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Experiences

From Venice to Porto: 7 of the best food adventures in Europe

From the backstreets of Zagreb to the canals of Venice, a holiday built around food can take you to some truly delicious locations.

Food and Drink

Local food festivals preserve Italy's obscure regional dishes

Some towns play traditional music while people dance, others let younger generations to get giddy with gaudy fairground rides. Nearly all stage historic processions, but however the night is celebrated, food is the main and most important ingredient.

Italy

Italians divided as soaring energy bills spark pasta debate

Critics probably think it's a pre-pasta-rous idea.

Food and Drink

Would you try a cheese infested with live maggots?

Outlawed around the world, Casu Marzu makes stomachs turn at the sight of the still living maggots inside it. TikTok has gotten a hold of it recently. We find out why it's Sardinia's greatest delicacy.

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Food and Drink

Ice Cream: Italy's traditional gelatos vs. UK's mayonnaise flavour

In Italy, gelato is surfing a wave of popularity again thanks to the heat and returning tourists. Meanwhile in the UK, a pop-up store is selling "cupboard classics" ice cream flavours.

Destinations

As Venice trials an entry fee, here’s how to enjoy the city crowd-free

The Italian city hopes to ease overcrowding with an entry fee from this summer, but here are some ways visitors can avoid tourist hotspots in the meantime.

The Kitchen

Antiche Carampane's Venetian-style liver and onions | The Kitchen

The Venetians inherited the recipe from the Romans and replaced figs for onions.

Food and Drink

Angry chef reacts to the worst crimes committed against Italian food

You’re doing Italian food all wrong, says Italian chef and YouTube superstar, Vincenzo Prosperi.

Italy

Suspicious package sent to Italian politician was pasta and vegetables

The alarm was sounded when the delivery arrived -- but the impasta food was an apparent gift from Puglia.

Stays

Remember the €1 Italian houses? Now you can be an Airbnb host in one

The winner will live rent-free in this renovated Sicilian townhouse for a year, getting stuck into the local traditions of Sambuca.

Food and Drink

Tourists tuck in across Italy honour pizza patron Saint Anthony

Pizza-makers far and wide were hard at work making a cheesy, doughy national favourite on January 17 to celebrate the food's patron saint.

The Kitchen

Stevie Parle's Amalfi lemon and basil spaghetti recipe | The Kitchen

A classic Sicilian pasta of 6 ingredients only that can be served for dinner within 20 minutes.

The Kitchen

Sausage pasta recipe by British Chef Stevie Parle | The Kitchen

"This is one of the easiest pasta sauces I know and I often use it as a fall-back family meal."