Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:... … View Post »

I say there ' s nothing like a good food fight to make you feel like one of the locals, and the town of Ivrea in the North of Italy seems to agree... Every year in late February, residents of Ivrea take part in a carnival tradition which has been dubbed the "Battle of the Oranges" - [...]... … View Post »

I ' ll be the first to admit that when I heard the intiial rumors trickling in earlier this year that Ronaldinho would be joining my Italian soccer team, AC Milan, I was skeptical... … View Post »

When it comes to travel, I ' m not one of those people who says stuff like, "You can ' t visit Italy without seeing [fill in the blank]."... … View Post »

Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:... The author of the book about the mafia - which has recently been made into a movie - is leaving Italy following threats on his life... … View Post »

I can ' t remember the last time I watched "60 Minutes," but the other night the husband happened to be watching it when I got home - and I ' m glad he was... Morley Safer profiled the Antinori family, wine-makers based in Tuscany and Umbria who stand out from the countless Italian wine-makers for two reasons... … View Post »

Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:... Are you one of the people who has watched Italian TV and wondered why every single show seems to require its own chorus line of skinny women in skimpy outfits?... If you are, you ' ll love the humor in this video... … View Post »

If you didn ' t get enough of the first video of the Venice gondoliers singing their politically bastardized version of "Volare" when I posted it before, you ' ll be pleased to know that they ' ve released a follow-up video... … View Post »

Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:... According to a study from 2007, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is the #1 shoplifted food item in Italy... I just have a hard time picturing how anyone would hide a giant wheel of cheese in their purse... … View Post »