Italian Foods
Famous type of pizza developed for Queen Margherita of Italy
Pizza Margherita
What January festival do Italians celebrate six days after the New Year?
La Bafana - January 6th and the celebration of the epiphany
Does Italy celebrate Thanksgiving?
Technically no.
It is an American holiday.
An Italian festival centered around one particular kind of fruit
Grape Festival in Marino, Italy
Famous Italian saint known for his love of animals
St. Francis of Assissi
Wine
On the island of Sicily, what festival honors an important saint?
Festival of Sant’Agata – Catania, Sicily
Including processions, relics, and three days of celebration
if Italians do not celebrate Thanksgiving, what do they celebrate?
Many celebrate local harvest festivals
Another food-based festival that turns one Italian city into the world capital of chili
Peperoncino “Chili” Festival
St. Catherine of Siena
There are Italian festivals based on these four foods
Wine, Grapes, Oranges, Chili
One of the most famous events in Italian and European history that gives of time to party and go wild.
Carnival festival in Venice.
Do Italian Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
Yes
A historic horse race in the city of Siena with a very dangerous race track
Palio di Siena
Italian saint famous for her aid and care given to Italian immigrants in America
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
A favorite dessert of Italians and Italian Americans often paired with chocolate chips
Cannoli
What pagan based festival is celebrated when spring returns after winter?
Hint - it takes place in the city of Italy's most famous saints
Calendimaggio in Assissi, Italy
What city is both home to an important Thanksgiving tradition and Little Italy?
New York City holds both the Macy's Parade and Little Italy
Italian Festival for the Blessing of the Throats; celebrated with mass and the Feast of Bread
San Biagio Festival
An Italian saint who started the Franciscan order for nun and was a close friend to St. Francis Assisi
St. Claire of Assisi
Pasta with sardines, boiled snails with garlic and parsley, focaccia, boiled octopus, roasted chickpeas and pumpkin seeds, boiled corn on the cob and watermelon
A festival celebration of an Italian saint for her work in saving the Italian people during the plague of 1624
Feast of Saint Rosalia
Love of Family and Food
Yet another food-based festival where Italians, reenacting a historical battle, get into physical fights with...oranges??
Storico Carnevale di Ivrea
There are so many saints from Italy that this country has become known as -