Giammarco Schisani asked:


Italian food is famous throughout the world for being healthy, delicious and easy to prepare. Catering for a variety of tastes, famous Italian food includes pizza, pasta dishes with a variety of sauces as well as a variety of red meat dishes. Whatever your preferences, you can be sure to find a great Italian dish that you will love.

Mushroom Pesto Lasagna

This is a great dish to allow vegetarians to have a taste of Italy! For best results you should make with fresh egg pasta rather than using dried lasagna noodles. This can be served along with parmesan cheese for best results.

Shrimp Scampi

Getting this recipe right involves cooking the scampi to perfection. This recipe is great with garlic and butter, while serving crusty bread alongside it will ensure that diners have an opportunity to sop up any residual sauce.

Fish Soup with Gremolata

This can be found in different forms and with different regional takes throughout Italy. The seafood you decide to use can vary based on the preferences of the diner, and what is available for you to use at a given time. Usually cooked in white wine, this dish was originates from the Adriatic coast where it first became popular decades ago.

Chicken Scarpariello

This is a dish which is often referred to as being Italian American, translating as shoemakers chicken, the dish comprises of chicken in a lemon sauce. The chicken should be cooked until golden brown and the meal should be served alongside a dry white wine.

Chicken Marsala

This is a unique dish because it looks so elegant that it is suitable for the most sophisticated of occasions, however it is so easy to prepare. The dish is healthy because it is does not use much oil, and the chicken is usually served in a bed of flavored herb rice, alternatively it can also be served alongside potatoes.

Spaghetti and Meatballs

The trick to perfecting this recipe is to use the best possible ingredients you can find and take advantage of them. The quality of chopped tomatoes that you use can really make or break this dish. If you are making the meatballs then you could either opt for beef and veal or beef and turkey; they are probably the most suited to the sauce.

Beef Carpaccio

This dish consists of thin slices of raw beef and is generally served as an appetizer or a starter. The dish was originally conceived in Harry’s Bar in Venice where it has since became popular throughout the world. The variations between Arugula Leaves, lemon wedges and raw beef make the taste so unique.

Zuppa Toscana

This dish consists of turkey sausage, onions, bacon and potatoes. Although not an overly healthy recipe, that does not stop thousands of people around the world naming it their favorite Italian dish of all time. A great aspect of this dish is that it can really be tailored to anyone’s taste, such as changing the ratio of Chicken Broth and heavy cream – or alternatively including or leaving out certain meats.

Nigel Massey asked:


I have a great love for all things Italian. I work in a translation agency dealing with Italian English language combination projects, I am getting fat on Italian food and I am even marrying a fantastic Italian girl, who is also a translator.

So I hope to bring to you in this article not only an Italian English translation of the text. But also, a feel of the Italian culture and way of life.

Italian Names for the Seasons - la primavera, l’estate, l’autunno, l’inverno

The English Translations are:

Seasons

la primavera—Spring

l’estate—Summer

l’autunno—Autumn

l’inverno—Winter

In Italian the names of seasons (i stagioni) are not capitalized.

Now lets add some culture and lifestyle to this translation;

la primavera—Spring

The scent of flowers arrives in your house. The days start to get longer. The fog in Bolgna will start to decrease and you will be less neccessary to have extra clothes when you walk (caminare) in the evening to get an icecream (gelato).

Already, the whole of Italy is getting ready for the summer. In the south they may already be getting on the beach some weekends.

Another funny side I have discovered is that some of the Italians I know (boys and girls) are already planning on getting rid of their girlfriends / boyfriends so that they won’t be restricted from the pleasures of summer.

When I think of an English Spring I remember a saying my mother as always said ‘March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion’ Meaning it will start nice, but end with the roar of storms.

l’estate—Summer

In the summer the Italians are all heading for the beach. Italy is long and narrow looking like a ladies boot. As such, you are genereally no more then 45 minutes from the beach.

Most Italian have a selection of beaches they use. The beach of the family, the beach where they meet their friends and the beach where they go to see and be seen!

l’autunno—Autumn

Autumn is generally a little depressing in most countries. The days are becoming shorter and the days on the beach are less and less inviting.

However, Italians love to party and the harvests create a cause for many regional celebrations. So I actually love this Italian season. Its cooler so you get to catch up on what you have put off through the heat of summer.

l’inverno—Winter

Well……again Italy is long and narrow and shaped like a boot as it has been formed by the merging of tetonic plates. This has resulted in a country that has mountains down its middle.

So the Italians, like many English, are generally off to the ski slopes. But unlike the English most Italians are only an hour from the slopes so they are able to go skiing most weekends.

I do hope you have enjoyed my article on the Italian seasons and the translation provided.

