News Flash! New Flavors of Gelato

My daughter Nicoletta is our research associate in Italy and she has just updated the Flavors of Gelato list. Here are the new entries:

scorzonera (gelsomino e cannella) - found only in Sicily
cantucci e vin santo
chianti classico
panforte siena
pistacchio iraniano

Stay tuned for more!

Gelato Flavors Research Project

We are posting the final results of our Gelato Research Project. We discovered 179 flavors of gelato in Italy. We will, of course, add additional flavors if we find them.

Italians divide gelato flavors into gusti di frutta (fruit flavors) and le creme (the creams). We have followed that division as well.

According to a recent poll by Eurisko, the most popular flavors in Italy are cioccolato (27%), nocciola (20%), limone (13%), fragola (12%), crema (10%), stracciatella (9%), and pistachio (8%).

Adriano Meloni enjoys a combination of chocolate flavors at Chocolat, the trendiest gelateria in Milan. Chocolate is the number one flavor in Italy.

GUSTI DI FRUTTA (Fruit Flavors)
a.c.e. (carota, arancio, e limone)

albicocca

amarena

amarenata

ananas

anguria

aranciotto

banana

caco

cantalupo

ciliegia

cocomero

cocomero con gelsomino

dattero

fico

fig and caramel
fragola

fragolananas

fragolina di bosco

frutti di bosco

frutti misti

frutto della passione

kiwi

lampone

lime

limoncello

limone

mandarino

mango

mela

mela verde

mele cotte al forno

mele e cannella

melograno

melone

mirtillo
mora

papaya

pera

pesca

pesca arancia

pesca cioccolato

pesca gialla

pompelmo rosa

pompelmo rosso

prugna

uva nera

variegato amarena

a cup of puffo (Smurf) and crema in Forte dei Marmi

LE CREME (The Creams)

Amaretto di Saronno
anice

arachide
bacio
bacio nero
bella chioma

bigné cioccolato

biscotto

cacao

cacao di soia
caffe espresso
cannella
cannolo siciliano

cappucino
caramel
caramel nuts

carciofo
carote

cassata

castagna
champagne
cheesecake

chocolate & chianti
cioccolato

cioccolato al latte
cioccolato alla menta

cioccolato al rhum
cioccolato al peperoncino

cioccolato all’amaretto
cioccolato all'arancio

cioccolato bianco

cioccolato cocco

cioccolato fondente

cioccotrifola

cocco

crema

crema amaretto

crema Buontalenti

crema catalana

crema con pinoli e pan di spagna

crema del cardinale

crema della nonna
crema di limone

crema di noce

crema Gran Marnier

crema marron glacé

crema pistachio
crema whiskey

crème caramel
cremino

croccale di pistacchi

croccante alla mandorla
croccantino

donatella

dulce de leche
Duplo

erbe di montagne

Ferrero Roché
fior di latte

fior di panna
fiore di soia

foresta nera
fungo porcino

Galek
gianduia
gran malaga

grappa d’Arnèis

gusto de leche

Irish coffee
Kit-Kat
lavanda
liquerizia
malaga

mandorle e miele
marsala custard
mascarpone
menta

meringa
meringotto

miele

millefoglie
moka

moscato spumante

mostarda d’uva

mozzarella di bufala

Mozart

mousse al caffe

mousse al cioccolato

mousse biscotto

mousse crema santa

mousse Mars

mousse millefoglio

mousse profitterol

mousse raffaello

mousse tiramisu
nocciola

noce
nutella

nutella e panna

ortica

pan di stella

panna cotta
parmigiano

pinolata

pinolo
pistacchio

pomodoro
profumi di Sorrento

puffo

ricotta

ricotta stregata
ricotta in salsa di fichi

riso

riso e nutella

rosa

Sacher Torte

semi di finocchio

sesame a miele

spinaci selvatici
stracciatella

stracciatella al cioccolato

stracciatella ananas

stracciatella fragola

stracciatella nocciola

stracciatella pistacchio

tartufo
tiramisu

torroncino
vaniglia
variegato castagna

vini

This popular gelateria in Torino features gianduia as its speciality.

