What is a farrata, you may ask? It’s a type of rustico, a savory pastry and this one is eaten only at Carnevale time. The farrata is apparently native to Manfredonia, and is called such because it is full of farro, spelt (what is spelt?). Maybe some of you are deep in your quaresima, lent,…
Carnevale War Zone in Milan
I know you thought Carnevale was on Tuesday, and it’s over, right? Wrong. In Milan, Carnevale is on Saturday (due to the Ambrosian rite), and it was this past Saturday. We went to the Duomo area because we heard there was going to be a sfilata, a parade and were interested to see how it…
Carnevale in Manfredonia, Puglia
[Readers without Borders] Check out my mini-review of John Maeda’s Laws of Simplicity at RWB since I attended his talk this week in Milan. [Umbria Jazz] Starting lineup for this year’s festival in July is out now on their site. Innovation in Italy has a Name……and thy name is Carnevale. Continuing my coverage on Carnevale…
Seeing Carnevale through the eyes of Children
UPDATE: Just in case my “wonderful” plugin slideshow isn’t working on my site, you can click through to the Flickr slideshow of the children here. The best part about Carnevale this year was walking around taking pictures of everyone waiting for the parade to start. I mentioned that one of the most popular parts of…