Emilia Romagna

Parmesan, Grana, or Pecorino Romano: The ideal grated cheese for our pasta

Parmesan, with its full-bodied, rich, and mature flavor, its crumbly texture, and slight saltiness, is considered the queen of Italian cheeses, recognized and consumed globally, particularly as the ideal grated cheese for pasta. It is a cow’s milk cheese with long aging periods, usually reaching 24 months.

Climate activists turn Rome’s Trevi Fountain black

Climate activists in Italy turned Rome's famous Trevi Fountain black on May 21, saying floods that have killed 14 people in the country's northeast were "a warning."

Activists from the anti-climate change organization Last Generation climbed into the landmark fountain and poured a vegetable-based carbon liquid into it, before being pulled out and escorted away by police.