Amilcare Ponchielli and Walt Disney

Everybody knows Giuseppe Verdi, but Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-86)? Walt Disney did... and used his Dance of the Hours http://bit.ly/9PPHBG

Look at Giovanni Fattori's paintings to discover how Tuscany looked like before becoming the current tourist haven

Look at Giovanni Fattori's paintings to discover how Tuscany looked like before becoming the current tourist haven: http://bit.ly/bgWa9m

Lombrichelli alla Viterbese

Lombrichelli alla Viterbese http://j.mp/cz9nlI

Giuseppe Balsamo, Count of Cagliostro

Giuseppe Balsamo, Count of Cagliostro (1743-95) or how to fraud your way into history: http://bit.ly/bV6LXL

Today Galileo Galilei Showed his telescope to the Senate of Venic

Today Galileo Galilei Showed his telescope to the Senate of Venice: http://bit.ly/dAjMbz

Scordo.com, helping you to live the Italian way

Blog of the day: Scordo.com, helping you to live the Italian way - http://www.scordo.com/

Potatoes in puff pastry with Salame di Cremona

Easy to prepare and perfect for Summer: "Potatoes in puff pastry with Salame di Cremona" - http://bit.ly/9VkURP

Do you know Ruchè wine?

RT @vintrospective: An Italian wine we need to see more of... Ruchè from Piemonte http://bit.ly/cSnU7S #italy #wine

Antonioni and "Sex and the City"

Before there was 'Sex and the City,' there was Michelangelo Antonioni's 'The Girlfriends.' - http://bit.ly/am9F7c

First female gondolier

First female gondolier passes final exam in Venice, #Italy - http://tinyurl.com/357gwl6

Ancient Greek ship raised off Sicilian coast

Ancient Greek ship raised off Sicilian coast http://j.mp/bvI0KP

Meet the delicious Cicerchia

Meet the delicious Cicerchia: Why Do Poisonous Beans Have to Taste So Good? - Food - The Atlantic - http://tinyurl.com/35jrzvj

Pasta e ceci

RT @vegeterranean: Pasta e ceci ... good winter comfort soup (especially with lashings of reggiano!) http://bit.ly/bV1LWp #italian #recipe

Tomatoes filled with rice

Tomatoes filled with rice: a typical summer recipe in Italy on ItalianFoodNet today: http://bit.ly/9W9PMI

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

Today Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour was born in 1810. He was the leading force behind the birth of Kingdom of Italy http://bit.ly/90htAi

Rare plaster walls, Tarquinia's oldest painting discovere

Rare plaster walls, Tarquinia's oldest painting discovered in Etruscan necropolis http://bit.ly/bzgybY #Italy

English from fear

"English from fear" or how to speak English by translating Italian jargon literally. I may die laughing: http://bit.ly/brBXWa