Category: Rome Food & Drink

It’s no surprise that Rome is one of the world’s best culinary cities. But with thousands of years of history and culture, it can seem a bit daunting to find the perfect Rome tour for you. Luckily, we’ve put together a helpful guide to some of Rome’s most popular food...

Does your knowledge of wine stop at pairing white wine with fish and red wine with meat? Fear not: we’ve collected 10 amazing facts about (Italian) wine from our resident sommelier, Marco Lori, and turned them into this handy info-graphic, gorgeously illustrated by Helsinki-based designer and illustrator Ilona Oksanen. Yes, this is...

For a few decades, the food scene in Venice has been seen as very touristy, overpriced and generally pretty bad. But thanks to the internet and the birth of food blogs, guide books and food tours – and thanks also to the desire of travelers to eat better and the...

Recently I was working for a few days at the World Expo in Milan. I was at the Etihad Alitalia Pavilion with Tourism Australia, working with Australian Aboriginal chef Mark Olive. Cooking demonstrations were done each day with Mark using herbs and spices indigenous to Australia, all of them new...

For most of us, Monday can bring a case of the beginning-of-the-week blues, of 5 long days until the weekend’s fun and freedom. But if you’re fortunate enough to be on vacation in Rome on lunedì, then you’re in luck: there’s plenty to do, see, and eat in the capital,...

Does ordering wine in a restaurant strike fear into your heart? Do enormous wine lists bring you out in a cold sweat? Do you look at the sommelier with a mixture of anxiety and admiration? Fret no longer! Our very own Master Sommelier, Marco Lori, is here to give you...

Summer is almost over and it’s time for winemakers to harvest their grapes across Europe. What better way to celebrate the vintage than by visiting these beautiful wine regions? From the rolling hills of Piedmont to the whitewashed villages of the Aegean islands, there are so many places where you...

We all know that Europe is full of great food. Even those countries that don’t have a reputation for fantastic dining still manage to come up with a few, or more than a few, special dishes that take you right back there every time you think of them. At Eating...