Bread and Onion Soup

Who said that eating good Italian has to be expensive? Enter Bread and Onion Soup - http://bit.ly/fYkIBk

Ferdinando Palasciano

Ferdinando Palasciano (1815-91). Who was this guy? Forerunner of the Red Cross, physician of Garibaldi in Aspromonte... http://bit.ly/f4QS4L

Galla Placidia

Today in 450AD Galla Placidia died. For 30 years she was the most powerful woman in the world - http://bit.ly/eJGWoE

Ancient Capua

Capua is just one of the many towns of Campania 2day, but it was second only to Rome until they defected to Hannibal... http://bit.ly/dKK99C

Legend says that Gorgonzola cheese was invented by a lazy lover

Legend says that Gorgonzola cheese was invented by a lazy lover: http://bit.ly/gankvw

Define "provisional" in Italy...

In modern Italy nothing is so lasting as the provisional: our national anthem kept that status for 60 years... http://bit.ly/c9No50

And you thought Pecorino was only a cheese...

RT @vintrospective: And you thought Pecorino was only a cheese ;-) A complex white from Abruzzo, http://tinyurl.com/2ec74eo

To defeat mafia you need an army of school teachers

Gesualdo Bufalino (1920-96), sicilian, novelist, he said: "To defeat mafia you need an army of school teachers" - http://bit.ly/cFfGCW

Medical technology used to assess damage during restoration of Sansovino terracotta

Medical technology used to assess damage during restoration of Sansovino terracotta: http://bit.ly/aMyPzJ

Rome's MAXXI Museum wins another laurel

Rome's MAXXI Museum wins another laurel. Best Culture Building of 2010 says World Architecture Festival - http://bit.ly/cpnueW

Is artistic genius a form of hereditary insanity?

Cesare Lomboso, the famous criminal anthropologist, argued that artistic genius was a form of hereditary insanity: http://bit.ly/3dlAj6

Snowball fun at Colosseum

A great picture of snowball fun at Colosseum! http://bit.ly/d0tDXu

Marrone della Valle di Susa gets EU protection label

Chestnut firms up quality-food lead: 'Marrone della Valle di Susa' gets EU protection label - http://bit.ly/8YMHRD

New four-wheel Vespa presented

New four-wheel Vespa presented: NT3 designed to be the 'Ape' of the future - http://bit.ly/cvYsYh

Guinea-hen breast rolled in ham

Easy but tasty recipe: guinea-hen breast rolled in ham http://bit.ly/9YeJhP