Italian Autogrill: Slow Food Done Fast – Along the Roadside
“Great food” and “highway rest stop” are not phrases I would normally utter in the same breath. But that was before I experienced the Italian Autogrill. At about 500 locations across Italy, you can get gas, go to the bathroom and then, very likely, have a better dining experience than at most Italian restaurants in the United States. Perha...
Apulia, Where Italians Go To Enjoy the Dolce Vita
It's understandable why many Americans regard Italy as expensive. I would, too, if I'd ever been foolish enough to pay $20 for an ice cream near Rome's Trevi fountain or take a $120 gondola ride in Venice. Thankfully, I spend far more time outside "tourist Italy" than in it. Venture beyond the country's big-ticket destinations, and you'll...
The Beloved Italian Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese Is Going Kosher to Appeal to Americans
by Joanna Fantozzi Parmigiano-Reggiano, the hard, crumbly cheese that has been an Italian mainstay for centuries, is going through some serious changes. According to Bloomberg, multiple Italian cheese companies near Parma are seeking kosher certification in order to increase their American export profits. The kosher market has boo...
The art of masculine Italian style
by Stephen Doig There's nothing like a full immersion in the upper echelons of the stylish Italian jet set to make a pale Scotsman such as myself – I could wear a shroud and still burn in low cloud – long for a dash of whatever he's having. Last week, against the backdrop of Porto Cervo, Sardinia's playground for superyacht owners...
Made in Italy glass: exports and sales increase in 2014
Positive trend for Italian glass processing machinery which further strengthens its position with a rise in sales (+2.84%) and exports (+3.34%). Domestic market remains weak. The 2014 figures for the industry prepared by Gimav – Italian Manufacturers' Association of Machinery, Accessories and Special Products for Glass Processing – confirm...
These Old Italian Villages Were Transformed Into Dozens Of Hotels
by Luisa Taliento Alberghi diffusi are true gems created in communities where you can breathe in the history. A model of responsible tourism, they include dozens of structures all over the country, many brought together in the Alberghi Diffusi Association (alberghidiffusi.it), creating an accommodation that is halfway between a home and a...
The Mirandola biomedical district hit a 2015 export high, with an extraordinary +29.1%
The boom of exports of the biomedical sector accomplished by the Mirandola district, in the province of Modena (+29.1% in 2015 according to the Monitor Intesa San Paolo), is the proof that currently Made in Italy has no rivals, not even in the hi-tech industry, when it is courageous enough to invest in research, innovation and training, turning ter...
Cooking The Italian Provinces – Belluno
Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy and is almost entirely occupied by mountain areas. The climate is among the most severe in the Alps. The Belluno area is representative of a typical alpine environment and a people who are proud of their traditions passed down from generation to generation through experience and oral narrative. &...
Internazionalizzare per crescere: gli imprenditori di PMI raccontano il loro sogno di globalizzazione
"Internazionalizzare per crescere - Quale Sistema Paese per vincere questa sfida?" è il tema del convegno organizzato dall'Associazione di volontariato osservatorio per la sicurezza - Andromeda, che si terrà martedì prossimo, 23 luglio, alle ore 9.30, presso la Sala delle Bandiere del Parlamento Europeo, a Roma. Introdurrà i lavori Roberta...
Turkey: Italian archeologists dig under the eye of al-Qaeda
The New York Times called him ''a tanned, scrawny Indiana Jones'', and Nicolo' Marchetti is surely the only archeologist in the world today digging for the treasures of the past under the watchful eye of al-Qaeda machine guns. Marchetti leads the Turkish-Italian team that is unearthing the mythical Hittite capital of Karkemish, which has b...
Cooking With Italian Red Wine
Wine has a long, rich history as a cooking liquid. One of the early "cookbooks," compiled in the first century, "De re Coquinaria" ("On Cooking"), included dozens of recipes that used wine. Since the beginning of recorded history, wine has been considered one of the essential ingredients in cooking. The ancient Greeks used wine and there are numero...
Nel governo Renzi gli italiani all'estero vogliono contare
By Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli Carissime/i,mi trovo a scrivervi in un momento delicato per il nostro Paese, in cui, ancora alle prese con la crisi economica, siamo chiamati ad un cambio di Governo la cui crisi ha una matrice extraparlamentare, in sostanza decisa dalla direzione del partito democratico, il partito dell'ex presidente Letta e d...