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iPhone app replaces waiters
New service to speed up service
One of the innovations presented at the Tirreno Ct Wine and Food Fair in
Tuscany, a trade fair for the catering and bar equipment industries, is a new
service through which customers can order with their iPhones or iPads at
participating restaurants.
Customers who want …
Tuscany News
Olympic water
London commissions Publiacqua for the Games
Following the enormous success of the public water fountains installed
throughout Tuscany, the City of London has asked the Tuscany-based firm
Publiacqua to install public water fountains for this summer's Olympic Games.
Publiaqua installed 30 fountains in and around Florence to dispense
still and sparkling …
Tuscany News
New curbside friend
Eco-friendly trash truck
A prototype hybrid engine fuelled by liquid ammonia has been successfully
tested in a truck used for collecting trash from curbside bins.
The engine is the result of Project Wise, which started in 2009 to
address the problem of storing gas for hydrogen-powered engines.
The solution: …
Italy News
Not in my backyard
Italy's got Nimby syndrome
There are 331 public infrastructure and other construction projects that
are currently being contested by local residents, according to the annual
report of the Nimby Forum, which has been monitoring the ‘not in my backyard'
or Nimby effect in Italy since 2004.
The data shows …
Italy News
Pricey petrol
High gasoline prices, along with a recent hike in national highway tolls
(up 3.5 euro this year), mean that the cost of owning and using a car in Italy
is rising faster than ever. Italians now pay on average 1.75 euro a litre …
Italy News
Budget balancer
The Italian government recently announced an additional increase to
Italy's value-added tax (VAT). The increase, from 21 to 23 percent, will go
into effect on October 1, 2012.
The hike in the VAT is part of the Save Italy decree, the latest package
of austerity …
Italy News
How to cook a porcupine ,
Cookbook sparks controversy
Roasted stork, cat stew, grilled fox, porcupine sauce, braised donkey,
swan with oranges: these are just some of the recipes in Ricette proibite (‘Forbidden recipes'), due out this month from Tuscany-based publisher
Sarnus (www.sarnus.it).
Its author, Tebaldo Lorini, an expert in Tuscan folklore, intended …
Sport News
Sports for schools
Florence sports competition goes European
Le Piaggeliadi, Florence's annual inter-schools sports competition in Florence,
will become EuroPiaggeliadi this year, during the city's role as 2012 European
city of Sport. Young people from other cities in Europe will compete in the
Florentine event, a way of increasing relations between the …
Sport News
Sacred soccer
Priests battle it out on the football field
The Vatican's annual football tournament kicked off in early March at
St. Peter's oratory in Rome. Established in 2007, the Clericus Cup this year
will involve 351 players from 71 countries, most of them from Rome's many
pontifical colleges.
The participants wear the motto Giocare …
Sport News
Hard times
Viola clinch just one win in three
This season has been a struggle for the Fiorentina. On March 4,
following three losses in a row, the team met Cesena in a home match, taking a
much needed 2-0 win. The Viola clinched the victory through a goal by Cesena
player Vangelis …
Florence News
Biking is better
There are more than 11 million cyclists in Italy, and for good reason.
Biking keeps our bodies in shape, it is cost-effective and keeps the earth
clean. It helps us help our cities, by improving liveability and reducing
pollution and motor traffic. In order …
Florence News
Changing face
Florence's San Lorenzo area to be revamped
Since 2009, the fruit and vegetable market sellers of Florence's Mercato
Centrale, in San Lorenzo, have been operating from temporary quarters: a big
tent at the back of the building. That is when restoration work was started on
the upper level of the covered …
Florence News
Diverging views
Controversy over the return of MTV TRL awards
Florence mayor Matteo Renzi and the rector of the Santa Croce basilica,
Antonio di Marcantonio, fail to see eye-to-eye on the organization of concerts
in one of the city's most famous squares. One of the promoters of the petition
against the use of the …
Florence News
Facelift for centuries-old pharmacy
Officina di Santa Maria Novella marks milestone with fresh look
Florence's oldest pharmacy, the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa
Maria Novella is celebrating it's 400th birthday with a extensive renovation
project.
Situated in a stunning frescoed chapel that gives way to a maze of
decorated rooms housing a museum and an old workshop, much of …
Florence News
Behind the burner ,
La Crusca and Barilla to publish culinary dictionary
A selection of the most important cookbooks in Italian culinary culture,
from Pellegrino Artusi on, will soon be digitalized and indexed to form The
Italian Kitchen, the first historical dictionary of Italian gastronomic
language.
Until now, there has been no comprehensive compilation of Italian culinary
terms. The …
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