FCA premium brand Maserati to electrify entire fleet in next five years
On Thursday, the London-headquartered Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobile NV’s premium brand Maserati Chief Executive said in a statement that the FCA unit had been brewing off an option to a full-fledged shift towards electric vehicles over the next five years, while the Maserati CEO also added that the company was looking to create...
Serving Homemade Bread for the Holidays
While we appreciate whatever's cooking at the local bakery, breaking bread prepared from scratch can be equally gratifying — especially if you own a kneading machine. It's no secret that bread takes time, and if you're able to slow down over the next few weeks, why not give it a try? You need water, flour, yeast, and a pinch of salt as well as a p...
The Most Beautiful Italians Sports Cars
Italian automakers produce some of the most iconic sports cars in the world. There is the maxim that while manufacturers in other countries concentrate on functionality, Italian car designers are inspired by their hearts and emotions. Even though the soul and emotions always inspire beauty, these Italian cars are also great in terms of performance....
Jannik Sinner is among the candidates for the best Italian sportsman of 2020
Jannik Sinner is among the candidates for the best Italian sportsman of 2020. The initiative of the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport offers readers to vote for their favorite Italian sportsman for the current year. For 2020, among the six candidates, there is also Jannik Sinner, the 19-year-old South Tyrolean tennis player who has made...
Italian curiosities: Spritz, Negroni and all those other quirky cocktails
If there is one thing Italy has been missing since lockdown orders were enforced again , it’s aperitivo. Whether it was a quick one after the office, a weekly way to catch up with friends, or just a weekend occurrence to enjoy some social time while nibbling on nice food, most of us would have at least an aperitivo time a week. Right now, things...
Wife serenaded by her husband from outside hospital in Italy dies
The wife of an 81-year-old Italian man whom he serenaded from beneath her hospital window has died. Earlier this month Stefano Bozzini, who was unable to visit his wife, Carla, in hospital due to Covid-19 restrictions, touched the hearts of many after he was filmed playing songs that had defined their love on his accordion in the courtyard of the h...
Former Chicago Bulls: Marco Belinelli headed overseas to play in Italy
A former member of the Chicago Bulls from the early 2010’s, 34-year-old shooting guard/wing Marco Belinelli, is headed to play overseas in his home country starting next season. The now former San Antonio Spurs veteran role player and sharpshooter likely could’ve continued his NBA career through this offseason, but he elected to take his talents ba...
What Christmas Looks Like for Italians This Year
As per the latest government emergency decree, Italy is currently divided into three zones according to level of coronavirus risk. This means that each of the 20 Italian regions is classified as either red zone (higher risk), orange zone (medium risk), or yellow zone (moderate risk). The decision to put a certain region in one of the three areas i...
How to spend one day in Parma
For those seeking to get deeper into some of northern Italy’s smaller towns, one day in Parma is a perfect idea. And not just for your stomach which will love you for sampling Parmigiano Reggiano or prosciutto di Parma (Parma ham). Parma offers an array of delicious foods, but has much, much more than that. So if you’ve got one day in Parma, let us...
This Italian town was famous for its old folks. And then they vanished
Since the 1990s Campodimele, a hamlet straddling the wild Aurunci hills in central Italy, has been celebrated for the longevity of its inhabitants. Over the years scientists and tourists have flocked to the tiny community, eager to learn what it was that made its residents live well into their 10th or 11th decade. Today, Campodimele is still known...
The Art of Unique Italian Fragrance
The number of wonderful alluring fragrances in the world seem endless – and one might wonder how new scents can enter the market so often, and not be the same as another but with a different name put on the bottle. Not all, but many of the fragrances today in fact do smell like another, and new one’s entering the market don’t smell very unique. If...
The Haunting Beauty of a Hut-to-Hut Hike in the Dolomites
Last August, long before the coronavirus pandemic descended across Italy, I set off on a hike following the Alta Via 1, a long-distance footpath that traverses the Dolomites from north to south. A monumental mountain range in northeastern Italy, the Dolomites — a World Heritage Site since 2009 — are home to some of the world’s most majestic scener...