Mediterranean Diet: The Best in the World
Mediterranean dieta has been ranked the best in the world by the best diet ranking 2021 elaborated by the U.S. media U.S. News & World Report!
Carbonara Day: All You Need To Know
Carbonara Day is celebrated – promoted by Union food pasta makers and by Ipo (International Pasta Organization) with the We Love Pasta website – which last year involved over 500 million people who they participated on…
Campania Olive Oil: IGP recognition
Campania Olive Oil presents traditional, unique and inimitable gastronomic charachteristics. These olive oils that have been made since ancient years, with production methods handed down from generation to generation
The History of Colomba
The History of Colomba starts with a legend, but first let’s talk about what actually is, Colomba. The Colomba Pasquale is the typical leavened cake of the Italian tradition, which is brought to the table on Easter day together with the Neapolitan Pastiera; and...
Why Extra Virgin Oil is better
Just 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil with a high phenolic content is enough to improve endothelial function. The reports on the effects on the cardiovascular system of olive oils should specify the category and characteristics of the product: it is the extra virgin...
Grissini Bread History
Grissini are actually bread sticks and nowdays it’s easy to find them everywhere but many years ago a doctor used them in order to make Turin’s duke gain his health and strength back.
Pecorino Cheese: 5 Reasons Why You Should Eat It
Even though doctors and dieticians recommend a sparing use of cheeses, consuming 30/40 gr of pecorino cheese a day helps to satisfy our body’s need in terms of proteins, phosphorus and calcium. This type of cheese is actually very high in proteins and overall...
Giuseppe Giusti Balsamic Vinegar Recognitions
Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the Giuseppe Giusti Balsamic Vinegars made themselves known all over the world and enjoyed unanimous success among the European public…
Balsamic Vinegar of Modena
Balsamic vinegar of Modena, thanks to its unmistakable bitter-sweet flavor that lend itself to the most varied combinations in the kitchen, to its velvety density, which is a real pleasure for the palate, has distinguished itself all over the world, soon becoming...Tagliatelle
Many types of pasta exist and today we are going to talk about tagliatelle! According to legend, tagliatelle was invented in 1487 by Mastro Zafirano, on the occasion of the marriage of Lucrezia Borgia with the Duke of Ferrara. Allegedly the cook was inspired by the...
Grana Padano Riserva: The Gift For The New President
It’s official: Italy just sent a whole Grana Padano Riserva to The White House…But why? The president of the Consortium, Renato Zaghini and of the general manager, Stefano Berni said “we hope to restore the excellent dialogue we always had with the...
Tuscan Olive Oil
So what’s the difference between PDO and PGI Tuscan olive oil? The distinction lies in the production process. The acronym PDO stands for Protected Designation of Origin, while IGP stands for Protected Geographical Indication. In the case of DOP products, all...
Brain Superfoods: Grana Padano and Olive oil
Brain Superfoods are super important to keep ones longevity. In Italy there are 14 million persons over 65 and half of these, having exceeded the age of 75, are even more at risk of neurodegenerative diseases, cognitive impairment and virus infections, as demonstrated...
Oil Digital Fingerprint
Oil Digital Fingerprint…what is it? It is one of the objectives of the Violin inter-university project, “Enhancement of Italian products derived from olive oil through innovative analytical techniques”, which studies the characteristics of Italian...Ligurian Oil: PDO and Monocultivar
Ligurian oil is loved amongst Italian and, of course, is one of the regions best known for using it especially for its infamous focaccia Ligure! Photo Credit: pixabay Riviera Ligure PDO Italian extra virgin olive oil is obtained from the fruits of olives of the...
What Does EVO Mean?
So what does EVO mean? The term EVO, referring to olive oil, is the abbreviation for extra virgin olive oil. This type of oil is obtained, as required by a specific regulation, it’s obtained through mechanical cold extraction or cold pressing. Both are...
The Cultivation of Capers
The cultivation of capers has ancient origins: it was born between North Africa and the Middle East and there are traces of it in the Bible, but also in the writings of Hippocrates, Aristotle and Pliny the Elder. Photo Credit: Wikipedia It is a resistant plant, able...
Parmesan Cheese vs Parmigiano Reggiano
There are cheeses labeled as “Parmesan” that might be genuine Parmigiano Reggiano, but it’s more likely for them to be just an imitation, in this post we show you why and what you can do to differentiate the two.
