The Anzio Landing Restaurant features fine food and wine in the Mediterranean Italian flavor. There’s a “good ole days” feel to the place with WWII aircraft memorabilia like propellers, old flight jackets etc. tastefully displayed on the walls.

I-Love-Italian-Wine-and-Food-The-Fruili-Venezia-Giuli-Region by Levi Reiss If you are looking for fine Italian wine and food, consider the Friuli-Venezia Giuli region of northern Italy. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you

With all the current talk of Slow food, fast food, good food, bad food, we thought it was time to take a closer look at Italian ice cream. Like fine wine, olive oil and even chocolate, ice cream is not the same all around the world, and shouldn't even try to be. It's the milk and fresh local ingredients that make all the difference.

Italian cuisine as a national cuisine known today has evolved from centuries of social and political change. Its roots can be traced back to 4th century BC through to the introduction of notable chefs such as Maestro Martino who cooked an elegant refined Italian cuisine. The cuisine significantly changed with discovery of the New World helped shape much of what is known as Italian cuisine today with introduction of items as potatoes, tomatoes, bell pepper and maize, which are all central parts of the cuisine but were not introduced in scale until the 18th century.Ingredients and dishes vary by region. There are many significant regional dishes that have become both national and regional. Many dishes that were once regional, however, have proliferated in different variations across the country in the present day. Cheese and wine are also a major part of the cuisine, playing different roles both regionally and nationally with their many variations and Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) (regulated appellation) laws. Coffee, and more specifically espresso has become highly important to the cultural cuisine of Italy.