Here are the results of the first ever cookery contest held on Blog from Italy which was held in conjunction with the US version of prestigious cookery magazine, La Cucina Italiana.It was a pretty close run thing, but the taste testers, including yours truly relished their taste testing tasks, and … [Read more...]
Magazines Are Dead, Hello Web
October 30, 2008 By Leave a Comment
One of Blog from Italy's aims is to tell the world about the good things you will find in Italy. Good things like Calabria for example, where fellow blogger Cherrye runs a bed and breakfast.Now, why that funny title to this particular post? Quite simple. The web is a much better place to … [Read more...]
Terrorism Will Bloody the Streets of Italy
October 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A former Italian president, one Francesco Cossiga, strongly believes that terrorist acts of the type commited by Italy's Red Brigades will once again sully Italy's streets.This evening when we tried to watch the RAI news, for some reason each of the three RAI channels were blank. My Italian … [Read more...]
Italy’s Education System Reforms
October 28, 2008 By 4 Comments
It's true, Italy's education system does need to be revised. Mariastella Gelmini, Berlusconi's Education minister has come up with a basket of reforms, which on the face of it, do not sound too bad.However, what appears to be scaring teachers, like Blog from Italy reader Melanie Segal, is the … [Read more...]
Italy’s Poor Coders
October 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Those who moonlight are usually doing a second job to make ends meet, often because they have work which is low paying, or because they need to find a way to pay off financial commitments, such as mortgages.While in a restaurant here in Milan with some friends not so long ago, I came across a … [Read more...]
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