Italian foodAnd

drinks

Focaccia is not pizza and is about 2000 years older.

It is from the Latin 'focaccia' meaning hearth

or fireside.

Torrone di Cremona is

a traditional

nougat that can be

found in many

regions throughout Italy, Spain and France thanks to

the Arabs.

The word torrone is definitely of Latin origin

and comes from “torrere”, meaning to toast. Torrone

is made with toasted almonds, honey and other ingredients including egg

whites.

The Italian drink

Ah, Prosecco.  A wonderful Italian

drink.  It’s a bubbly straw-

yellow white wine which often comes

from the Conegliano-

Valdobbiadenearea areas of Italy. 

Made of over 70 different barks and herbs, it was first

produced in Benevento, central Italy and is steeped in history

where it is told that the drink was first made by beautiful female sprites

and used their new potion to cast spells on

lovesick humans, thereby giving its name, Strega, meaning witch. Also this is 40% proof.

The Italian drink Strega