Mara Nocilla

Giorgio Armani’s island: how Pantelleria conquered the designer

Pantelleria’s food and restaurant entrepreneurs remember the designer. The donations, the dinners at the restaurant La Nicchia with his “extended family”, the island dishes and wines he loved

The super ice cream parlour you don’t expect in the historic centre of a seaside village

It’s called Biancamenta, it is located on the main promenade street in Porto Recanati and produces ice creams, granitas and ice lollies that bring flavour and naturalness together

The little-frequented beach establishment where you can eat excellent seafood (opened by a former Serie A footballer)

Lorenzo Scarafoni has been running Bagni Sant’Andrea for eight years, with equipped beach and (excellent) seafood cuisine

The experience that transforms salt into a sensory journey: “saliturismo” is born, the new trend of the Italian summer

It’s happening at SEI Saline Ettore e Infersa, on the Sicilian coast north of Marsala—one of the first companies in the sector to offer hospitality and emotional journeys centred around sea salt

A new chapter for Casa Artusi: the restaurant reopens with cuisine and social inclusion

The venue, closed since April 2024, is about to resume operations: for now, only during the Festa Artusiana from 28 June to 6 July. Permanent reopening in the autumn

What it is and where to eat Zuccotto, the ancient Florentine dessert invented by an architect

In the sixteenth century, Buontalenti created it in honour of Caterina de’ Medici. The original recipe was rediscovered a few years ago in the National Library of Florence thanks to a stroke of luck

The incredible pink oyster from the Po Delta, an Italian delicacy loved by Michelin-starred chefs

It is farmed in the Sacca di Scardovari, a lagoon on the Veneto side of the Po Delta Park. Thanks to the "solar tide", an innovative and sustainable method that simulates the Atlantic tides

A giant rice grown in the land of buffaloes: the story of a bourbon edict

A new rice-growing reality emerges in the Sele Plain, a region traditionally dedicated to buffalo farming. Cold greenhouse cultivation combats climate change and promotes a circular economy

From Venezuela to Veneto, the story of one of Italy’s finest chocolates begins like this

Born just a few years ago and already appreciated by Michelin-starred chefs, it is produced by a couple who fled from Venezuela. It is made bean to bar with “fino de aroma” cocoa beans from the country known as the...

In a former Grand Hotel, some of Italy’s finest cured hams are aged—crafted by a small mountain charcuterie

A unique case in the world: a prestigious hotel in Lurisia, abandoned for decades, has been transformed into a curing cellar for gourmet mountain hams and Cuneo DOP
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