Traditions and Events in Italy

Food and Drinks

• How to make Italian-style coffee
• The Zibibbo of Pantelleria
• The "Americano" cocktail
• History of Nutella
• Insalata caprese
• History of Panettone
• A dish of times gone by: Pasta e fagioli
• The History of "Risotto alla Milanese"
• Polenta: a traditional Italian dish
• Regional recipes, in Italian
• Traditional energising Italian liqueur: VOV

Recent Events and News

• Winter Olympic Games 2025, the program and events on the official site Milano Cortina
• April 19th - June 24th 2015: Exposition of the Holy Shroud, Turin Cathedral. Program of next events on the Sindone official site
• May 1st - October 31st 2015 opening of Expo 2015 - the next Universal Exposition after Expo 2012, hosted by Milan, Italy. It is the second time Milan hosts the exposition, the first was in 1906. For all events and programs check the Wikipedia page World's fair
• Spring 2014: The Riace bronzes are back
• 27 April 2014: the Canonizations of John XXIII and John Paul II
• 2013 - Elections in Italy: the Italian electoral system and the elections of February 2013
• 28 Aug 2010 - The Times, The pilgrim path to Rome, 75 days on foot, by Brian Mooney (subscribers only) - features a walking itinerary along the Via Francigena.
• 21 Aug 2010 - The Independent, The Big Six: Italian island retreats, by Aoife O'Riordain: Six luxury hotels in Capri, Taormina, Salina, Capo Spartivento, Torcello Pantelleria.
• 67th Venice Film Festival, Lido di Venezia, 1-11 September 2010
• 28 June 2010 - Daily Mail, Best of Italy's art cities: Florence, Pisa, Naples, Rome, Milan and Genoa, by Marina Fiorato. «My novel "The Botticelli Secret" is a detective story that travels through the most beautiful cities of Renaissance Italy. At its heart is Botticelli's famous painting Primavera, which hangs in Florence's Uffizi Gallery. Does the painting conceal an extraordinary mystery?»