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Simple pasta recipes: bow ties with asparagus

27 March, 2020
We normally call this pasta “bow ties” or similar, in English, but their real name is “farfalle” or “butterflies”. Despite presenting some difficulties in the cooking, it’s wonderful pasta to use and goes well with seasonal ingredients and simple preparations…

Caravaggio virtual exhibition in Milan

27 March, 2020
2010 is the year of Caravaggio in Italy, as the 400th anniversary of the famous Italian painter’s death is celebrated. The Caravaggio exhibition in Rome was a huge success and this time the Caravaggio fever is moving to Milan, virtually…

Madonna di Campiglio new ski area to open in December 2010

27 March, 2020
The picturesque town of Madonna di Campiglio in the Dolomites has partly lifted the veil on its much awaited new ski area which includes amazing ski slopes in Val Rendena and Val di Sole. The Dolomites region (including Pinzolo, da…

Milan is one of the world's most expensive cities

27 March, 2020
According to a survey published by Mercer, Milan is one of the most expensive cities in the world, outstripping Paris, London and New York; most of the major Italian fashion brands are currently headquartered in the city, so it goes…

Former Italian president Francesco Cossiga dies

27 March, 2020
Former President Francesco Cossiga, one of Italy’s most prominent Christian Democrat leaders, died today. He was 82. Cossiga served as interior minister in the 1970s, resigning after he failed to save the life of kidnapped Prime Minister Aldo Moro in…

George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis: the story so far

27 March, 2020
George Clooney has dinner with Italian show girl Elisabetta Canalis, Italian magazine Chi gets the scoop with some odd-looking pics (coming up) and the world goes absolutely nuts. We hadn’t pegged George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis as the perfect couple,…

Italian Transgender actress Eva Robin's turns 50

27 March, 2020
Eva Robbin’s was born as Roberto Maurizio Conti in Bologna on 10th December, 1958, but during her career she has been known by many other names: Eva Coatti, Eva Robins and Eva Robbins, just to mention a few. Her best…

Set of kitchen knives by Saladini

27 March, 2020
This set of knives by Saladini has been designed to meet connoisseurs’ fastidious tastes and needs. It must be remembered that this small firm boasts several important customers - Vips. The cheese-knife set, made by skilled Tuscan artisans, is undoubtedly…

Kate Hudson's Cinema Italiano from Nine, the video

27 March, 2020
With the release of Nine now just a few months away, the drumbeat for the upcoming musical is growing louder by the minute. After Fergie ‘s rendition of Quando Quando Quando, it’s now the turn of Kate Hudson to surprise…

Late summer packages to Sardinia: Capo Caccia Resort

27 March, 2020
Beach holidays in Italy can be busy in August, but better in September and so as the locals go back to work, why not catch a little late summer sun on Sardinia? Sardinia’s beautiful Capo Caccia Resort is located on…

Italian actor Raoul Bova bares almost all, the pics

27 March, 2020
European actors seem to have no luck in Hollywood, most of them after appearing in a few movies (which more often than not bomb at the box office) head back home with tail between their legs! Italian actor Raoul Bova…

Restaurant Vivibistrot at Doria Pamphili Park in Rome

27 March, 2020
Villa Pamphili is one of the biggest and loveliest parks in Rome; during the summer it usually attracts a colourful crowd of joggers, old people reading on the benches, children on their bikes and of course lovers taking a romantic…

Streakers appear at Italian Azzurri soccer training

27 March, 2020
Training for the Italian national soccer team took a strange turn when the first day of training was peacefully invaded by two female streakers. As you can see in the photo, the girls didn’t get all their gear off, but…

New Year's Eve in Italy at Ischia health spas

27 March, 2020
Combining health spas with New Year’s Eve in Italy is a great way to prepare for 2010, and the island of Ischia in Campania, and its thermal springs could be the place for you. You can celebrate San Silvestro by…

Thief breaks into Berlusconi's villa

27 March, 2020
Maybe the thief did not know that the luxury villa he wanted to rob belonged to Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s prime minister. The burglar, a man from Milan in his late thirties, tried to break into the villa where Piersilvio Berlusconi…

Italian villa up for sale in Tuscany

27 March, 2020
Tuscany is famous, among other things, for its beautiful houses where the rich and famous love to spend their weekends; if you want to be one of them you can’t afford to miss this offer by Casa.it ; for only…