Guide
CULINARY HOLIDAYS
Gourmet festivals are less prominent than religious celebrations, but no less recommendable. They are usually devoted to individual regional specialties; food is accompanied by dances, concerts of the local brass band and. at the end of the evening, noisy shows …
There are few national holidays in Italy, but local celebrations never end . The days of patron saints are usually a pretext for one form or another of madness. All cities, towns and villages have their own local saint, whose relics i …
North
Piedmont is on a par with Tuscany as a producer of the best Italian red wines. The most famous are the traditional types of old wines: Barolo. Barbaresco and Barbera (the latter is the most expensive). Every day wines made from dolcetto grapes are better. especially young and slightly chilled Dolcetto dAlba. …
Wine, just like all Italian cuisine, suffered from stereotypical images of him, iambrusco ranks second on the list of the best wines in the UK, and cheap Soaves and Chianti are the most popular wines in Europe. High harvest, low prices, export at all …
Despite. that most Italian children drink wine from an early age. there is no tradition of binge drinking in Italy. It is rare to see intoxicated people on the street. young people do not spend their evenings drinking heavily, and women who abuse alcohol are particularly condemned. Nevertheless, alcohol …
REGIONAL CUISINES
Piedmont
Piedmontese cuisine shows the close ties of this region with France. Dishes such as fondutta /franc are served here. fondue) and in the preparation of dishes willingly use butter and cream. As in the whole north, oliwa i …
Full meals can be enjoyed in Italy in a trattoria or ristorante. and they consist of many dishes. Trattoria’ is traditionally cheaper and usually offers more homemade dishes (cucina casalinga), while ristorante is more elegant, it is served by waiters in tailcoats, …
BREAKFAST, SNACKS AND DESSERTS
Most Italians start their day at a bar. Their breakfast consists of coffee with hot milk (cappuccino), and ubiquitous corneto (soft French roll stuffed with jam, cream or chocolate; unfiltered rolls are rare).
Breakfast is eaten on …
Italian cuisine, despite the fact that it has long enjoyed popularity mainly due to the low prices of dishes and the ease of their preparation, it is finally beginning to gain the position of one of the great cuisines of the world. Diet of the inhabitants of southern Italy, distinguished by a large amount of fresh fruit, …
Where to go
Guide ITALY covers the provinces north of Rome, (including Rome and Lazio) except Umbria and the Marche. It is the most famous and most visited region of Italy. Piedmont and Lombardy, in the northwest, constitute the least Italian part of the country, …