Monday, November 29, 2010

Bread and Onion Soup

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

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Ferdinando Palasciano

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

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Galla Placidia

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

Friday, November 26, 2010

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

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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

Monday, November 15, 2010

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

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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

Saturday, November 06, 2010

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

Thursday, November 04, 2010

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

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

New four-wheel Vespa presented

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

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Guinea-hen breast rolled in ham

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