35th annual Venice Italian Feast & Carnival. Pizza, calzones and cannoli are just a few of my favorite foods that should be on the massive menu at the 35th annual Venice Italian Feast & Carnival.

The Venice Carnival — or Carnevale di Venezia in Italian — dates back to 1094 and celebrates two weeks of raucous indulgence before Lent, the beginning of the Easter season for Roman Catholics.