Italy Travel Notes

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 [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Clyde Dennis The entire world seems to have what is clearly an ongoing love affair with Italian food, and for good reason. Upon arriving in Italy one of the very first things most people come to discover if they didn’t already know is that Italian themselves have an ongoing love affair with [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Luca Az Winding through the Tuscan hills, the wine roads offer travel itineraries within remarkable viticulture areas which are characterized by vineyards and wine cellars and also by landscape, historical attractions in a frame where all kinds of comfort is offered to welcome tourists. Along the wine road signs point out clearly [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Suzanne Pidduck If you’ve rented a villa or apartment in Italy, no doubt you’ll be trying to sample all the foods of Italy you can– dining out and eating in. Here’s a quick and easy guide for getting food in Italy, whether you’re ordering your first Italian meal at that sumptuous restaurant [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Jim Kapowski Fine wine often brings to mind images of French rolling hills and elegant dinners; however, Italy’s twenty regions bring to the pallet an array of fine wines for your dining pleasure. Italian wine making enjoys tradition rich in both modern and rustic methods, although much of the country’s wineries now [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Dalvin Rumsey Spaghetti is one of the most popular dishes to come from Italy. Everybody likes eating them, as it is quite funny and , most importantly, they taste so good! But not many people know how spaghetti should be eaten, even if there are so many Italians living in the United [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Kirsten Hawkins When an American conjures up an idea of “Italian cuisine“, often what comes to mind is pasta, red sauce, and garlic bread. Pasta, no doubt, plays a large part in most traditional Italian regional cuisine, and few cultures know how to employ a tomato the way that Italians can. However, [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by LeviReiss Once again, we are breaking into the series tasting wines from each of Italy`s twenty wine regions. This article examines a noble red wine from the island of Sicily in southern Italy. It is very far from a bargain wine. We were about a dozen to taste it. I`ll be presenting [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Andrea Flint Pork is a staple food of the mountain regions of northern Italy, where it’s often said that a well butchered pig should leave ‘nothing but the oink’ behind. As a pig is typically around 30% fat, thrifty locals had to come up with a way to use and preserve this [...]

Follow @Italytravelnote by Dave Fooder Italian dishes are some of the tastiest preparations in the world. Along with including various healthy ingredients like fresh vegetables and grains, a large number of Italian recipes are served best with different types of specialized sauces and condiments. Among the rest, meat sauces, prepared in a variety of ways, [...]