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Italian food festivals: polenta 'sagra' in Lazio

21 April, 2020

An unusual Italian food festival celebrating polenta will take place at Castel di Tora, Rieti in the region of Lazio. The ‘sagra‘ will take place on February 21st at the gates to the historic town centre where an enormous copper…

Summer in Italy: "le sagre" of August and food and wine festivals

16 April, 2020

Summer in Italy means “sagra” time which is basically town parties that may, or may not, have religious connotations. Whoever you ask though, will tell you that the important thing is to eat well and have fun. So here is…

Mini olympics at Pesaro and Urbino: Italian town festival from Carpegna

10 April, 2020

The town of Carpegna, in Pesaro and Urbino, in the region of the Marche, celebrates its “Sega la Vecchia” Italian sagra in the form of the town sports festival every year. The four parishes of the town get together for…

Apple 'sagra' in Italy: Italian food festival of 'pom a moj' at Casalnoceto, Alessandria

7 April, 2020

Whether famous or not, apples are a traditional Italian product, with the most well known being the apples of Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy’s north. An old Italian food festival is being revived though, at Casalnoceto, between Alessandria and Pavia, where…

Italian online course word of the day: salame, salami, or salama?

2 April, 2020

The first thing to note about Italian cold cut meat products is that there are many many many different products, and their names are very specific. First of all, what we know as “salami” in English, is actually written “salame”.…

Italian food festivals: cheese in Tuscany at Terranuova Bracciolini

26 March, 2020

The town of Terranuova Bracciolini in the province of Arezzo will be busy again in May with a local bean and cheese festival taking place. Tuscany is the place to be for Italian food festivals and in the past the…