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Food in Central Italy

April 30, 2009 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Food in Central Italy: a brief gastronomical tour! Emilia Romagna; Tuscany; Umbria; Le Marche Pomposa; Ravenna; Ferrara; Bologna; Modena; Parma; Siena; San Gimignano; Pisa; Lucca; Firenze (Florence); Arezzo; Montepulciano; Montalcino; Lake Trasimeno; Perugia; Assisi; Spoleto; Orvieto; San Leo; San Marino; Urbino; Ancona; Ascoli Piceno Food in Central Italy may be the most familiar to tourists, […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: balsamic vinegar, eating and drinking, Emilia Romagna, Food in Central Italy, gastronomical tour, Le Marche, mortadella, parmigiano, tortellini, tortellino, travel to Italy, Tuscany, Umbria

Food in Rome

April 30, 2009 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Food in Rome and around: a brief gastronomical tour! Rome and Lazio Rome; Tuscania; Viterbo; Tarquinia; Cerveteri; Ostia Antica; Frascati; Monte Cassino Perhaps the most savoury of all Italian regional cuisines, and perhaps due to its central location, the food in Rome and the surrounding district of Lazio offers an incredible variety of dishes and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food Tagged With: carciofi, Cerveteri, Food in Rome, Frascati, gastronomical tour, insalata caprese, Lazio, Monte Cassino, mozzarella di bufala, Ostia Antica, Tarquinia, Tuscania, Viterbo

Food in Northeast Italy

April 30, 2009 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Food in North-east Italy: a brief gastronomical tour! Trentino-Alto Adige; the Veneto and Friuli Padua; Bassano del Grappa; Vicenza; Verona; Lake Garda; Trento; Bolzano; Cortina d’Ampezzo; Misurina; Trieste; Venice Food in Northeast Italy often comprises dishes rich with creamy and meaty sauces, and risotto and polenta are often eaten instead of pasta. Trentino-Alto Adige stretches […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food Tagged With: black polenta, canederli, eating and drinking, Food in Northeast Italy, Friuli, gastronomical tour, radicchio, the Veneto, tiramisu, Trentino-Alto Adige

Food in Southern Italy

April 30, 2009 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Food in Southern Italy: a brief gastronomical tour! Naples and Campania; Abruzzo, Molise and Puglia; Basilicata and Calabria; Sicily and Sardinia Pompeii; Sorrento; Capri; Positano (Amalfi Coast); Bari; Matera; Castellana; Alberobello; Lecce; Taranto; Calabrian Mountains; Taormina; Syracuse; Ortygia Island; Piazza Armerina; Enna; Selinunte; Agrigento; Mondello; Palermo; Naples The south of Italy, especially the far south, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food Tagged With: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, eating and drinking, Food in Southern Italy, gastronomical tour, Molise, Naples, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily

Food in Northwest Italy

April 30, 2009 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Food in Northwest Italy: a brief gastronomical tour! Liguria; Valle D’Aosta and Piedmont; Lombardy Portofino (Cinque Terre); Genoa; Asti; Turin; Aosta; Vercelli; Milan; Cremona; Mantua; Stresa (Lake Maggiore); Como It may be on the Italian side of the border, but the cuisine of Valle d’Aosta and Piedmont is strongly influenced by neighbouring France, as is […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Barbaresco, Barolo, eating and drinking, Fontina, Food in Northwest Italy, gastronomical tour, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, travel to Italy, truffles, Valle D'Aosta

Food in Italy

April 30, 2009 By Tony Page 5 Comments

Food in Italy: a brief gastronomical tour! "The main characteristic of Italian cooking," according to the Italian Tourist Board website, "is its healthy balance, the excellent basic ingredients being simply cooked and retaining their original goodness and freshness. Simple and yet with such a variety of flavours and rich inventiveness in preparation, that even the […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: eating and drinking, Food in Italy, gastronomical tour, travel to Italy

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