Seeing and Savoring Italy

07/08/2024

Italian Style Cool -https://seeingandsavoringitaly.wordpress.com/?p=5848

07/08/2024

Have you ever seen one of these?

In Italy there are many public drinking fountains (fontanelle) with free, fresh water. Called nasoni, most are designed as a column with a thin protruding nose-like spout midway up the post. Some are decorated with intricate carvings that tourists often mistake for a monument or work of art.

06/08/2024

The August Calendar - in the Salone dei Mesi (Room of the Months) one of the most significant 15thc fresco cycles in Italy. From the main hall of the Palazzo Schifanoia , the Renaissance Palace of the Este family in Ferrara. "Schifanoia" comes from "schifare la noia" meaning to "escape from boredom". The palazzo was used as a place of leisure, a retreat where the ducal court could relax and enjoy nature and other courtly diversions.

The rooms were decorated with elaborate gilted frescoes. This detail shows the zodiac sign Virgo. A hallmark site in Ferrara and one of our favorite places in Italy.

28/07/2024

Italian artisans. From our Pinterest boards at Cositutti.

Discover cositutti's collection, Artisan hands

28/07/2024

ITALIA TEAM ATHLETES BY REGION

28/07/2024

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/italy?day=25-july

Team Italy official schedule by day and sport for the Paris 2024 Olympics (Jul 26-Aug 11, 2024). Cheer on team Italy at the world's biggest sporting event.

28/07/2024

Celebrating the opening of the Paris Olympics with a recipe for a French Bistro Salad with an Italian twist from our friends at CosituttiMarketPlace.

The world is gathering for the 2024 Paris Olympics. We’re celebrating with a classic French Bistro Salad with a special Italian ingredient.

17/06/2024

I’m taking my Fiat 500 out this weekend for a drive in the countryside and although my car doesn’t have the prestige of a vintage Abarth we’ll enjoy an Italian inspired picnic that showcases the food from the towns and regions along the corso of Italy’s Mille Miglia.

An Italian inspired picnic that showcases the food from the towns and regions along the corso of Italy’s Mille Miglia, one of the most prestigious vintage open road races in the world.

15/06/2024

A place you should go to if you like auto racing.

The Museum is dedicated to the ‘Red Arrow’ race and was brought to life by the Mille Miglia Museum Association. It was established in December 1996 by a group of Brescian businessmen known as the “Friends of the Mille Miglia”. The Association today has 50 shareholders. The new Museum was ope...

14/06/2024

14/06/2024

If you’re tired of pickle ball and corn hole and want to try something new, set aside life’s stressors and worries for a little while and play bocce.https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:us:240ac4cf-7b9c-48a7-95ad-e6acf88e51ff

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29/05/2024

Have a seat at the language bench with this quote from Enzo Ferrari - "Quello che hai dietro non ha importanza".

29/05/2024

Drop on over to our sister site CosituttiMarketPlace - they are updating their recipe section and not only post about the how-to of cooking but offer a rich learning experience with the traditions, culture, and lifestyle of Italy and her Mediterranean neighbors. https://www.cosituttimarketplace.com/projects-8

26/05/2024

Enjoy the 500 but here is another spectacular race. Italy's Miglia!
The 2024 edition will depart from Brescia on Tuesday 11 June and will pass through Bergamo, Novara and Vercelli before arriving in Turin for the end of the first leg. 3 more after that with the final leg on Saturday 15 June, with the route passing Ferrara, Bovolone and Villafranca, then Lake Garda and the Valtenesi and Salò to finish with the classic parade in Viale Venezia.

Miglia Mille 2014. Jay and Ian Callum drive the 1951 Jaguar XK120 through Italy for the 1,000 mile classic car race Mille Miglia.» Subscribe: http://bit.ly/J...

11/05/2024

The Bosco Verticale / Vertical Forest high-rise complex in Milan, Italy. The plant life, which is said to equal 3 hectares of forests (20,000 sq m), not only moderates the temperature in summer and winter but also converts as much as 30 tonnes of CO2 each year. On top of that, it filters out dust particles, protects the residents from noise pollution and creates a microhabitat for insects and birds.

02/05/2024

I’m a big fan of food writing. The backstory behind what, why and how food is eaten is both an interest and a passion. This may have to do with my travels in Italy with our Italian family and friends where food is a national treasure. It definitely has to do with childhood memories of family gathe...

28/04/2024

Not all pasta is created equal. This one earned its reputation for its well-known taste and texture born at 1000 meters in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Northern Italy at the foot of the Italian Dolomites.

G.O.A.T. - exceptional, highly skilled in their chosen field, best in what they doMonograno Felicetti Pasta 🐐According to Federico Fellini, life is a combination of magic and pasta but not all pasta is created equal. The flavor of artisan pasta is unlike commercial pasta and the texture allows th...

23/04/2024

Gino Sorbillo pizza - flawless.

23/04/2024

If you think Italy looks great at ground level, just take a look at these photos taken of the Venetian lagoon from space. Courtesy of NASA and a Japanese remote sensing instrument operating on board the Space Agency’s Terra spacecraft.

18/04/2024

A bistecca alla Fiorentina aka the Tuscan T-Bone, is a rite of passage for the taste traveler in Italy. La Fiorentina is produced from the meat of one of the oldest breeds of cattle, the Chianina.
I have seen the Chianina grazing in pastures outside the town of Citta di Castello in Umbria and the hillsides of Tuscany near Abazzia San Antimo. They are impressive both in stature (over 6 feet tall) and in color (light pale to snow white).

Bistecca alla Fiorentina A bistecca alla Fiorentina aka the Tuscan T-Bone, is a rite of passage for the taste traveler in Italy. La Fiorentina is produced from the meat of one of the oldest breeds …

17/04/2024

Like minded taste travelers -an invitation to join our group based on the convivial ideas of Michael Gelb's book "Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking", we believe that wine has much to offer for those who take the time to think into the bottle. The purpose of this group is to encourage conviviality and unlock our creativity guided by the power of wine; the hidden codex that links history, culture, climate, geography and culinary conviviality in a glass to uncork a memorable experience or “aha” moment. In "the animated spirit of the get-togethers at the Medici Palazzo, the creativity around Thomas Jefferson’s dinner table, the joie de vivre, la dolce vita” of Leonardo's thinking and Medici drinking.
Stop by the group FB page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/199076196797505/

17/04/2024

Have a seat at the language bench with this positive affirmation.
Giorno dopo giorno parlo l’italiano sempre meglio.
Day after day I speak Italian (always better) better and better.🙂

13/04/2024

A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” —Unknown

The famous Renaissance artist Botticelli was born in Florence when his mother was 40 years old. He was nicknamed Botticelli “little barrels” by his family. A special fondness for his mother must have inspired him to create many of the paintings of women and mothers for which he is well known. https://cositutti.wordpress.com/2024/04/13/the-maternal-muses-of-italy/

10/04/2024

What's on my mind? Springtime in Bergamo.

Bergamo is about 1 hour from Milan and our Milanese cousin Roberto was known to favor the food and wines from this region. He would fish along the river Adda (Fiume Adda) in the countryside that is…

23/03/2024

Are you ready for an Italian Spring Break? Begin by changing your mind set with a new attitude and create a lifestyle that values beauty, art, culture, good food and wine. Spring foods in Italy inc…

22/03/2024

Becoming Easter -

I wrote this post several years ago but the memory is as vivid now as then. A must see under the Duomo if you are in Milano. Even though we have 40 days to prepare, celebrating Easter seems to be …