Italy Travel Notes

Follow @Italytravelnote Here is a simple recipe of how to prepare one of the most delicious Sicilian sweets – the cannolo: Ingredients for 10 servings: For the waffle 300 g white flour 30 g sugar 25 g butter 1 glass of marsala 1 pinch of salt 1 egg Olive oil For the filling 300 g [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote By: LeviReiss Did you ever wonder what the word Riserva on an Italian wine label means? Does it guarantee a fine wine? Can it still be a bargain? This short article will try to answer these questions, and review a Riserva wine that I recently tasted. The major and sometimes only difference between [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote By: LeviReiss If you are looking for fine Italian wine and food, consider the Bascilicata region of southern Italy. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour. Photograph by Francesco Lorenzani photos Bascilicata is the instep of the Italian boot. This hilly and [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote For those of you who love cooking and enjoy the Italian cuisine, here is our weekly pick from academiabarilla – Christmas Cookies recipe It is presented in a very quick and simple way – enjoy and try it at home. Buon appetito!

Follow @Italytravelnote By: LeviReiss If you are looking for fine Italian wine and food, consider the Aosta Valley region of northern Italy. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour. The Aosta Valley is a tiny corner of of northwestern Italy bordering on France and [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote By: LeviReiss This article reviews a fine, distinctive Italian red wine and its more pedestrian cousins. I look at several food pairings. Was it a bargain? I have a confession to make. I really thought that I had finished our series I Love Italian Wine and Food, and even wrote two articles drawing [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote By Clyde Lee Dennis It certainly is no big secret that more wine is produced in Italy than any other country in the world. Truth is in Italy’s wine regions it’s making has been raised to the level of an art form. An art that has been passed down from generation to generation [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote By Sarah Freeland When you think of Italy, you probably think of food and wine. And if you really want to experience Italy in its truest form, you should consider taking and Italian food and wine tour. These yours will give you the experience of a lifetime, sampling the food, wine and history [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote John Pawlett If you are wondering what to prepare for dinner tonight, then you can always try these easy recipes. It’s quick and affordable. Menu Meal: Chicken Spaghetti Salad: Spinach Salad Dessert: Lemon Sorbet Chicken Spaghetti Photograph by RayStudio Ingredients: 1 cup Chopped onion (about 1 large) 1 cup Water 1 tsp Dried [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Martin McAllister With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, hopeless romantics all over the world are racking their brains for something spectacular with which to surprise that special person this year. But what many don’t realize is that this amorous task is easier than it seems. If you’re looking for something that [...]