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Cioccolandia 2017 A Festival Of Chocolate …

chocolate, eating events, food, food festivals, italy, lifestyle, localBy craigNovember 12, 20171 Comment

It’s now November, and the summer festival season in Italy is coming to a close. However, as always, it goes out with a bang – Cioccolandia, a day long festival of fabulous chocolate! Willy Wonka could learn a lot from this festival! Every year the town of Castel San Giovanni turns into a chocolate lover’s delight.…

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Nose To Tail And Food For Soul …

chef, drink, Food For Soul, italy, local, nose to tail, travel, wineBy craigNovember 4, 20173 Comments

  I am a fan of “nose to tail” eating, which means that you use as much of an animal as possible, so that nothing goes to waste. The amount of food that is wasted in restaurants and homes around the world is estimated at a third of all the food bought, and the majority…

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Local food for local people ….

drink, food, italy, kitchen, local, recipe, recipes, tips, travel, wineBy craigOctober 29, 201710 Comments

I live in a beautiful town called Piacenza and I love its local food and wine. It is often overlooked by people visiting the Emilia Romagna region. They either they think that were in Lombardia (we’re right on the border), or they bypass us for the more famous tourist places like Bologna, Parma, Modena or…

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Wine to the left of me, wine to the right ….

drink, food, food festivals, italy, local, travel, wineBy craigOctober 22, 20171 Comment

It’s that time of the year in Italy when they seem to have a wine festival every week. However, this is a very good thing in my book. Last week myself, my wife and a work colleague visited the food and wine festival in Fiorenzuola. This is a village which is a village about 15…

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The Aperitivo – An Italian Institution ….

aperitivo, drink, food, food festivals, italy, lifestyle, tips, travel, wineBy craigOctober 15, 20173 Comments

One of the best things that I’ve discovered about Italy is the “aperitivo.” It’s such a civilised way to spend some time with your friends, and experience some of the Italian ‘la dolce vita.’

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Coffee In Italy – The Ten(ish) Commandments …

coffee, drink, italy, lifestyle, tips, travelBy craigOctober 8, 20171 Comment

Coffee is so ingrained in Italian culture that the idea of not drinking it is as foreign as the idea of having a spaghetti bolognese. Every Italian has their own favourite brand of coffee. Mine is Musetti, which coincidentally was founded in my home town of Piacenza by Luigi Musetti in 1934. As with everything food and drink…

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Ten “Italian” Dishes You Won’t Find In Italy …

food, italy, tips, travelBy craigOctober 5, 20171 Comment

As you will have read in my last post, Italians treat food as a religion, and there are very definite ways how dishes should be prepared. Another thing that annoys Italians is when a dish is claimed as “Italian” by someone, even by “Italian restaurants” abroad, with dishes that have never graced an Italian dining table.…

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Why You Won’t Find Spaghetti Bolognese Anywhere In Italy …

food, italy, tips, travelBy craigSeptember 20, 20173 Comments

If you ask what the world’s favourite Italian dish is, a large amount will say spaghetti bolognese. The problem is that it doesn’t exist in Italy!  

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