It’ s the most popular appetizer in Italy. has a long historical tradition and … it is very strong.
Italians have a long tradition with regard to alcoholic beverages and spirits, and one of the things they do best is to create cocktails such as Negroni.
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The History. The Negroni was born in 1919 at Caffè Casoni in Florence, the historic meeting place of the aristocracy of the city.
The italian count Camillo Negroni, tired of the usual “Americano“, asked the bartender to add a splash of gin in his glass.
It contains “good fats” and a large amount of antioxidant compounds. It is olive oil, the base of the Mediterranean diet. Italy, with 464 000 tons per year, is the second largest producer in the world after Spain.
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Eastern origins.The olive tree is native to the countries of the Near East, particularly the actuals Israel and Lebanon, where its cultivation and its use as food have been used for thousands of years. From the sixteenth century BC The Phoenicians spread the olive tree in the Hellenic peninsula. Hence, from the sixth century. B.C. the olive tree is extended to the whole Mediterranean basin, from the shores of Africa, to Italy, southern France, and to the Iberian Peninsula.
Nutritional advantages. Olive oil has a number of nutritional advantages that allow it to reduce risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease. It contains mostly monounsaturated fatty acids, which lower the levels of total cholesterol and raise HDL “scavenger” lipoprotein fraction, and a low quantity of satured fats, like the animals one, that instead tend to raise the
the LDL cholesterol, which is responsible of the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. Another big advantage is that it contains different amounts of antioxidant vitamins and mainly, squalene, carotenoids and polyphenols that prevent the cells aging caused by free radicals.
The last case in Sicily, but now, from the 2007, there are many institutes that prohibit the sale of carbonated beverages to the students. The measure was inserted in a law that has, as its purpose, the promotion of agriculture and typical products of the southern region of Italy.
To combat obesity and also to promote the consumption of local products (especially citrus fruits), the regional government of Sicily has enacted a law that prevents the selling of fizzy drinks in schools. Satisfaction was expressed by both parents by pediatricians. Only the association of producers of soft drinks (assobibe) has expressed concern and amazement because of the criminalization of only one of the categories of “dangerous” foods for young children.
Giovanni Trapattoni, born on March 17, 1939 is one of the most famous italian football coach in the world. He has trained many prestigious clubs both in Italy and abroad, for example AC Milan, FC Internazionale, Juventus and Bayern Monaco. Especially in Italy he is famous for his blunt language and his little skill with foreign languages.
Between his most famous press conferences we can remember the one in Monaco, whith the “Trap” screaming all his rage against his players speaking a pseudo-german language, or the one after the elimination of Ireland from the World Championship’s final phase caused by a hand foul of Henry.
On 8 November 2011 there was the sentence about Calciopoli: the scandal that involved the first italian football league in 2006. Luciano Moggi (ex director of Juventus), Andrea and Diego Della Valle (Fiorentina), Claudio Lotito (Lazio), Massimo De Santis and other 11 people were sentenced.
In May 2006, following a series of telephone tapping,a network involving some top-teams and the referre organizations was discovered by Italian police . Managers of these teams have been accused of choosing referees for matches, and get favors from them as a result of favors or threats.
Punishments of the football league were:
Juventus : relegated in the secon division with 9 points of penalization, excluded of Champions League 2006/2007 and revocation of two Italian titles.
AC Milan : 8 points of penalization and excluded of Champions League 2006/2007
SS Lazio : 3 points of penalization and excluded of UEFA cup 2006/2007
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