A Thank You I Never Got to Say...

Two days till I leave Roma. I can’t believe its over. There is so much I feel like I have accomplished and I am so proud of myself that I can say this. I feel like I really know the city and I have learned so much about Art History that I would have never learned by sitting in a classroom. This has been truly an invaluable experience. I constantly felt like I was learning and challenging myself.

I am excited to go back home because I miss my family and friends. I can't wait to be in the same time zone as them and not have to worry about calling at odd hours! I am not rushing to get home and leave Roma, because I truly love Roma for its beauty, but what is a city if you can’t fill it with those you love? For that, I love NYC.

I truly loved my study abroad experience. It was nothing like what I expected, it was difficult in the ways I never thought it would be and easier in others. I never thought I would make such great friends who I know will continue to be important people in my life. I thought this would be me exploring the city and bringing it back to share, except even better I got to explore it with people who are now like second family to me. They were there for me and I was for them, and they truly made my experience invaluable. Roma alone has the history and art that I will never forget and will always dream about, but my friends gave them the moments that I will always treasure. I can never look at Mary and Jesus without thinking of Ori’s impression of the baby giving the blessing, or climbing the Duomo and having a panic attack while my friends help (and laugh), or discussing our favorite flavors of gelato on the bus. It was so nice to be surrounded by people who cared about Art History the way I do.

This was a dream that I had one day in my Art History class fall of sophomore year and now it is ending after four months. Where do I go from here? What goal do I set next? I have no idea, that’s for me to figure out. But when I do, I will write it down and let you know. Until then, thank you for supporting me, for not deterring me even if you feared for my safety, to letting me fly and to figure out how to land by myself. For allowing my to open my eyes to the greatest views I have ever seen. For all that and so much more, I thank you.

What next?

Candice is back in the States and she will not be reporting from Rome about her experiences any longer. We will leave this blog online, however, so that you can read about her experiences and she does plan to make some observations about her experience as she looks back at it. She also plans to add some photos. So - visit the blog again in a few weeks! In the meantime, read her reports from Rome!

A Triumphant Return

Ciao from the USA!!! It has been to long and I apologize, but I am back!

Unfortunately my computer did not handle the flight home particularly well, perhaps it was also not ready to come home, and I woke up the day after my return to find that my hard drive had crashed. Confused, overwhelmed, and still in denial I was home I looked at the blue screen that said, "system fatal error" and thought to myself this is not the welcome home I had planned. A part of me took it as a sign that I must go back, but as all my memories seemed to be flashing before me as I scrambled to figure out how I was going to get my priceless photos. Thanks to the wonderful people at the Data Recovery Labs, I managed to save ALL my photos (which is probably over 4,000) and documents. PHEW. I still have not received them which have my in the moment thoughts about the end of my experience. I will wait to comment on the end, but until then, I do have some thoughts I would like to share.

My goal now is to incorporate my favorite aspects of Italian lifestyle into my everyday life. Whether it is saying Ciao to my friends or cooking pasta with olive oil I brought home from Roma, I am trying to make a conscious effort to still have a connection. Perhaps my biggest investment has been the purchase of an espresso maker. I now have an espresso maker, milk frother, espresso cups, and am looking to purchase cappuccino cups. Today, I am going to try to make my first espresso! I am excited because one of my favorite parts of the day was taking a few minutes with a friend and having an espresso at the local Tabacchi. For now, I find myself reminiscent about my strolls around Monte Verde and Trastevere, the local supermarket, my favorite gelateria. Sometimes, I even wonder if Roma was a dream, but then I look at the pictures that were saved and I know, that I was there, that I came, saw, and conquered....and I wonder in what context I will do it again!

E' tornata Candice!

Candice has returned to Washington, DC after her wonderful fall semester in Rome, Italy. Soon she will begin reflecting on her Semester Abroad experience.

Stay tuned!

Candice, dove sei?

Rumor has it that you have returned to the US and are hiding out in the Big Apple. If you have left Rome, could you post your overall reflections on your semester-abroad experience?

Grazie!