Italy (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic, (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland.Italy has been the home of many European cultures, such as the Etruscans and the Romans, and later was the birthplace of the movement of the Renaissance, that began in Tuscany and spread all over Europe. Italy's capital Rome has been the center of Western civilization, and is the center of the Catholic Church.Today, Italy is a democratic republic, and a developed country with the 7th-highest GDP, the 8th-highest Quality-of-life index, and the 20th-highest Human Development Index rating in the world. It is a founding member of what is now the European Union (having signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957), and also a member of the G8, the Council of Europe, the Western European Union, and the Central European Initiative. Beginning January 1, 2007, Italy became a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

The Italian artigianal food sector, through the CNA (Artesans' National Confederation) and the Confartigianato Foodstuffs' section has adhered to the information and mobilization campagin promoted by the "OGM-free Italy and Europe" coalition, which led in this weeks...

Knowledge about food and multifarious recipe cookery can we get in this site. Many cookery recipe from various country in around world will be presented by this site.Such as:Japanese RestaurantChinese RestaurantMexican RestaurantItalian RestaurantKorean RestaurantIndonesian RestaurantAnd many more...

Ayrshire, Scotland, 14 October 2007--Peckham’s Deli Cafe at Glasgow Prestwick Airport held an informal reception last week for members of the Ayrshire Food Network and their Italian guests.

The 11th Annual CultureFest of Springfield(Ohio) served up music, dancing, food, information and activities from around the globe. At Culture Fest the choices included Mexican, Greek and Italian foods; bluegrass, jazz and Andean music; and African, Indian and Celtic dancers.

BarCamp 2007 in Rome (RomeCamp) on Sat Jan 20! We'll talk about web 2.0, Information Architecture, social networking, business models, net economy, buzzing, geeks, blogging and taste some good italian food! Everyone is invited!