Dylan Sun asked:


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Chinese and Brazilian production of ethanol will expand even faster, it said in a July 4 report with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Rising prosperity in China and other emerging nations is also spurring demand, particularly for value-added items such as meat and dairy products, the report said.

“We are sitting on structural changes that will affect agricultural prices for a long time to come,” Paul Polman, chief financial officer of Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, said last month. With prices of many everyday items starting to rise, the danger is that consumers and companies will become more pessimistic prices about the outlook for prices inflation.

The Bank of England suggested in its last quarterly prices bulletin that price changes on “highly visible” items such as food may play a big role in shaping consumer attitudes about rising prices. Bernanke has repeatedly highlighted the importance of those attitudes in carrying out monetary policy. “The state of inflation expectations greatly influences actual inflation,” he said in a July 10 speech in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dylan Sun asked:


Advertisement Montec International is heading back to the market to seek $4 million to underpin its growth strategy in China, where it is in partnership with dairy producer Beijing Dairy Sanyuan Foods Ltd.

An unprecedented surge in global demand is behind the 23 percent rise in food prices that the International Monetary Fund recorded prices during the last 18 months. “We haven’t seen anything on this scale before,” says Martin von Lampe, an agricultural economist in Paris at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The demand, triggered in part by the increasing use of agricultural commodities to make ethanol and other substitutes for crude oil, may keep prices high for years. The OECD sees U.S. output of corn-based ethanol and European consumption of oilseeds for biofuels doubling by 2016.

Chinese and Brazilian production of ethanol will expand even faster, it said in a July 4 report with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Rising prosperity in China and other emerging nations is also spurring demand, particularly for value-added items such as meat and dairy products, the report said.

“We are sitting on structural changes that will affect agricultural prices for a long time to come,” Paul Polman, chief financial officer of Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, said last month. With prices of many everyday items starting to rise, the danger is that consumers and companies will become more pessimistic prices about the outlook for prices inflation.

The Bank of England suggested in its last quarterly prices bulletin that price changes on “highly visible” items such as food may play a big role in shaping consumer attitudes about rising prices. Bernanke has repeatedly highlighted the importance of those attitudes in carrying out monetary policy. “The state of inflation expectations greatly influences actual inflation,” he said in a July 10 speech in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Giammarco Schisani asked:


Italian food is famous throughout the world for being healthy, delicious and easy to prepare. Catering for a variety of tastes, famous Italian food includes pizza, pasta dishes with a variety of sauces as well as a variety of red meat dishes. Whatever your preferences, you can be sure to find a great Italian dish that you will love.

Mushroom Pesto Lasagna

This is a great dish to allow vegetarians to have a taste of Italy! For best results you should make with fresh egg pasta rather than using dried lasagna noodles. This can be served along with parmesan cheese for best results.

Shrimp Scampi

Getting this recipe right involves cooking the scampi to perfection. This recipe is great with garlic and butter, while serving crusty bread alongside it will ensure that diners have an opportunity to sop up any residual sauce.

Fish Soup with Gremolata

This can be found in different forms and with different regional takes throughout Italy. The seafood you decide to use can vary based on the preferences of the diner, and what is available for you to use at a given time. Usually cooked in white wine, this dish was originates from the Adriatic coast where it first became popular decades ago.

Chicken Scarpariello

This is a dish which is often referred to as being Italian American, translating as shoemakers chicken, the dish comprises of chicken in a lemon sauce. The chicken should be cooked until golden brown and the meal should be served alongside a dry white wine.

Chicken Marsala

This is a unique dish because it looks so elegant that it is suitable for the most sophisticated of occasions, however it is so easy to prepare. The dish is healthy because it is does not use much oil, and the chicken is usually served in a bed of flavored herb rice, alternatively it can also be served alongside potatoes.

Spaghetti and Meatballs

The trick to perfecting this recipe is to use the best possible ingredients you can find and take advantage of them. The quality of chopped tomatoes that you use can really make or break this dish. If you are making the meatballs then you could either opt for beef and veal or beef and turkey; they are probably the most suited to the sauce.

Beef Carpaccio

This dish consists of thin slices of raw beef and is generally served as an appetizer or a starter. The dish was originally conceived in Harry’s Bar in Venice where it has since became popular throughout the world. The variations between Arugula Leaves, lemon wedges and raw beef make the taste so unique.

Zuppa Toscana

This dish consists of turkey sausage, onions, bacon and potatoes. Although not an overly healthy recipe, that does not stop thousands of people around the world naming it their favorite Italian dish of all time. A great aspect of this dish is that it can really be tailored to anyone’s taste, such as changing the ratio of Chicken Broth and heavy cream – or alternatively including or leaving out certain meats.