Food
Move follows years of controversy.
An Italian winemaker has announced plans to discontinue a controversial range of wines whose labels feature images of dictators including Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
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American chain quits land of pizza.
Domino's Pizza, the American multinational pizza chain, has closed all of its 29 branches in Italy after being squeezed out of the home delivery market by local pizza-makers.
The d...
An Italian menu guide with extra helpings of etymology.
First up is ‘a’ for abbacchio. These days it means meat of a young lamb, an Easter and Christmas favourite; less appetisingly the word comes from the shepherd’s cr...
Grocery Shopping from home: all the best quick delivery services in Rome
Always nostalgic for the supermarkets back home, as well as the car to load a formidable grocery haul into, the delivery services that have descen...
Ham and pineapple pasta recipe likely to be badly received in Italy.
The BBC has published a recipe for Hawaiian Spaghetti, a dish it describes as "a family-friendly pasta recipe that makes the most of tinned foods."...
BK opens in former bookshop originally destined for Starbucks.
Burger King, the American multinational chain of hamburger fast food outlets, has opened a new branch in Rome near St Peter's and the Vatican Museums.
Th...
Starbucks will be relying on Romans to embrace Frappuccino as they shop at Castel Romano.
The American multinational coffee chain Starbucks opened its first outlet in the greater Rome area, at the Castel Romano shopping...
Gelato chain from Argentina opens first European gelateria in Rome.
Lucciano's, the Argentina-based gelateria chain with more than 60 shops in South America and the US, launches in Italy with an outlet in the historic c...
Cioccolentino chocolate festival returns to Terni in the Umbria region of Italy.
The 2022 edition of the Cioccolentino festival takes place in the Umbrian town of Terni, in honour of St Valentine’s Day, from 10-14 Febru...
Italy's first O'Tacos will be in RomaEst shopping mall.
O'Tacos, the French fast food chain founded in 2007, launches in Italy with its first outlet in Rome before branching out to other major Italian cities.
Italy's...
Italians speak up over 'crimes' committed against their national cuisine around the world.
Italy may be celebrated for its cuisine around the world but it turns out that the world is "doing Italian food all wrong", acco...
Italy is currently home to more than 600 McDonald's outlets.
American fast-food giant McDonald's plans to open 200 new outlets and hire 12,000 staff in Italy by 2025.
This is what the new chief executive of the McDon...
Seven bars in Italy make the Top 100 global list: four in Rome, three in Milan.
Rome's Drink Kong has been ranked in 10th place in the global Top 500 Bars 2021, a major achievement for a bar that opened just three years...
Italy's 'Tiramisù couple' Alba and Ado Campeol die within days of each other.
Alba Di Pillo, who is credited with inventing tiramisù, has died just days after her husband, Ado Campeol.
Together the couple marketed th...
The origins of tiramisù are traced back to Treviso restaurant.
Ado Campeol, hailed by the Italian media as "il papà di Tiramisù", has died aged 93.
Campeol was the owner of the historic Alle Beccherie restaurant in T...
Mozzarella knocks camembert off the soft cheese throne in France.
French appetites may be changing when it comes to soft cheese, with Italian mozzarella outselling camembert for the first time.
The Made in Italy dair...
News of Ramsay's verdict reaches Italy where it has not gone down well.
Gordon Ramsay, the British celebrity chef, has ruffled feathers in Italy by stating that Greek cuisine is superior to Italian cuisine.
The outsp...
Five Guys comes to Rome after Milan.
Five Guys, the world-famous American burger chain, will open its first Rome branch in the capital's central Termini train station on Monday 4 October.
The arrival of Five Guys in...
Rome's Botanic Garden hosts Vendemmiata Romana.
Rome will evoke the atmosphere of the ancient Vinalia rustica wine harvest festival by staging a 'Vendemmiata Romana' at the Botanic Gardens from 17-19 September.
The t...
Il Palagio pizzeria will serve produce from Sting’s Tuscan vineyard.
Sting, the British pop legend and long-term Italy resident, has launched a pizzeria at his vineyard in the heart of Tuscany, he announced on Instagram...
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