How winter, geography and scarcity shaped Italy’s cuisine — and why comfort there has always meant survival ...

TURIN — Italian cuisine has been recognized as a UNESCO heritage. This is an extremely important development because it acknowledges the distinctive nature of Italy’s food system, which is rooted in ...

Italian food culture goes far beyond recipes and restaurant menus. Several deeply rooted practices linked to farming, winemaking, cheesemaking and everyday rural life have made their way onto the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Irene S. Levine is an award-winning travel and lifestyle journalist. With UNESCO recently recognizing Italian food as the world's ...