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 [...] It’s timeless,it’s beautiful and it’s the foundation of Italian cuisine. With its silver/green leaves,its fruit and the oil it produces…the olive tree is nothing short of AMAZING. What’s not to love about the olive tree? It is referenced throughout history,religion and sports and used as a symbol of peace and [...] Have you ever seen one of these? I remember them from when I was a little boy. My grandmother had one and we would warm our feet on it in the winter. I took the other photo on my recent trip. There’s something romantic about it isn’t there? We would sit around it and [...] Calabria has more than it’s share of beauty and hidden gems…sometimes it just takes a little exploring to find them. We took a day trip to Le Castella a few weeks ago to visit it’s beautiful castle,which is one of many in Calabria…ever been? Here’s a taste. (Click on the photos [...] 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 [...] The cooking at Italyville continues with grispelle…we make grispelle every year around Christmas. We make the ball shapped grispelle with anchovies in the center and the donut shapped grispelle. My mom’s town in Calabria (Feroleto Antico) has an event every December called “la grispellisma”and it’s a wonderful event. Hope you are all [...] Contrada Caluzzi is a small country road in the town of Feroleto Antico (CZ) in Calabria where my mother’s family is from. My brother,sisters and I spent many summer vacations and made lifetime memories there. Here’s a small window into summertime on Contrada Caluzzi. Feroleto Antico 2008 If the rooster failed to [...] 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 [...] |    |  | ||
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