Facts About Italy Cuisine

Facts About Italy Cuisine

Flavors of Italian food and Italian cuisine have spread all over the world. In fact, in many countries, when it comes to choosing continental varieties at a restaurant, the first choice tends to be Italian cuisine. In majority of the metropolitan cities all over the world, you can find several Italian food joints serving Italian Pizza, Italian Pasta, Tuscan dishes, Italian wine, Lombardy dishes and Italian Desserts. Italian cuisine has lot of influence of regional varieties.




Tuscan cuisine, Sardinia, Sicilian and Roman are the four major regional cuisines of Italy. Depending upon the geographical boundaries, regional cuisines are impacted by multi-cultural traditions of immigrants. Bell pepper, olive oil, mozzarella, wine, potatoes, tomatoes are the basic ingredients in most of the Italian cuisine. In all the four regional preparations, the basic dishes include bread, soup, meat dishes, pasta, Lombardy dishes and above all diverse varieties of Italian desserts. By and large, Italian Pizza, Italian Pasta and Espresso Coffee remain as the most popular and all time favorites of vegetarian crowd.

Facts About Italy Legato in Italy

Facts About Italy Legato in Italy

Legato is an Italian word (literal meaning – tied together) and in musical notations it indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly, further implying that there should not be any intervening silence while transitioning from note to note. Legato, a technique for playing musical notes is required for slurred performances. However, Legato does not forbid rearticulation unlike slurring. Legato like staccato is a kind of articulation.




While playing guitar, Legato usually refers to slurred notes. In electric guitars, Legato playing will generally call for playing notes that are close and on the same string. Well-trained and skilled guitar players are generally well versed in the technique of Legato with rapid hammer-ons and pull-offs between a single pair of notes. Legato technique is generally preferred to add more fluid and smooth sound to the passage being played. In other classical stringed musical instruments, Legato often refers to note played with a full bow and with minimal silence between musical notes. Expert musicians use controlled wrist movement to perfect the technique of Legato.

Facts About Italy Florence Italy

Facts About Italy Florence Italy

Florence is the capital city of Tuscany region and province of Florence. With a population of about 365,000, it is the most populated city of Tuscany region. Florence is known for its history and importance in arts and architecture in the middle ages. Florence is the center of medieval European trade and finance. It was the capital city of Kingdom of Italy during 1865-1870. With number of historic centers and its status as World Heritage Site (declared by UNESCO in 1982), Florence attracts millions of tourists every year.





Florence is famous all over the world as the 'Cradle of Renaissance” for its churches, buildings, monuments and several other world heritage sites. Santa Maria Del Fiore, domed Cathedral is the best known site and crowning architecture jewel of Florence. 600-years old Dome, is the largest dome built in brick and mortar in the world. Besides its architecture, Florence is also famous for its exceptional painting, sculpture and other artistic heritage. World renowned painters Leonardo da Vinci and fathers of the Italian Paintings Cimabue and Giotto have lived here. Economy of Florence is largely dependent upon tourism. On any given day during the peak season from April to October, local population is greatly outnumbered by the number of tourists from all over the world.

Italian Recipes Italian Desserts

Italian Recipes Italian Desserts

Italy with its diverse variety of regional cuisines is popular all over the world for its delicious Italian Pasta, Italian Pizza, Italian Desserts and Italian Mozzarella. In Italy, it is said that no meal is complete without desserts. Italian desserts are prepared in various ways. Italian desserts are famous for its varied delicacies as well as its rich ingredients. There are different types of Italian dessert dishes. Italian love to relish desserts at several times of the day.





Italian mid-morning light desserts include cookies with espresso coffee. Desserts after lunch include heavy dishes of desserts that are served with coffee and wine. Dinner is always followed by desserts and a variety of ice creams. Traditional Italian meal is incomplete without traditional Italian desserts. Italian desserts include Tiramisu – best known all over the globe – Cenci, Almond cookie, delicate custard pudding, Cannoli and Cheese flavored Trifle, Brandied Cherries, Cassata Recipes and Peaches. Lemon fig tarte and Tiramisu are the most favorite Italian desserts.

Facts About Italy More Italy

Facts About Italy More Italy

Italy, officially Italian republic is located in Southern Europe on Italian Peninsula and on the two largest Islands Sicily and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. Italy is the home of several European cultures such as Roman and Etruscans. Rome is the capital and largest city of Italy and center of western civilization and seat of Roman Catholic Church. Italy is the founding member of European Union and member of G8, with its seventh highest nominal GDP. Italy with its eighth highest quality of life index rating is a developed country.





With a population of around 60 million, Italy is the fourth largest populated country in Europe and twenty third largest in the world. Italy is subdivided into twenty regions. Rome, Florence, Sicily, Milan, and Naples are few of the major cities of Italy. Throughout its history, Italy has remained as the favorite destination for the immigrants, current immigrant population being 5.8% of the total population. Roman Catholicism is the religion in Italy. Italy is home to the largest numbers of UNESCO World heritage Sites. Official language of Italy is Italian and the currency is Euro.

Facts About Italy Milan Italy

Facts About Italy Milan Italy

Milan, one of the designs and fashion capital of world, is the second largest city of Italy. Located in the plains of Lombardy region of Italy and capital of Province of Milan, Milan' population is about 1.3 million. Milan is famous all over the world for its fashion houses, shops and world' oldest shopping mall. Milan, with its fourth highest GDP in Europe, has an economy that is as large as Greek economy and is one of the major financial and business centers in the world. With most efficient rail infrastructure and an international airport, Milan well connected to different parts of Italy and major cities of world.





