These 12 essential ingredients create the foundation of Italian cuisine.

Oregano. Ironically, oregano is not as commonly used in Italian cooking as other herbs, such as parsley or basil. Oregano is more flavorful in its dried form and is used more commonly in southern Italian and Sicilian dishes.

Basil works well with most other herbs: Parsley, lemon balm, oregano, rosemary, chives, dill, mint and coriander.

Parsley

Here are 8 Italian cooking spices and herbs you can use to bring the taste of Italian cuisine to your kitchen.

• Basil. Basil is an aromatic herb essential to many Italian dishes, especially pesto.
• Thyme.
• Oregano.
• Rosemary.
• Sage.
• Bay Leaves.
• Parsley.
• Marjoram.

• Pasta sauce.
• Fresh tomatoes.
• Oregano.
• Capers.
• Porcini mushrooms.
• Basil.
• Italian cheese. Ancient Romans created varieties of cheese by aging and smoking them.
• Red wine, white wine. To many, Italy is practically synonymous with wine.

Typical Italian foods and dishes include assorted appetizers (antipasti misti), all types of pasta, risotto and pizza, soups (minestroni and zuppe) and delicious meat and fish dishes.

nasi lemak

Pelmeni

Tea

borscht

Petersburg and Moscow are often described as the country’s two capitals. In 1712, Russia’s capital was moved to St. Petersburg, which Peter the Great transformed from marshland into a vibrant city of islands, canals, bridges and pastel-colored palaces. About 200 years later, the Russian capital returned to Moscow.

London (UK) is 0.63 times as big as Moscow (Russia) The City of London, London’s ancient core and financial centre − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits.

London is 2.9 times more expensive than Moscow.

London’s stood at 8.3 million, while NYC stood at 8.4 million. London, however, has much more room for its inhabitants — it’s 138 square miles bigger than NYC. So it’s pretty safe to say that New York is way more crowded than London. London wins because it’s less crowded than New York City.

Moscow (Russia) is 3.22 times as big as New York City (US)

Moscow is Russia’s most foreign-friendly city. All metro stops are announced in English and most signs have translations. Information about most places can easily be found in many languages and many people here speak English. A lot of expats who don’t speak Russian live in the country and they seem to get by just fine.

Can you drink tap water in Moscow? Moscow Russia, tap water is safe for drinking. Treatment plants use sodium hypochlorite, which is more reliable than chlorine. However, locals tend to boil water before drinking.

Moscow has a warm summer continental/ hemiboreal climate with no dry season (Dfb) whereas New York has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The mean temperature is 7.6 °C (13.7°F) cooler. Average monthly temperatures vary by 2.3 °C (4.1°F) more in Moscow.

Minneapolis has slightly warmer summer temperatures then Moscow, whereas Minneapolis has a slightly colder winter (more specifically, the winter highs are almost a tie, but winter nights are significantly colder in Minneapolis). It could be said that Minneapolis is more “continental” than Moscow.

Moscow has a warm summer continental/ hemiboreal climate with no dry season (Dfb) whereas Chicago, Illinois has a hot summer continental climate with no dry season (Dfa). The average annual temperature is 5.5 °C (9.9°F) cooler. The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 14° lower in Moscow than in Chicago, Illinois.

If you’re talking about major cities, Moscow is about 3 degrees colder than Toronto on average in both the summer and the winter, but then Montreal is about 2 degrees colder still.