This article was first published in Ferment issue 117, April 2025.In 1986, outraged by the proposed opening of the first McDonald’s restaurant in Italy – by ...

When we first arrived in Alberobello, Italy, it felt like stepping into a storybook. The whitewashed houses with cone-shaped roofs, known as trulli, ...

Extreme heat causes cows to produce less milk. This poses problems in cheese-obsessed Italy, especially as it tries to meet growing demand for favorites ...

I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. – Rosalia de Castro Sure, I knew that ...

Antonio Palmieri, owner of Tenuta Vannulo, an intensive water buffalo dairy farm, poses in his office. The farm houses approximately 600 water buffalo cows, ...

From the iconic silhouette of Mount Vesuvius to the explosive Stromboli, Italy’s volcanoes are as diverse as they are awe-inspiring Italy, a land of ...

Florence might be famous for its Renaissance art and architecture, but the city has another masterpiece: the Negroni. Thanks to our boozy friend Count ...

Serie A, B, and C teams are all in play as private equity firms join the “mad rush” to buy a dwindling number of assets. In March, Italian football ...