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…
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...
Baci Perugina: The Romantic Story Behind It
Baci Perugina was invented by Luisa Spagnoli, in 1922. Spagnoli was looking for a way to recover the processing waste of other products and created this sweet with gianduia chocolate inside, chopped hazelnuts and a whole hazelnut inside, all covered with dark...
Tagliolini: History, Tradition and Recipe
Tagliolini (also named Tajarin) are one of many fresh egg types of pasta from the Piedmontese culinary tradition widespread especially in the Langhe area. Long, thin, and of a deep yellow color due to the presence of abundant yolk, tagliolini are eaten with rich...
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...
The Origin of Balsamic Vinegar Term
What is the origin of balsamic vinegar term? Well, the term “balsamic” coined in 1747 for the first time, only serves to differentiate this type from the classic one, since the starting matrix is the same: both, in fact they are derived from wine grapes....
North of Italy Mushrooms
Italy is a land of mushrooms. A lot of North of Italy mushrooms come from the Alps to the Apennines, where mushroom hunters who, armed with baskets and badges for the authorization of the collection, set out in the woods. The porcino continues to be the most coveted...
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...
Balsamic Vinegar Uses
Balsamic vinegar uses can vary. With its irresistible scent and its black or dark brown color, balsamic vinegar is a condiment with unique characteristics born in Italy, produced for centuries in particular in the Modena and Reggio Emilia vinegar factories....
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...Capers – a New PDO in Sicily
May 2020, there has been the creation of the new PDO Aeolian Capers. The production of this new PDO currently stands at 600-700 quintals a year and about half comes from Salina.
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...
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.
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.
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Extra virigin olive oil from Tuscany – Gonnelli
