The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy bakes world's biggest Christmas cake panettone Forget mistletoe, Christmas is not Christmas in Italy without a slice of panettone -- and festivities kicked off in Milan on Sunday with free slices of the biggest Italian candied cake in the world. https://www.thelocal.it/20171217/italy-bakes-worlds-biggest-christmas-cake-panettone Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:26:23 +0100 italy-bakes-worlds-biggest-christmas-cake-panettone This Italian chef makes miniature worlds out of pastry Imagine a world made of pastry... chocolate rivers, gingerbread houses and buildings made of dough. https://www.thelocal.it/20161121/youll-love-this-italian-instagrammers-pastry-photography Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:03:18 +0100 youll-love-this-italian-instagrammers-pastry-photography Century-old Sissi cake on show at Italian castle This is one cake you can neither have nor eat: a tart baked 118 years ago for Austria's Empress Elisabeth has gone on display this week at an Italian castle once used by the sovereign as a holiday residence. https://www.thelocal.it/20151203/century-old-sissi-cake-on-show-at-italian-castle Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:21:51 +0100 century-old-sissi-cake-on-show-at-italian-castle Italians bake the world's largest cake Italy has written its name into the record books once more – this time by baking the world's largest cake sculpture. https://www.thelocal.it/20151005/italy-bakes-the-world-largest-cake Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:06:33 +0200 italy-bakes-the-world-largest-cake Christmas cake 'stuffed with €250,000' Carrying a Christmas cake at Easter? Italian police thought something was amiss after discovering one in the boot of a car being driven by an Italian businessman. https://www.thelocal.it/20150403/christmas-cake-stuffed-with-250000 Fri, 03 Apr 2015 10:15:48 +0200 christmas-cake-stuffed-with-250000 Two hospitalized after holiday hash cake Four diners in northern Italy are in hot water with police after a marijuana-laced cake landed two guests in hospital during a party to celebrate the Ferragosto weekend. https://www.thelocal.it/20140818/two-hospitalized-over-holiday-hash-cake Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:37:00 +0200 two-hospitalized-over-holiday-hash-cake