Italian cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed in Italy since Roman times and later spread around the world together with waves of Italian diaspora. Some of these foods were imported from other cultures. Significant changes occurred with the colonization of the Americas and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums, maize and sugar beet—the latter introduced in quantity in the 18th century. It is one of the best-known and most appreciated gastronomies worldwide.
Piero Camporesi was an Italian historian of literature and an anthropologist. He was a professor of Italian literature at the University of Bologna.
Nove is an Italian general entertainment cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. Originally known as Deejay TV, the channel was renamed and its logo redesigned on 22 February 2016. It offers programming aimed to appeal to the general audience and made available through Italian television LCN 9.
Rai Gulp is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI. It is the company's television channel for early teenagers, and is known for its programming for children between the ages of eight and fourteen.
Carlo Vanzina was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani, better known as Belén Rodríguez or Belén, is an Argentine-Italian television personality, actress and model. Based in Milan since 2004, Rodríguez has hosted variety shows and appeared in television commercials and films in Italy.
Italian meal structure is typical of the European Mediterranean region and differs from Northern, Central, and Eastern European meal structure, though it still often consists of breakfast (colazione), lunch (pranzo), and supper (cena). However, much less emphasis is placed on breakfast, and breakfast itself is often skipped or involves lighter meal portions than are seen in non-Mediterranean Western countries. Late-morning and mid-afternoon snacks, called merenda, are also often included in this meal structure.
Real Time is an Italian television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA.
Paolo Ruffini is an Italian actor, film director and television presenter.
Massimo Ceccherini is an Italian actor, film director, comedian and screenwriter.
DMAX is a thematic network television owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The Italian version of the channel began its broadcasting at 6:45 pm on 10 November 2011 with the show Destroyed in Seconds. DMAX is available on channel 52 of digital television, on Sky Italia at channel 136 in HD and on Tivù Sat at channel 28 in HD. It is the first factual-entertainment channel for a male audience in Italy.
Gianluca Arrighi is an Italian writer and criminal lawyer.
Enzo Miccio is an Italian television personality, wedding planner, and celebrity fashion stylist, known for his work on Wedding Planners.
Bruno Barbieri is an Italian chef, restaurateur, writer and television personality.
Neri Parenti is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the character Ugo Fantozzi, and a later series of cinepanettoni—zany comedy films scheduled for release during the Christmas period.
Fine Living was a European television channel, initially owned and operated by Scripps Networks Interactive and later by Discovery Inc., from 2018 onwards. It broadcast from 1 April 2010 to 31 December 2020. It featured documentaries, reality, and how-to shows related to home, cooking, travel, lifestyle and health.
Alessia Mancini is an Italian television host, television personality, actress and showgirl.
Antonino Cannavacciuolo is an Italian chef, restaurateur, writer and television personality.
Byoblu is an Italian television station, based in Milan, which broadcasts on digital terrestrial channel 262, as well as live-streaming on the official website.
Luca Farinotti is an Italian writer.
