Flour is one of the most essential ingredients in Italian cuisine, connected as it is with the country’s culinary traditions ...

The tiny village where I was born and the town by the sea where I used to live aren’t exceptional in the attention paid to bell-ringing. In fact, they are part of a long and revered tradition, that of ...

Spoleto has all you’d expect in an Italian town: art, loads of history, a lively cultural environment and good food.

My grandfather was working for another Italian family,” his grandson Bob Mellano tells us. “They would go up into the hills, cutting foliage, greens, and wildflowers, then bring them down by horse and ...

But what really puts Torrita on the map is its ​Palio dei Somari. The event, which translates to “Race of the Donkeys,” was inaugurated in 1966 to honor Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters — ...

Italian cuisine is based on selecting local seasonal produce. What are the most common ingredients Italians like to put on ...

The sound of scacciapensieri brings us back to sun-drenched afternoons spent idling in the countryside: but what do we know ...

It is no coincidence that Italy is often described as “the land of a hundred bell towers.” While this expression is sometimes ...

Who knows what the weather was like at 8:45 p.m. on that Friday, March 12, 1909, in Palermo? A few people stood at the tram terminus in Piazza Marina when the sudden crack of four gunshots shattered ...

Vietri sul Mare is a beautiful village along the just as beautiful Amalfi Coast. Here, you can enjoy all the perks of this ...