We are updating the Flickr website of ‘Walks Inside Rome’ on behalf of official and licensed Rome tour guides; Tosca, Sal and Marilena. There are many unofficial guides in Rome, typically non Italian, but to be the real deal you need to have passed exams based on history, cultural, art, languages etc. And unofficial guides can’t join you inside the main Rome monuments or Vatican Museums to continue your experience. They’ll be waiting outside with an ice cream or talking on the mobile phone with

HABEMUS IN COENA is a special event on 25th June 2010 dedicated to ancient roman food. Places can still be reserved in the restaurant located in Via Cimarra 34 (Rione Monti), Rome, by reserving at the email address and contacts below. The 24 June was always an important  festival day for the population of ancient Rome who would celebrate the Goddess of Fortune until late into the night on boats garlanded with flowers and moored along the banks of the River Tiber. The moment will

Jamie, Heston, Nigella, Rick, Mamma Agata, they all get their fair share of publicity. And some even get a fairer share than others.  But Delicious Italy has been asked to spread the word about little known Sora Anna from Zagarolo near Rome. Now, Sora Anna is not exactly unknown, but her fame is disproportionate to her culinary heritage and gastronomic importance. We translated the following from Anna’s Italian curriculum which was forwarded to us by Tania Pascuzzi of In Italy Tours who approached Anna about

Ajinomoto Europe SAS, France, asked us to help set up of ancient garum sauce food demonstration and tasting in Rome with professional chef and subsequent factory visit in Cetara along the Amalfi Coast. BRIEF: In association with European Committee for Umami (ECU) and global Japanese food company researching our fifth taste for world conference in San Francisco.

The news that McDonald’s Italia will be offering a limited range of products made from Italian regional DOP food products is interesting news. Perhaps most interesting of all is the fact that the Ministry of Agriculture has evidently sponsored the idea from the very start, apparently convincing the McDonalds hierarchy. The Ministry has been clear to distance itself from the business practises of McDonalds, stating that its primary role is simply to promote the consumption of Italian regional food prodcts, and hence production. And what