Christmas in Italy is a time for celebration, and with food playing such an important role in global holiday traditions, it’s no surprise that feasting is central to Italian Christmas.

When planning an Italian Christmas dinner, it’s important to ... As an Italian myself, I can attest to the fact that in Italian culture, food and family go hand in hand. The good news is that ...

The evening meal on Christmas Eve (La Vigilia) is traditionally based around fish, as a meat-free day before the decadence of the 25th. If you eat at an Italian home or restaurant on this date, you're ...

There seem to be many steps here. This conceals the fact that this Christmas dessert is ludicrously, dazzlingly easy to make. It doesn’t require cooking or technical brilliance: it is merely an ...

Food traditions can be comforting ... Spumante, a sparkling wine, is the drink of choice. As for the famous Italian Christmas meal of the feast of the seven fishes, Finardi says it’s limited ...

“This recipe is my own but at the same time a conflation of a couple of Italian Christmas must-haves ... it took a while for the food to spread). Some Italians hold on to a piece of panettone ...

Demand for the Italian sweet bread is soaring ... When a "humble kitchen hand" named Toni burnt the Christmas dessert, he "whipped up a last-minute bread with leftover ingredients" – and ...