The Eclisse Liquorice and Chocolate Experience
This week’s Food and Wine Friday feature takes a look at an Italian liquorice based liqueur.
This week’s Food and Wine Friday feature takes a look at an Italian liquorice based liqueur.
Roberto Saviano’s almost surreal book about the Italian cammorra mafia has been made into a film. I’ve seen the film, and I’m reading the book.
Whilst chatting with one of my students, I discovered that he’d done his degree thesis on the subject of Italian television. I had to know more about this aspect of Italy I love to hate.
Giusi Ferreri, a 29 year old from Palermo in Sicily, has been likened to English bad girl singer Amy Winehouse. This comparison with Amy Winehouse
This will be short fragrant post, which some may find useful.
Maybe you’ve just arrived in Italy, or maybe you want to cook something up while you are here. In that case you may well need to know the names of the various herbs and spices that you can find in the shops and supermarkets here.
Thanks to Man of Roma, who quoted a section from Italian journalist, writer and TV presenter Corrado Augias‘ book describing the English, I bought a copy
I have discovered Rummo pasta and I like it. Why is it a cut above your run-of-the-mill Barilla? Well, for two reasons. First, it has a higher than normal protein level because Rummo use good quality (Australian!) wheat and secondly because it is made using a special slow manufacturing process which results in a better quality pasta.
‘Parenti Serpenti’ is actually the title of a very good Italian, er, ‘Christmas’ film. ‘Parenti’ does not, as one may think, mean ‘parents’. Instead it refers to everyone who makes up a family, commonly know as ‘relatives’ or ‘relations’.
Back in the UK it is possible to buy a card for just about any conceivable situation; from 'Get well soon' to 'Happy Birthday to