Milan is the artistic center of world and its major landmarks include

• The Duomo – World' largest collection of marble statues
• The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II – World' oldest shopping mall
• The Basilica of Saint Ambrogio
• The Basilica of San Lorenzo
• Brera Academy of Fine Arts
• The Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie - Most Famous paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci, The Last Supper

Facts About Italy Food History

Facts About Italy Food History

Italian food, dishes and cooking is well-known all over the world through its finest ingredients and excellent recipes. Italian food, cuisine and dishes as are known to the modern world today have undergone a large evolution and revolution over couple of centuries through its cultural, socio-economic and political changes and can be traced back to as old as 4th Century BC. Much of what is known to the current Italian food traditions that include potatoes, tomatoes, olive, maize and mozzarella and bell pepper have come into existence only during the 18th century.





Italian food and cuisines are influenced greatly by the regional cultures and traditions, which have been in turn affected by the mmigrants from the neighboring regions, invaders, high profile chefs, political upheavals and discovery of the New World in Italy. Several regional dishes and food have evolved through extensive variations and proliferated as the Italian National Food. Cheese, wine and coffee in different variations have also taken over the control of Italian national cuisine, espresso coffee and mozzarella being the most notable.

Facts About Italy Pasta Food

Facts About Italy Pasta Food

Italian cuisine and food varieties are rich in traditions and heritage. Italian Pasta has preserved its pride and glory through much of its history and even today it remains as the most famous and favorite dish throughout the world. Pasta, rich in carbohydrates, is a broader term that includes different variations of Italian noodles. Dry Pastas are basically made from a dough of flour and water. Depending upon the variety of pasta dish, the flour and the milling methods could be different. Pastas come in various shapes and sizes. Many of the pasta dishes include fresh pastas. Dried pasta can last for several years.





In Italy, there are more than 350 different varieties of pasta are available. As per the original traditions, pasta can only be made from durum wheat (yellowish in color) or semolina flour and it must be cooked al dente (not too soft). Pasta is the central ingredient in any type of Italian pasta dishes. Italian pasta dishes are prepared by boiling dried or fresh pastas and adding vegetables, cheese, sauce and seasonings. Pre-packaged and ready-to-cook pasta may include spices, preservatives and permitted food flavors and colors.

Facts About Italy Venice Italy

Facts About Italy Venice Italy

Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, is well-known all over the world as 'Queen of the Adriatic', 'The City of Bridges', 'The City of Light' and 'The City of Water'. It is situated in northern Italy and is the capital of Veneto region of Italy. Venice stretches across 118 Small Islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoons along the Adriatic Sea in northeastern Italy. Population of Venice as per January 2004 Census is around 272,000.






Built on an archipelago of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon, Venice is famous all over the world for its beautiful canals and wonderful bridges that connect these islands. Gondola, the classical Venetian boat is the prime tourist attraction besides its use for weddings, funerals and other ceremonies. With its 150 canals and 400 bridges, transportation in the old classical city remains entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe' largest and unique urban area that functions without motorcars and trucks and is known as 'Car-Free' area. With its numbers of museums, palaces, beautiful waterways, gondola, villas, churches and lagoons, Venice is the delight and dream destination of international tourists.

Facts About Italy Ice Cream in Italy

Facts About Italy Ice Cream in Italy

Ice Cream or Iced Cream is a frozen dessert made from milk products, flavors, sweeteners and ice crystals. Throughout the world Ice Cream is a sweet treat that is revered for its flavor and ability to refresh and bring smiles on the faces of Ice Cream eaters. Ice Cream has a long and colorful history and it is widely acknowledged that the roots of most of the Ice Creams as we know today can be traced back to Italy. Italian Ice Cream Parlors (EISDIELEN) and Ice Creams are popular all over the world, Gelato being the most famous Italian Ice Cream. During the summer, nothing goes down better than Italian Ice Creams. Tourists and visitors after coming back from Italy rave most about the Italian Ice Cream.





All the tourist destinations in Italy have countless numbers of Ice Cream Parlors and shops including small shops on the sidewalks that are stacked with an array of special ice creams, sundaes and Gelato. Look out for exquisite homemade and artisan Gelato ice creams, which are easily available at several downtown shops. Italian Ice Cream Gelato comes in bewildering varieties of flavors. Even if you are not familiar with the Italian names, you can easily make out the flavors from the placards and pictures. Pistachio and real fruits flavors like lemon and melon are most favorite flavors of Ice Cream Lovers.

Italian Recipes Tips for Hassle-Free Italian Cooking at Home

Italian Recipes Tips for Hassle-Free Italian Cooking at Home

Italian food has permeated through a large cross section of global population regardless of regions, religions, culture and ethnicity. Almost everybody loves to relish Italian food however; considering the budget, many people prefer to prepare Italian food at home instead of shelling out huge sums at restaurants serving Italian food. Here are few tips to be kept in mind to cook Italian food at home.



• Buy an easy-to-follow Italian Recipe Book and go through the entire book at least once before attempting to prepare any specific Italian dish. Several Italian words are to comprehend and therefore you need a good Italian cookbook.



• Couples of TV channels broadcast Italian cooking shows regularly. Keep a tab on all the sows so that you can get a good handle over how to get going for the first time.
• After studying the recipe book and after a good exposure to practical tips, do a little homework to understand various terminologies.
• Finally, before making the first attempt, keep the basic ingredients like garlic, tomato sauce, pasta, mozzarella and olive oil, among other, well stocked at your home.