“Italy is only a geographical expression” has been bandied about for almost two centuries. The phrase has that smack of the in-the-know Italophile with an intellectual bent. One day, as I was looking for a park bench on a sunny afternoon in Crotone, Calabria, I was confronted with a Calabrian take on the idea, that of Leonida Rèpaci. His thoughts ... Read More The post Italy, A Geographical Expression? And Calabria? appeared first on Calabria: The Other Italy.| Calabria: The Other Italy
We eat a lot of Italian food in the United States and feel at home with foreign names of foods and dishes. Pizza and pasta are as common as hotdog or apple pie. We order spaghetti alla carbonara with confidence and scratch our heads at “noodles with bacon and eggs” on English-language tourist menus. But sometimes we get it wrong. ... Read More The post You Can’t Have One Cannoli… appeared first on Calabria: The Other Italy.| Calabria: The Other Italy
If you build it, they will come… Funny thing, or maybe not so funny, tourists continue to pile on the Cinque Terre and the Amalfi Coast. Gorgeous locations, to be sure, but Italy is bursting with beautiful spots. Basilicata, located in the instep of the Italian boot, is full of them, but the tourism industry pretty much focuses on Matera. ... Read More The post Skywalk Maratea appeared first on Calabria: The Other Italy.| Calabria: The Other Italy
In Italy, mangia means “eat!” But it means so much more than that. Learn all about the true meaning behind this Italian word.| Savoring Italy