LA, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry delivering food for a charity
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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"
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
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
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…
Milan: Victoria Beckham's crazy demands
David Beckham will soon move to Milan and Victoria who is now trying to look like Audrey Hepburn (though something must have gone terribly wrong during the restyling process), has prepared a new list of crazy demands for her stay…
Italian footballer Francesco Totti's happy summer
Rumours were rife that Italian football player Francesco Totti’s marriage to Ilary Blasi was on the rocks, but the photos which have just been published in Star Tv magazine seem to gainsay those rumours. I don’t know what you think…
Esquire Magazine: Fabio Capello & Lapo Elkann among most elegant men
Just a few days ago Esquire Magazine announced the names of the most elegant men in the world. Some of you may raise an eyebrow, disagree and snigger at such a choice, but Ms Catherine Hayward takes her job quite…
Italy's best olive oil from Rome at Sabina
In some ways, the Italian olive oil industry is in crisis, but leaving aside the negative, Italy produces a quarter of the world’s olive oil. Meaning that Italian olive oil doesn’t just come from Umbria, Puglia or Tuscany. Today we…
Italian tv host Alessia Marcuzzi hot in mini red dress
Red is said brings good luck, so this Alberta Ferretti little dress made up of feathers would be perfect for New Year’s Eve. Italian tv host Alessia Marcuzzi wore it just a few days before Christmas (on Big Brother Italy)…
Tiziano Ferro enters World Chart at number 17
Italian music is rocketing up the World Chart thanks to Gigi d’Alessio, Boccelli, Biagio Antonacci and above all Tiziano Ferro whose new album Alla mia età has entered the chart at number 17 with 75,000 copies sold. Actually the album…