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The McItaly - Critics Debate if McDonald's New Italian Hamburger Is Mmmm Mmmm Good

Do they supersize in Italy?

It’s lunchtime. Do you want a panino or a McItaly?

That’s right…the land that invented chicken cacciatore is now home to the McItaly, a new McDonald’s burger. A government official, who went to the grand unveiling in Rome, said the “sandwich has great ambitions.”

The burger is made with beef from [...]

What Amanda Knox Eats in Prison

Is she smiling because she just had lasagna?

On December 4th, when American student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her roommate in Italy, the first thing I wondered was what kind of food she gets in prison.

American prisons aren’t exactly known for their cuisine. The food does not legally have to even [...]

The Real Jersey Shore Controversy: No Italian Food

I fear I look like Nicole from Jersey Shore. Say it ain't so.

Italian-American groups want to whack MTV’s Jersey Shore’s cast and creators (and now they probably want to whack me for that whack reference).  What’s got their meatballs in a knot? According to three Italian-American groups:

the cast makes all Italian-Americans look stupid [...]

MTV's Jersey Shore vs. Barilla Commercials - What's Worse?

All kinds of Italian American groups are having a hissy fit over MTV’s new reality tv show “Jersey Shore.” The show, which airs this Thursday night, documents the exploits of Italian Americans on the Jersey Shore. The critics are freaking out over the way MTV has described the cast as “guidos” in promos for the [...]

How to Avoid Catching the Flu While Sharing Italian Food

It can make you fat and give you the flu.

After 15 people died from the swine flu in Italy, churchgoers stopped dipping their hands into the communal holy water fountains, worried an infected person may have done the same.

So this smartypants invented an electronic holy water fountain for churches. It works like automatic [...]

Italian Food Cures for the Flu and Swine Flu

Will contaminating enemies with the swine flu be a new form of revenge within the Mafia?

I’m no doctor, but I’ve had my fair share of flus, both the regular kind and the Irish kind.

Here are my favorite Italian food cures for the flu (and perhaps the Swine Flu):

Italian Flu Cure #1: Ditalini Noodles [...]

Do They Celebrate Halloween in Italy? Who Cares.

My pumpkin is named "Capo"

Let’s forget about Italy and food for a minute. I carved the world’s bestest pumpkin, which I want to show off.

The key is the electric pumpkin carver, sold by Halloween Works. This weekend, I tried to use an old fashioned pumpkin carver while helping my nephew carve his pumpkin. [...]

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

There’s nothing like staying in, and cooking a kinda complex meal in your pajamas. I combined some recipes I found online, and came up with this stuffed pork tenderloin recipe. Turned out great. Click through the slideshow for step-by-step directions.

Ingredients:

Quiz: What's your Italian food I.Q.?

Think you know it all about Italian food?

Prove it by taking this quiz about pasta, pizza and other Italian goodies.

Fact or Fiction: Al Pacino Almost Wasn't in The Godfather

My dad looks just like Al, without the goatee.

Fact.

Al Pacino was a virtually unknown actor until director Francis Ford Coppola cast him as Michael Corleone in “The Godfather.”  According to IMBD, the studio, producers and even some other cast members didn’t think Pacino was right for the role, but Coppola insisted. [...]