The island of San Pietro off South-western coast of Sardinia is a piece of heaven fallen to earth, so if you are looking for a really special place where to spend you summer holidays, well your search is officially over!…

Culatello : the finest ham in the world

17 April, 2020

Today we talk about Culatello of Zibello and the annual fair dedicated to this delicious product from Parma and nearby towns such as Zibello and Fidenza. It comes from the leg of an adult hog and it’s usually aged for…

American football in Italy: John Grisham's "Playing for Pizza" becomes reality

17 April, 2020

Not many people know it (and I was one), but American football is played in Italy. It probably forms part of the Italian’s age-old love affair for the US, and the experience of an American who goes to play football…

Lecce to celebrate Notte Bianca in July

17 April, 2020

White Nights in Italy are very popular (shops and bars are open into the wee small hours and the streets aswarm with revellers) and in Lecce, a beautiful city in Southern Italy the last white night event took place in…

Marco Simoncelli's interview with Vanity Fair

17 April, 2020

In an interview granted to Vanity fair Marco Simoncelli, the Grand Prix motorcycle road racer talks at length about his beginnings, his family, his strongest passions in life and the extraordinary season he has had as a 250cc racer. Enjoy…

Rome: Why throw a coin in the fountain when you can throw jade!

17 April, 2020

The legend has it that by throwing a coin over your shoulder and into the Trevi fountain you will safely return to Rome, but this time something went wrong and a tourist from Shanghai along with his coin saw his…

Italian recipes: pasta with porcini and zucchini

17 April, 2020

Fed up with complicated recipes which never work out the way one wanted? If so try this quick and easy Italian recipe for pasta with porcini and zucchini; it won’t have you slaving in the kitchen for hours!Ingredients: 350 g…

Milan Fashion week: Roberto Cavalli autumn/winter 2009/10

17 April, 2020

Last week at Roberto Cavalli show in Milan, beautiful models regally strutted down the catwalk in ultra feminine outfits; black mini skirts, transparent dresses and studded skinny jeans which rather skilfully evoked the atmosphere of the Punk rock era! For…

Pablo Picasso's paintings on display at the Vittoriano in Rome

17 April, 2020

More than 50 years have passed since Pablo Picasso’s last exhibition in Rome, so if you are in Rome or just passing through, you can’t afford to miss this important event devoted to one of the greatest artists of 20th…

Guide to Italian restaurants: "Mangiarozzo" features cheap trattorie in Italy

17 April, 2020

If you can read Italian and you love all things to do with traditional Italian cooking, the book Mangiarozzo could be perfect for you. It’s a giude to the taverns and trattoria of Italy, evaluating their quality not by labels,…

Johnny Depp and Angeline Jolie in Venice on the set of The Tourist

17 April, 2020

Here are a couple of videos of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie in Venice on the set of The Tourist. I’m already in love with the costuming in the action film and Jolie is looking fabulous as a kind of…

ItalyMondo: finding your Italian roots

17 April, 2020

If you’re interesting in retracing your Italian background and origins in Italy, you should get in contact with Peter Farina. Voted by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce as young entrepreneur of the year, he discovered a love of Italy…

Franco Battiat0's duet with Carmen Consoli

17 April, 2020

Franco Battiato and Carmen Consoli made an appearance on the Che tempo fa show a couple of weeks ago; the following video is from that show and features the two Sicilian artists ‘s performance of Tutto l’universo obbedisce all’amore or…

Can't visit the Da Vinci last supper in Milan? Visit the Last Supper copy!

17 April, 2020

Visiting Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper in Milan can be quite an enterprise. You have to phone, book, hope the person on the other end speaks English, make sure you book early, plan ahead and don’t just rush over on…

Learn Italian: how to make risotto with the best rice

17 April, 2020

How do you go about choosing the best rice for your risotto? If you’ve ever been to an Italian supermarket, you will have seen, and most likely been confused by, the great variety of Italian rice at hand.And one golden…

Not a sex symbol: Rino Gattuso from Milan says "I'm not blind"

17 April, 2020

In an interview with weekly magazine, Grazia, Italian footballer Rino Gattuso has said that he doesn’t consider himself an Italian sex symbol, even though a recent survey reveals that Italian women think he is.The interview with Gattuso has him quoted…

Stars come out and shine in Hollywood: Sophia Loren at the Oscars 2009

17 April, 2020

Sophia Loren is in her mid-seventies, but she still looks great! Wearing a romantic dress which showed off her body, the Italian actress presented Best Actress. She greeted Penelope Cruz with a resonant “brava” which reminded us of the night…

Actor George Clooney sublets his Italian villa to David Beckham

17 April, 2020

Those of you who every year pass their holidays on Lake Como must have got more than a glimpse of George Clooney , say, in the garden taking care of his favourite roses or sunning himself on the lawn, but…