Do you know the Italian words for family members? Listen and watch as Giuditta and Marino talk about how large their family has become since they got married and had a child.

Viviana Varese, winner of the 2011 Gambero Rosso Prize "Best emerging young chef", shows us how to make a tartare of Fassone (Piemontese beef) – an elegant and very tasty dish!

Milena is at the port of Maratea and she tells us about the beauty of that evocative place. The people of Maratea happily come here, even to just have a walk in the winter.

What in the world is Yabla? Marika explains it to you, and all in under two and a half minutes! Don’t worry if you don’t speak Italian, it’s all subtitled and captioned, with plenty of features to help you soak up any new language molto velocemente! What are you waiting for? Fire up the video!

In this video we get a peek at the streets of Rome, accompanied by the nostalgic melody of "Romagna mia" (a song dedicated to the Region of Emilia Romagna, played here by a street musician in Rome). Come and discover the eternal city!

Marino shows us how to make "maccaronara" or "spaghetti alla chitarra" (guitar spaghetti), from scratch. This special kind of pasta is from Avellino, near Naples.

Interview with Cipriano Moneta, Italian Country Manager of XING. Moneta talks about his work on this start-up social network, and why it will succeed. Moneta worked for many years in recruitment and believes XING will be extremely useful for job hunters.

Serena is near one of the beaches of her town, Maratea, where she lives with her family and she tells us a few things about herself.

Mario Aprile, president of the Trifolao Association in Piedmont, gives us some tips about the characteristics of white truffles: their growth, the ideal way of storing them and of course some excellent recipes.

Antonio tells us about the two islands off Calabria. The Isola di Dino is the larger of the two and he tells us the legend of how the island was named. Isola della Cirella is the other island.

In this video Sofia and Edoardo show us how to prepare breaded vegetables the way children like them. Naturally, they allow their mother to help them. Video provided by uChefpuntoit.

Milena is at the supermarket and she shows us some products that are commonly eaten by Italians, such as wine, cheese, milk, eggs and bread. Have fun practicing with Milena!

Antonio tells us about the origins of Praia and its appeal to tourists. Praia is a very special and attractive little town, where tourists can do and see many things.

Elisa Degan and Gianna Mantovan of Torino provide step by step directions of how to prepare Grilled Sea-Bass Fillets. This fish dish is very simple to prepare and also very delicious.

Our Maratea friends sing two very famous songs, by two equally famous singers, which continue to be sung by successive generations. We're talking about "Azzurro" [Blue] by Adriano Celentano and "L'italiano" [The Italian] by Toto Cutugno. Have fun listening!