Valle D’Aosta
Valle D’Aosta in the northwest of the country has a cold Alpine climate and thus dishes up some seriously comforting...
Italian Food Regions & Maps
Piemonte
Vying with Tuscany as the most important wine producer, Piedmont certainly boasts a more sophisticated cuisine, a meeting of household...
Lombardia
This is the engine room of Italy, and at least its financial and political centre. The diverse cuisines of Lombardy...
Trentino Alto Adige
Trentino Alto Adige is an area that is characterised by division and symbiosis. In the northern mountainous terrain of the...
Veneto
Veneto stretches from the mountainous Dolomites across sweeping plains ending at the sea and the famous city of islands, Venice....
Fruili Venzia
Sharing a boarder with Slovenia, Austria and Veneto has led to diverse mixture of cultures and cuisines that are wholly...
Liguria
Here is perhaps the classic ‘Mediterranean’ cuisine as we understand it; light olive oils, foccaccia and light sauces based on...
Toscana
Tuscany IS Italy to some people, and there’s no argument that in food and wine – as in most other...
Emilia Romagna
Emilia Romagna is dominated by the mighty Po river giving rise to some of Italy’s most fertile farming lands. Food...
Le Marche
Separated from neighbouring Toscana by the Apennines Mountains and boarded by the Adriatic coast, Le Marches geography makes it a...
Umbria
The rolling hills of Umbria are covered in olive groves and grazing sheep. Medieval towns dot the country side as...
Lazio
Lazio, the home of Rome, was the heart of the Roman empire. History is seen around every corner in a...
Abruzzo
A region that survived centuries of unrest under countless regimes vying for power. The regimes, though long gone, have left...
Campania
Campania is famous for it’s beauty as well as it’s food. The beauty of the coast line has captivated people...
Basilicata
Basilicata is the mountainous region of Italy’s north. Rugged and unforgiving terrain make agriculture difficult in this sparsely populated region....
Puglia
The heel of the Italian boot, Puglia is Italy’s flattest region. The sweeping plains of Puglia are utilized extensively for...
Calabria
The Calabrian culinary scene is still a celebration of simplicity and rusticity; the elements are pasta, vegetables, eggplant, tomato, basil,...
Molise
Molise is Italy’s smallest regions, splitting from neighbouring Abruzzo in 1967. The dishes of tiny Molise are characterised by pasta,...
Sicilia
Sicily is a product of a textured and vibrant past. Sicilian cuisine and culture is wholly unique but influenced by...
Sardegna
Geographic isolation has created a culturally unique region in Sardegna. A mountainous island surrounded by the emerald waters of the...