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I’ve eaten my way through many of Italy’s 20 regions. Lovely lemon pasta in Calabria, fried sea creatures in Veneto, fabulous stuffed olives in Le Marche. I could ooze delight for days reimagining unforgettable food experiences in the Bel Paese. I had failed, however, to pay much attention to the unpretentious mega-star region of food and wine: Pie...

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As Carnevale approaches in the runup to Lent and then Easter, Italy comes alive with festivals in February. In the US the biggest such event is New Orleans’ Mardi Gras, but in Italy many cities have their own versions as they celebrate the last fling before Lent puts an end to fun and self-indulgence, ushering in the reflection and gravity of prepa...

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Turin's story starts with the Taurini, a Celtic tribe. It was key in regional politics, near the Alps. They were tough in war, culturally unique. In 218 BCE, Hannibal rocked up, smashing through the Alps, hitting Taurinia. It showed how open the place was to attack. Romans stepped in later, rebuilding it as Julia Taurinorum, then Augusta Taurinorum...

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A city with a thousand faces, with an elegant historic center and a long list of world-class monuments, galleries and museums, surrounded by green parks, tree-lined avenues and hills, embraced by the chain of the Alps and the loops of the Po. Turin has a very fascinating past and contains among its palaces, its avenues and in the bowels of the eart...

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Where to go on holiday in Italy in March when nature slowly awakens with its colors and the climate starts to get milder? From north to south, Italy is an infinite sequence of magnificent places to visit at any time of the year, but even more so when everybody want to spend more time outdoor, even though the air is still crisp. Here are some excell...

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The origins of Robiola di Roccaverano date back to the Celtic-Ligurian period.Its name recalls the Latin term “robium”, referring to the reddish colour of the outer part of the cheese, and the name of the town of Roccaverano in Asti, where this product originated. A manuscript signed by the priest Pistone in 1899 relates the history of the parish o...

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Ivrea is a small town at the foot of the Piedmont Alps. Located a 40-minute drive from Turin, the city is famous for being a UNESCO World Heritage Site thanks to the glorious history of the Olivetti factory, but even more so for its characteristic Carnival. The Historic Carnival of Ivrea is the oldest historical carnival in Italy, dating back to th...

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Have you been to Marengo, Iowa lately? A town of 2,500 situated just north of Highway 80, featuring a National Register of Historic Places listed courthouse, a Carnegie library, and a venerable cemetery with a Civil War memorial, it is intricately connected to French history, just like Iowa City, which developed out of a settlement named Napoleon....

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Architect, designer, photographer, writer, sportsman, skier, aerobatic pilot; Carlo Mollino escapes easy definitions. “A dry and petite stature, a hollowed-out face and above all a snappy style, taken from the world of the circus, à la Cocteau, a bit like Charlot” is how Mollino’s assistant at the Politecnico di Torino during the 1960s described hi...

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Falling prices, hidden gems, the wines that, in different vintages, have improved the most over time, the labels to invest in, the producers to follow most closely and more. There are many insights that come from the “Wine Leagues” 2023 analysis by “Wine Lister”, the famous English portal dedicated to fine wines. Wine Lister looked at price trends....

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