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This section archives every article published on our site – from the resourceful guides found in In The Kitchen to the enchanting insights from our featured, Italian food writers. Italian cuisine is our passion and we’re ready to pass it on to you.
Emilia-Romagna
The Emilia-Romagna region of Italy is considered by many to be the heart of Northern Italian food, from prosciutto and Parmigiano-Reggiano, to an enormous array of freshly made pasta. Since 187 B.C., when Romans built the 125-Mile Roman Road/Via Emilia this thoroughfare has taken travelers throughout the region and connected it with the...
Valle d'Aosta
The smallest region in Italy, Valle d'Aosta (the Aosta Valley) is a varied-climate area in the north. It claims borders with both Switzerland and France, as well as its neighboring Italian region of Piedmont. Because of its size and low population, Valle d'Aosta has a capital city - Aosta - but no provinces. Instead, the area is divided into 74...
Veneto
Home to the unparalleled architecture and stunning city design of the regional capital of Venice, Veneto is one of the most interesting regions in Italy. Located in the water-rich Po River Basin, Veneto nestles between the Adriatic Sea and Alpine mountains, and shares a very small portion of its northern border with Austria. Export industries...
Umbria
The only landlocked region in Italy, Umbria is located almost dead center of the country. There are no metropolitan cities in the region, but the lack of industry is made up for ten-fold by the natural beauty of the countryside and the preservation of early architecture, buildings dating from the Medieval period dotting the landscape throughout...
Trentino-Alto Adige
Bordered by Switzerland and Austria to its north, the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige shares its Italian borders with Lombardy and Veneto to the south. Divided into two large autonomous provinces – Trento and Bolzano-Bolzen – Trentino-Alto Adige claims significant portions of the southern Alps.
Piemonte
The Alpine region of Piedmont is cupped by the countries of France and Switzerland, which both play a hand in the culinary traditions of Piedmont. It shares its Italian borders with Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna and Valle d'Aosta. Piedmont houses eight provinces - Vercelli, Verbano-Cussio-Ossola, Novara, Biella, Cuneo, Asti, Alessandria,...
Marche
In the Italian region of Marche, time seems to stand still. Still a largely isolated region, Marche is a wealth of architecture and recipes dating back to Medieval times and beyond. Despite the challenging terrain, the area has been fought over for centuries by invading countries and warring Italian noble families, all seeking to control its...
Toscana
Of all the regions of Italy, Tuscany may be the area most romanticized by Americans. Particularly popular in the Southwest and along the West Coast, subdivisions with homes boasting "traditional Tuscan design" and "rustic Tuscan kitchens" bloom seemingly overnight. The culture of Tuscany runs much deeper, though, than those...
Lombardia
Located in northwestern Italy, and home to a staggering one-sixth of the total population of Italy, the region of Lombardy is truly a study in contrasts on many levels.
Abruzzo
The region of Abruzzo sits center-east in Italy’s long, narrow leg. About two-thirds of the region is mountainous, featuring the Apennine range, but is bordered by a healthy stretch of coastline along the Adriatic Sea to its northeast.
