Burger King Italy Gets Its Own Line of New Italian King Burgers

Burger King Italy gets its own Italian Kings line of burger introduced earlier this year. Burger King's Italian Kings include three burgers highlighting regional Italian ingredients--one that was just recently added.

McDonald's Offers Chocolate Salami in Italy

McDonald's adds new chocolate salami to the McCafe menu over in Italy but it's actually not salami or meat at all. Instead, it's a dessert that looks like salami.

McDonald's Debuts McChicken Topped with Grilled Zucchini in Italy

McDonald's Italy debuts the new McChicken Delicato, which comes topped with grilled zucchini, as one of two new McChicken variants featuring local ingredients

McDonald's Italy Serving New Deep-Fried Stuffed Olives

As part of their locally-themed, limited-time McItaly menu, McDonald's is now offering battered and deep-fried, meat-stuffed olives in Italy.

This dish, Olive all'Ascolana, represent a regional dish that is served throughout Italy as an appetizer.

McDonald's Debuts New Nutella "Burger" in Italy

McDonald's just released a new dessert over in Italy that's essentially a Nutella "burger," which is to say that it's two halves of a bun sandwiching a layer of Nutella hazelnut spread.

McDonald's Italy Serves Up a Sundae Taco

McDonald's gives their sundae new form in Italy with the what's essentially a sundae taco called the "Pocket Sundae."

McDonald's Italy Serves Up American-Inspired Burgers with Star-Shaped Buns

The "Great Tastes of America" menu is back at McDonald's Italy and this time around, each of its featured burgers comes on a star-shaped bun.

McDonald's Newest McItaly Burger Features Fresh Mozzarella

McDonald's Italy's latest addition to the long-running, locally-source McItaly burger line is the McItaly Marchigiana, which represents the Marche region of Italy and is fancier than any McDonald's burger you're going to see here in the States.

Around the World: Burger King Celebrates with Christmas Menus Across Europe

While it's not a thing here in the US, Burger King is celebrating Christmas this year with special holiday menus in a few countries across Europe including the UK, Spain, and Italy.

In Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, and  Italy, Burger King is celebrating with the Cheesemas menu, centered around, you guessed it, cheese.

Around the World: McDonald's Italy's Latest Burger Features Walnut Sauce

McDonald's Italy just introduced a new burger featuring local flavors and ingredients called the McItaly Gran Chianina, so named because the hamburger patty is made from 100% Chianina beef, which comes from the same cattle as is used for Florentine steak (Bistecca alla florentina). Among the ingredients are a walnut sauce and a creamy cheese sauce made with pecorino romano.

Around the World: McDonald's Italy's Sausage Baguette is Only Offered in Lazio Region

In what seems to an experiment in hyper-localizing a menu item, McDonald's Italy is offering a Sausage baguette sandwich only in the Lazio region of Italy.

Around the World: McDonald's Offers a Calzone Happy Meal in Italy

McDonald's Italy looks to sell Italian food to the Italians with a new calzone they're calling the Pizzarotto. The name is apparently a portmanteau of "pizza" and "panzarotti/panzarotto," which is basically a small version of a calzone that may be deep-fried or baked.

As more of a light entree, the Pizzarotto can be purchased individually or as part of a Happy Meal. Each Pizzarotto comes filled simply with tomato and mozzarella.

International Weekend: Crich - Cappuccino Wafers

Crich "Wafers al Cappuccino" or Cappuccino Wafers come from Italy and feature multiple layers of light wafers and cappuccino creme. I found these at a local supermarket for only 99 cents(!) for an 250g or 8.8-ounce bag.

International Weekend: Forelli - Sugar Topped Puff Pastry

Welcome to International Weekend, a new feature on Brand Eating highlighting vittles imported into the U.S. from other countries. First up are Forelli Sugar Topped Puff Pastry cookies which come from Italy.

I was able to score a 7-ounce package for $1.59.