Spring—la primavera—is a particularly evocative season. Nature is back to life (at least in the Northern...
March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day—San Giuseppe, in Italian—and, in Italy as well as in many traditionally Catholic...
Lunar New Year (il Capodanno lunare) refers generically to the beginning of a new year based on lunisolar calendars. It...
Planning to host a winter dinner party with an Italian twist? Search no more—here are some ideas to inspire you, from...
Winter in Italy is full of events: from Christmas markets, winter sports, and cultural celebrations, there is something...
In Italy, in the last few decades, Halloween has gone from something only seen in movies and TV series from the US or...
The end of December is *that* time of the year. If you’re visualizing panettone, pandoro, endless meals, well, yes,...
Winter vocab in Italy, as in many other countries of the northern hemisphere, is inextricably related to the cold,...
“Pandoro o panettone?” is one of the archetypical questions in Italy—like shower or bathtub, spaghetti interi or...
In Western Christianity, the Epifania [Epiphany], which falls on January 6, celebrates the visit of the magi to the...
