How to prepare an Italian antipasto platter
Create your own antipasto platter in a few easy steps. Learn how to choose ingredients like an Italian.
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5 Prosecco party cocktails (recipe)
Five of the best cocktails, using the world’s favourite sparkling wine, to liven up your Christmas party.
Festa delle Marie: 2 February
Tomorrow, 3 February, will see the Festa delle Marie take place as part of the Venetian carnival. But what are its true origins? Find out here.
History of Venetian Carnival: 31 January
The second in a series of posts exploring the history of the Venetian Carnival and the events which would have taken place during the time of the Venetian Republic (697-1797).
Carnival in Venice
Tomorrow, 27 January 2018, is the official start of what is probably the most famous carnival in the world, the Carnevale di Venezia. Soon the calli and campi will be full of people, mostly tourists and mostly French, sporting costumes ranging from the outlandish to the opulent, and posing for photographs evocative of the final century of …