Italy doesn’t just export espresso — it has a formal body of knowledge around how to make it properly. The barista profession, in its original Italian sense, is a skilled trade with its own curriculum: machine calibration, extraction variables, milk texturing, and a cultural understanding of when and how each drink is served. Terzi Coffee […]

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Bologna

Gelato Museum and Masterclasses in Bologna

Bologna

The Carpigiani Gelato Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated entirely to the history and culture of Italian gelato. Located in Anzola dell’Emilia, about 10 km west of Bologna, it sits inside the headquarters of Carpigiani — the company that has been manufacturing gelato machines since 1946 and is largely responsible for the

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Parma

Pepèn in Parma: The Legendary Panini Shop and Street Food Institution

Parma

Parma is famous for its cured meats and aged cheese — culatello, prosciutto, Parmigiano Reggiano — but the city also has a strong tradition of everyday street food. Pepèn, in Borgo Sant’Ambrogio 2, is the best-known expression of that tradition: a tiny panini shop that has been feeding locals for over 50 years and regularly

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Bologna

Review of Amerigo. Savigno (Near) Bologna: Where The Good Meals Are.

Bologna

Amerigo is not in central Bologna. It takes a good 40 minutes by car to reach Savigno, a small village in the Apennine foothills south of the city. The drive is worth it. This is a Michelin-starred osteria that has been open since 1934, still run by the same family, and still serving the kind

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Food and Politics

Save Parmesan Cheese From EU Bureaucrats

Food and Politics

Slow Food, the international movement dedicated to protecting traditional and regional food cultures, has launched a public petition calling for a ban on powdered milk in cheese production. The campaign supports an Italian law introduced in 1974 that prohibits the use of powdered milk in products such as yogurt, traditional caciotta cheeses, robiola, authentic mozzarella

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Rimini

How to Eat Like a Local in Rimini

Rimini

Rimini’s food identity is built around two things: Adriatic seafood and piadina Romagnola. The city sits at the southern end of the Romagna Riviera, and the combination of a working fishing port and a centuries-old flatbread tradition shapes what locals actually eat — as opposed to what the tourist strip near the beach hotels serves.

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Barista Course in Italy: What an Italian Coffee Masterclass Teaches You

Gelato Museum and Masterclasses in Bologna

Pepèn in Parma: The Legendary Panini Shop and Street Food Institution

Review of Amerigo. Savigno (Near) Bologna: Where The Good Meals Are.

Save Parmesan Cheese From EU Bureaucrats

How to Eat Like a Local in Rimini

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