Word of the Week

There are so many beautiful views to be seen in Italy - mountains, countryside, sea, rooftops, islands, monuments, cliffs - the list is never-ending! To speak…

Are you ready for your 2016 viaggio italiano (Italian trip)? As this is a good time to plan our trips for the year, we picked viaggio - trip - for the Word of…

There are lots of Italian breads, some widely known such as la foccaccia or la ciabatta, the flatbread la piadina and breadsticks i grissini. If you want to…

Next Tuesday we celebrate International Women’s Day, so our Word of the Week is DONNA – woman. The plural is donne – women. If you want to celebrate Women’s…

Many countries around the world, including Italy, are celebrating Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 10. Therefore our Word of the Week is mamma, mom/mum. Mother is…

A time for celebration and classic recipes. Easter is almost here and so is our latest word to get you excited: colomba, our Word of the Week. La colomba (…

Awaited, beloved and celebrated. It’s the Spring season: primavera, our Word of the Week. La primavera (female noun), a symbol of birth, fertility and renewal…

Throughout the summer months, posters adorn Italian walls with the word ‘sagra’ clearly taking prominent position in the advertising, so what does this word…

Who doesn’t love a good Italian recipe?! We think we all do, and that’s the Word of the Week: ricetta – recipe. The plural is ricette. Puoi trovare molte buone…

The 65th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival begins this week in the charming coastal town of Sanremo, also known as "la città dei fiori", the city of…