What’s not to love about this Fantastic Photo…the fiat 500,the street sign,the flowers,the fact that it’s in black &White…it screams “Italy!!!”Makes you want to visit Via Concezione doesn’t it? Thanks to Leanne at “From Australia to Italy”for this Fantastic Photo taken in Malito,[...]
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 Custom Search  | Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil is like “French Wine”or “Swiss Chocolate”or “German Cars”…Italy isn’t the largest producer of Olive Oil (Spain is) but Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil is in its own class…not to take anything away from any other country as there is certainly high quality products elsewhere,possibly [...] I’m finally back from Italy and have been looking forward to posting. I wanted to post while I was there but between family,friends and eating there was little time…not to mention my lack of Internet access. Anyway it rained a lot but my cousin Alessandro and I took advantage of the few [...] I’ve seen so many fantastic photos on the blogosphere over the last year and have been impressed with the photography skills of so many bloggers. In my opinion,photos really enhance a blog and creates a greater reading experience. For me,a great photo makes emotions come alive…. so I salute [...] Now that Thanksgiving is over and December has arrived,Italians go into overdrive in the kitchen. There are so many wonderful dishes,recipes,specialties and customs that come along with the holidays,which for me has always been a wonderful time of year. Christmas Eve in particular is one [...] If you’re a regular reader of Italyville,you know that I’m passionate about true Italian brands and products. One of those products is ITALIAN extra virgin olive oil. I’m not talking about extra virgin olive oil that is brought into Italy from other countries to be mixed with Italian oil or simply [...] There’s nothing like that frothy espresso that you get at the “Bar”in Italy. If you have ever had a proper espresso,you know exactly what I mean. It makes it special,tastier,worth paying for…doesn’t it? The espresso maker at home can whip up a decent caffe’but it lacks [...] Marc Forgione is a good friend of our family. He went to college with my brother Mike and after graduating Marc,my brother and a few other buddies backpacked through Europe (Edgar,Lou,Steve and Jay.) I had to include all their names or I would have gotten an email or 2! They had [...] Like many small Italian towns,San Michele,a small village in Calabria (provincia di Catanzaro) is a shadow of what it used to be. We often joke that the sheep and chickens outnumber the people and since I estimate there are 20-30 permanent residence that currently live there,it’s more than likely. It swells [...] It’s Easter weekend and that means there’s lots of Italian treats around. One of my favorites is fraguni. We made our fraguni yesterday,so I wanted to share the recipe and some photos with you. I want to start with an example of the diversity of Italian cooking from region to region and town [...] |    |  | ||
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