Culture & Tradition

While not an official public holiday in Italy, December 31 is widely celebrated across the 20 regions.

Created in Roma, this long oval flatbread is served on a wooden pala, or “paddle.”

Even within all the regional varieties of pizza found in Italy, you'll find a few unique specialties. Enter: la pizza a ruota di carro.

We sat down with the experts at Afeltra, a prize-winning historic pasta factory, to go behind the scenes and find out how pasta is made.

When he's not brainstorming with the bakers at Eataly, Fulvio Marino continues to work with his family, grinding organic whole grains over their natural old mill stones.

The winegrowing region of Alto Adige is a multifaceted land, where unique wines are shaped by the Alpine landscape, tended to by experienced wine-growers, and prized throughout the world.

Discover the sweet story of Baci Perugina (think: a love affair in a medieval Italian town with the creation of a romantic chocolate).

Every year, people across Italy celebrate the feast day of Santa Lucia, the patron saint of the blind and her hometown of Siracusa, Sicilia, on December 13.

Ready for your next salami craze? Meet Culatello di Zibello DOP, a rare Italian product from Parma that is only now hitting American markets.