1. By: Hannah Syglowski and Grace Ramsey
Italy
By: Hannah Syglowski and Grace Ramsey
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2. FOOD
For breakfast, most Italians have a milky coffee(cappuccino or latte) and some type of breakfast bread or pastry(biscotti).
Lunch is the main meal of the day. The first thing eaten is antipasti which usually consists of cheeses, olives, and meats such as salami/pepperoni.
The first main course is often pasta or minestrone. Then, the second course is meat or fish served with salad or vegetables.
Lastly, there is fruit and coffee. Sometimes, dessert is served.

3. Italian Bread
There are many varieties of bread in Italian cuisine. Some of these are………
Focaccia- It is a flat, oven baked bread topped with herbs.
Ciabatta- It is an Italian white bread made from wheat flour and yeast.
Cecina- It is a pizza-like flatbread that originated along the Tuscan coast.
Pandoro- It is a sweet, yeast bread typically served on Christmas Day.
Penia- It is an Easter bread served in the rural parts of Italy; lemon is added for a greater taste.

4. Wine & CHeese Italy is the worlds largest wine producer at 20%.
The average Italian drinks approximately one bottle of wine per day
Italians and wine drinkers all over the world will typically enjoy cheese with their wine
Parmigano- Reggiano (Parmesan)- commonly grated over pasta; hard, granular cheese that is cooked but not pressed
Ricotta- Italian cheese made from sheep, cow, or goat milk; tasty when drizzled with olive oil and scooped up with bread
Gorgonzola- Italian bleu cheese made from unskimmed cow’s milk

5. Italian Desserts!
Tiramisu is a very popular dessert that originated in Italy. It is composed of biscuits with a type of crème in the middle dipped in coffee.
Amaretti- These are little cookies are made from sugar, flour, eggs, and Amaretto.
Cannoli- These are fried pastry-dough tubes filled with powdered sugar and ricotta cheese usually
Zeppole- These are deep fried sugar coated dough balls typically filled with custard, jelly, butter and honey, or cannoli cream.
Biscotti- Biscotti are small and crumbly sweet pastries that are usually dipped in tea or a beverage to soften them. They are baked twice in the oven to remove moisture.

6. Geography of Italy

7. Mountains of Italy There are 5 major mountain ranges in Italy.
The first are the Apennines Mountains. The Apennines are a long stretch of mountains that run from the Cadibona Pass to the tip of Calabria. The mountains than continue onto the island of Sicily.
The Western Alps run north to south from the Aosta to the Cadibona Pass.
The Central Alps run west to east from the Western Alps to the Brenner Pass.
The Eastern Alps run from west east from the Brenner Pass to Trieste.
The Alps Mountains run in a west to east arc from the Cadibona Pass to Trieste, which is at the head of the Adriatic Sea.

8. Waters Of Italy There are 3 major rivers in Italy. These rivers are……
The Po River, which stretches from Alps into the Adriatic Sea.
The Arno River, which flows from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The Tiber River, which also flows from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea.

9. Rural Areas of Italy
Southern Italy is the most rural part of the entire country.
One of the most rural parts of Italy is the Po Valley. The Po Valley is the basin of the Po River. The Po Valley is very rich and lush farmland.
Lots of Italy's countryside is also luscious, rural land. This land is inhabited by many flowers, such as poinsettias, daises, and hyacinths.