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Aperitivo A relaxing pre-dinner drink with traditional Italian hors d’oeuvres Italians are known to have dinner quite late in the evening. To tide them over, they will often have a pre-dinner drink, known as an “Aperitivo”. Common drinks enjoyed as an aperitivo include Prosecco, wine or – particularly in the north of Italy – […]
O vanity of human powers,how briefly lasts the crowning green of glory,unless an age of darkness follows!In painting Cimabue thought he held the fieldbut now it’s Giotto has the cry,so that the other’s fame is dimmed. Dante Alighieri, Purgatory XI, 91-96. Dante Alighieri The “Sommo Poeta”, the sublime Divine Comedy author He was born sometime
Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) turned his love of cars and racing into a company, unofficially founded in 1929, officially founded somewhat later, into a purveyor of really fast cars. These race cars, in their signature rossa corsa (“race red”) have won many a Formula 1 race over the decades. They go really fast (over 200 mph)
Ciao The Italian salutation with an unusual history. “Ciao” is the Italian way of saying “hi” and also “bye” in a casual, friendly manner. It actually has its origins in the Venetian “s-ciào vostro” or “s-ciào su”, which translates to something along the lines of “I am your slave”. Luckily it didn’t really mean an
Naples Italy’s 3rd-largest municipality, after Rome and Milan. The populous Italian city of Naples is one of the oldest cities in the world to have had constant inhabitation. So it is somewhat ironic that its name comes from the Greek for “new city”. The history of Naples covers some 2700 years or so. Greek people