Almost 5,000 photos and videos have appeared on the photo-sharing site, Instagram, as part of a contest to show the rest of the world just how good Italian food is.
A survey shows economic problems are forcing Italians to be less fussy when it comes to food, so they're reducing waste and paying less attention to sell-by dates.
It might not be to everyone's taste but visitors to Rimini's annual festival of artisan ice-cream and baking this weekend will be in for a surprise as parmesan cheese-flavoured gelato takes centre-stage.
Italians might pride themselves on having a healthy and balanced diet but it is, in fact, the Dutch who have the best diet in the world, according to a new report from Oxfam, a UK charity that fights against poverty.
Bored of penne or farfalle? Fear not, Italian pasta giant Barilla is working on a design for a machine which would allow restaurant diners to design and "print" their pasta in any shape they want.
Lower and middle class people of Pompeii, the Roman city destroyed by a volcano in 79AD, dined off exotic delicacies including sea urchins and giraffe and didn't just live off scraps as commonly believed, archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati revealed.
Following the discovery of wild boars contaminated with nuclear radiation in the northern Italian Piedmont region earlier in the year, the Ministry of Health has found two more cases, this time near Trieste, over 500km away.
Italians are up in arms after their famed food products such as olive oil and cheeses were given a negative "red" in the UK's "traffic light" food labelling system. Debate over the obesity-fighting campaign has now reached the EU's doors in Brussels.
When Ashley and Jason Bartner left New York to set up an organic farm and cooking school in rural Le Marche, they didn't speak Italian or know how to grow their own food. Ashley explains how they embraced the change and settled into the local community.
A man from Battipaglia, near the southern Italian city of Salerno, was arrested after telling a barman he was a mafia chief in order to get free drinks and croissants.
The economic crisis and soaring unemployment have forced Italians to spend less and shop more cautiously, replacing fizzy drinks and snacks with homemade produce, according to a study by Italy's chamber of commerce.
A 64-year-old man from Emilia-Romagna has been arrested after stealing a trolley-full of "gourmet" food products, including cheese and salami, worth almost €700, from a supermarket in broad daylight.
Politicians from Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PdL) party in Emilia-Romagna have squandered three times as much on their lunch and dinners as their counterparts from the Democratic Party (PD).
Despite Italians being in the midst of the worst recession since the Second World War, a new study has found they are still throwing away €8.7 billion of food each year.
If you've ever dolloped ketchup on your pasta or drunk a cappuccino with your pizza, you've likely offended an Italian. The Local speaks to Gianluigi Zenti, president of food culture organization Academia Barilla, about how foreigners can learn to eat like an Italian.
Tuscan bread will now join Italy’s exclusive band of D.O.P products whose names are protected by EU law – a status which guarantees the authenticity of speciality foods from a specific geographic origin.
Carlo Cracco's life as a TV host and head chef in Milan is a far cry from his early thought of entering the church. The Local takes a look at the chef's years of culinary creations and his award-winning approach to Italian ingredients.
Police have stopped the sale of fake 'Made in Italy' wine kits in the UK, as part of an operation involving Interpol, Italy's interior ministry and the country's food police.
Gérôme Bourdezeau drove his old Mercedes from France to Italy in the 1990s and didn't look back. The director of Eataly, a food chain and organization that promotes Italian produce, in Rome talks to The Local about working for an Italian firm and life in the capital.
