Italy the surfing craze in the 1980s, when Italians brought it home from Hawaii and Australia.

It had always puzzled me why Chinese food in Italy was so, to put it bluntly, abysmal.

Fabio has taken up high cholesterol as his latest hobby, as in fixation.

Silvia Dal Co' give her family's shoe legacy alive in Rome.

Strong Catholic beliefs can make their way into all aspects of Italian life.

I am still smarting from the time I bought figs ("fichi") and got the gender wrong.

"Testa di legno" has a literal translation, but who says it's enough?

Do they have to start work — yelling, crashing and banging — so early in the morning?

"My heart goes buumm! I come find you in Miami in Agosto."

My husband-to-be was Catholic, and I was Anglican.

Digging around is my speciality and Italy offers bargains aplenty.