Though it’s hard to believe that anyone — especially the locals — would find Italian food an acquired taste, a new series of classes are aimed at teaching Italians how to enjoy what may be the world’s most popular cuisine. These so-called ‘taste seminars’ will soon be offered in Bologna, Modena and Parma — home [...]
Ivano Fossati: Smooth Folk • Bad Girls Are Back: Fashion in Milan • Italian practice: Cooking for Carnival • Italians Pick Country’s Brightest Spots Cooking for Carnival Get the fat into fat Tuesday with these recipes — for those of you who don’t like fried foods (typical Italian carnival treats) there’s an alternate all-chocolate menu. [...]
Sordi with Federico Fellini & wife Giulietta Masina by Nicole Martinelli A tide of emotion swept through Rome today when 250,000 people said a last good-bye to Alberto Sordi, one of Italy’s most beloved comic actors. Sordi died Monday night of bronchitis in Rome at age 82. Thousands of Romans passed by his villa in [...]
32% Italians never go to confession 2.6% confess weekly 27.4% consider confession an ‘outdated’ sacrament "indifference" "egoism" named as frequent sins Italians are feeling less guilty and what they are feeling guilty about isn’t related to sex. In this Censis poll of 1,000 Italians aged 18-30, more than half either never ask for forgiveness or [...]
by Nicole Martinelli posted Thu 20 Feb 12:47 am After an estimated million people marched for peace in Rome last week, local ‘cat caretakers’ are taking to the streets to save their favorite felines. What may be the world’s first “Cat Pride” march will take place on Feb. 22 in Italy’s capital, with the goal [...]
Italian ecards for peace • Next big thing: Muccino’s Film • Italian practice: Song lyrics • Remembering ‘Il Postino’ Star Italian ecards for Peace After an estimated million marched for peace in Rome last week, these ‘Pace’ ecards have been circulating like mad… http://cartoline.libero.it ‘Il Postino’ Star Memorials Massimo Troisi, comic actor who played the [...]
Italy’s Northern League may have softened secessionist policies, but it’s still electing Miss Padania, symbol of an independent republic. The beauty pageant, which requires a residence certificate for eligibility, started in 1998 as an anti-Miss Italy contest with over 1,000 young women vying for the title. Instated the year after Northern League leader Umberto Bossi [...]
Italian officials, probably trying to convince themselves as much as everyone else about the never-ending restoration, have put up a website documenting the reconstruction of Venice’s beloved opera house La Fenice. The Italian opera house, razed by fire in 1996, was first promised to be rebuilt by 1998. A series of snafus have delayed the [...]
Each month we introduce you to someone who has made the dream of picking up and moving to the Bel Paese a reality. In their own words they share the good parts, the bad parts and the just plain absurd moments of day-to-day life in Italy.Looking to move to Italy?Try the reader-recommended Survivor Package . [...]
74% want shorter waiting period 3 years, current waiting period 9.4% + increase in divorces, since 1995 The life cycle of the Italian family is changing — longer engagements, bigger weddings, fewer children and shorter marriages. Divorce is still relatively new in this Catholic country — allowed by a 1974 referendum — and lengthy legal [...]
