Carnevale Celebration in the Region of Friuli

When you hear about Carnevale celebrations in Italy, Venice usually steals the show. But the truth is, numerous Italian towns, large or small, have colorful parties to mark the last days before Lent. One of Italy’s least-known regions, Friuli is home to one of these, in the town of Muggia. As Elisabeth Antoine Crawford writes, “For those with a penchant for …

Chefs Pick Best Places to Eat in Italy

It seems to be a bit of a random list but in compiling the 101 Best Restaurants in the World 2012, Newsweek editors consulted dozens of noteworthy chefs (many of whom are American) on their picks and seven of them chose restaurants (or food stands) in Italy. Here is a quick recap of this group’s choices best places to eat …

Trieste’s Best Bakery: Pasticceria Penso

This is an excerpt from the longer article Eat Your Way Through The Friuli–Venezia Giulia Region of Italy by Elisabeth Antoine Crawford, author of Flavors of Friuli: A Culinary Journey through Northeastern Italy: My fondest memory of Trieste will always be the day I first stepped into Pasticceria Penso. My timing seems predestined — I arrived on a blustery February …