Culture

  • Whether red, white, or rosé, brightly spumante (sparkling) or lightly frizzante (semi-sparkling), Italy’s effervescent vini will make you forget all about France’s Champagne.

  • While not an official public holiday in Italy, December 31 is widely celebrated across the 20 regions.

  • Created in Roma, this long oval flatbread is served on a wooden pala, or “paddle.”

  • Even within all the regional varieties of pizza found in Italy, you'll find a few unique specialties. Enter: la pizza a ruota di carro.

  • We sat down with the experts at Afeltra, a prize-winning historic pasta factory, to go behind the scenes and find out how pasta is made.

  • When he's not brainstorming with the bakers at Eataly, Fulvio Marino continues to work with his family, grinding organic whole grains over their natural old mill stones.

  • The winegrowing region of Alto Adige is a multifaceted land, where unique wines are shaped by the Alpine landscape, tended to by experienced wine-growers, and prized throughout the world.

  • Discover the sweet story of Baci Perugina (think: a love affair in a medieval Italian town with the creation of a romantic chocolate).

  • Every year, people across Italy celebrate the feast day of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of the blind and her hometown of Siracusa, Sicilia, on December 13.