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A harvest of 45 million hectolitres with a quality ranging from good to excellent. These are the Coldiretti predictions for the 2025 vintage, with harvesting already underway in Sicily and expected to finish no earlier than November with the Nerello grapes. In such a delicate phase, the quantity might pose a challenge (last year saw 44 million hect...

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When: Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM - Where: Prezza, 24 Fleet St, Boston, MA, 02113 - More info here Do you swear your Nonna makes the best meatballs, risotto, or pasta dish you've ever tasted? Now’s your chance to prove it—and honor her culinary legacy. In celebration of the heartwarming Netflix film NONNAS, we’re calling on families across the regi...

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Food and wine tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Italy’s travel industry, but it faces a major hurdle: the lack of skilled professionals to support its expansion. In response, leading industry organizations have developed a strategic framework to guide the future of this booming segment. The result is a newly published white pa...

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  July 29: Happy World Lasagna Day! 2025 green spikes awarded to 90 rural Italian towns Italy takes leading role in building first lunar outpost for NASA's Artemis program Urban river tourism gets a green makeover in Italy Self-driving vehicles in Italy: 60 mayors ready to host pilot programs Italy’s vocational education system faces a skills gap,...

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Many tourists spend their Italy trips in the ancient city of Rome, the artistic city of Florence and the watery city of Venice. Others spend time drinking wine in the rolling hills of Tuscany or eating pizza in Naples. But not so many travelers realize that Bologna is known around the world for its exciting food culture and that the best things to...

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Over the course of the next year, virtually every piece of Philadelphia history will be enjoyed as tourists from all over the world visit our city. But the story of Philadelphia will be both the history that is still with us — and the throngs of history that well — hasn’t survived. If you’ve spent any time enjoying the Italian Market in South Phila...

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Delicate fried pastry shells, dusted with powdered sugar and hand-filled with sweetened ricotta cheese — commonly known as cannoli — have long been a celebratory, special occasion dessert staple in Polly Matranga Happach’s family. “When the cannoli came out, it was a celebration, a big deal,” Happach said. “It was always a special occasion for a ca...

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For more than a century, New York has been the canvas for Italian culinary dreams. From the red-sauce trattorias of Mulberry Street to the modern pasta bars of the West Village, generations of immigrants have arrived with little more than recipes and ambition — determined to serve the flavors of home while adapting to the rhythms of a new world. Bu...

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We scheduled a culinary tour of Palermo for one of the first days after our arrival in Sicily. Avid food enthusiasts, we were eager to learn about the city’s famous street foods and decadent desserts. We also knew a culinary tour could serve as an introduction to the city’s history and culture. So we booked a full-day (5.5 hours) private tour of th...

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There is a seaside trattoria in Marina del Cantone, the beach of Nerano (in Campania), built under the auspices of the 17th-century chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua, with which it shares its walls. Towards the end of the 19th century, that small strip of pebbled beach served as a landing point and a place of rest for fishermen who docked their boat...

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