Capperi and its meaning
Cappero is a small flower with a prostrate-drooping habit. The buds, called capers, and more rarely the fruits, known as cucunci, are consumed from the plant. Both are preserved in oil, vinegar or salt. So capperi means capers, but in Italy, we use this word as...
Prosciutto and Melon
Prosciutto and Melon is a classic Italian dish and an all-time perfect summer antipasto. Yet not many know its creator was a Greek doctor that wanted to combine all earth’s four elements in order to create a balanced dish…
Buffalo Milk Reduces the Formation of Metastases
A study of the National Institute for Tumors, directed by Professor Vicenzo Iaffaioli, shows that Buffalo milk reduces the formation of metastases and the growth of tumor cells.
PGI – Protected Geographical Indication
The PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) mark certifies that a product comes from a specific place or region. It tell you that the product can is guaranteed by the quality, reputation or by other characteristic related to this geographical area and at that...
Extra virgin olive oil mask
During the summer period due to the constant changes in temperature and the sun, the skin is more easily stressed and needs more hydration. It needs a lot of water, but also oils and compresses based on natural products that nourish in depth, restoring softness and...
Extra Virgin Olive Oil reduces cancer
From a study by the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome and the University of Teramo, in collaboration with the University of Camerino and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, it emerged that extra virgin olive oil, one of the most famous and typical condiments of...
Fiorentina steak: part of the UNESCO heritage
The city of Florence is a very important city, both linguistically, historically and enogastronomically. The Fiorentina (type of meat), which took the name of the city itself, could soon be included in the very restricted elite of the Unesco heritage. Despite the long...
Bolognese Ragù Day: October 21st
October 21st will be the Bolognese Ragù Day, created to promote the ancient and authentic Italian recipe in the world Next October 21st at Villa Ranuzzi Cospi in Bagnarola di Budrio, in the province of Bologna will be held the first World Day of Bolognese Ragù, with...
The numbers of pasta and bread in Italy
“Wheat is the basis of the diet of Western civilization and is a pillar of the Italian one because we consume 24 kg per capita per year of pasta and about 60 kg per capita of bread, cakes, and pizzas from artisan ovens. In total, Italians consume more than 100...
The Mediterranean diet: the diet that never goes out of fashion
The Mediterranean diet, as everyone knows, has a beneficial impact on life expectancy, so much so that Ancel Keys, the American biologist and founder of the Mediterranean diet, lived up to the age of 100. The diet, born in the regions bordering the...
Rice: excellence and Italian treasure
Rice, characterized by a thousand-year history and from distant origins, with the years has managed to make its way into the Italian culinary tradition becoming a cornerstone of our diet, bringing Italian production worldwide THE CULTIVATION OF RICE:...
How to recognize the authentic Grana Padano?
How recognize the authentic Grana Padano? Unfortunately, it couldn’t be easy to understand if something we’re eating it’s “authentical” or not. A famous Italian phrasal verb tells “Tell me where you are from and I will tell you who you are”: this could be useful and...
Acetaie Aperte 2018: a new taste experience
Discover the territory of Modena, deepen the stories and characters related to the tradition of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP and the Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena DOP and taste its authentic taste: this and much more is Acetaie Aperte 2018, the appointment...
Olive leaves: properties and benefits
Olive leaves are even healthier and nutritious than oil, in fact, they have multiple benefits on the body: they are antioxidants against free radicals of cell aging, they stimulate the metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids and help blood circulation and...
The Mediterranean “Super Food”: bread, olive oil and tomato
In May in Parma there was the International Food Show, during which ANICAV (the National Association of Vegetable Preserves) and ASSITOL (the Italian association of the oil industry), reiterated it supported the excellence of the three foods at the base of our...
PROMO FLASH: Carasau Bread 250gr reduced to 50%
Until 12.00 pm of tomorrow, you could buy our delicious Carasau Bread (250 gr) reduced to 50%, € 5 instead of € 10.90! This offer is valid only in the UK market.
Amatriciana Sauce – A Symbol of Italian Heritage
Italy has put the well-known pasta sauce, Amatriciana, up for nomination as a representative of Italian culture, as part of the UNESCO cultural heritage list. Due to the dish’s popularity throughout Italy, the petition was passed by the UNESCO Italian...Sua Maestà Balsamic Vinegar
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Extra virigin olive oil from Tuscany – Gonnelli
