As we're taste traveling in Italy with our artisan producers, sourcing our products and discovering new flavors and ingredients to bring Italy home, we often find ourselves off the tourist flow visiting lesser known sites that Italians like to visit in their own country. We prioritize their character and local heritage and want to bring that experience home as well. It may be a site, a place to stay, eat or an itinerary suggested to heighten your travel experience.

The best way to cope with the summer heat is to do as the Italians do.

It's official, Memorial Day is just around the corner. The grill cover is now off and we're ready to make one of our favorite grill-time meals, kebobs.

My friend Frank likes to cook. He's not a chef but he clearly knows his way around the kitchen. He owns a high profile IT company and travels a lot for business and when he's back home, cooking becomes a re-set for relaxation. This recipe fits perfectly into his relaxed, straightforward cooking style.

Is there anything better than chocolate? Yes! Gianduja!

I like crepes! I’ve been making them since I was 7 or 8 years old and today I want to share the joy of making crepes with you.

The artist and a little "two bite" Italian pastry are two iconic symbols of Italian heritage that find the perfect place in our thoughts for Mother's Day.

I'm often asked how can I tell if I'm buying a good olive oil. There are 8 primary benchmarks to look for when selecting a quality olive oil plus a few I will add based on my experiences sourcing, tasting and visiting our producers in Italy.

The most difficult part of making a French omelet may be the folding which for most cooks ends up being quite the mess. Enter the Italians and the frittata, the Italian version of the omelet. It doesn’t have to be folded and it doesn’t have to be perfect.

My Irish friends may disagree but it’s easy for Italians to translate the green in their flag to the “wearin of the green” on St. Patrick’s Day and it goes something like this.

Seize the Moment with New Harvest Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Capezzana in Tuscany.

March is International Women's Month when the world joins together to support, raise, inspire and motivate women across all fields of work. In Italy they celebrate Festa della Donna with Torta Mimosa, an incredible cake that blooms with the promise of Spring.

Italy's Südtirol, the Trentino Alto-Adige, crowns northern Italy right beneath Austria and a mere yodel away from Switzerland.

Let me enter into the discussion with opinions about an Italian fan favorite, Bolognese Ragù.

Making coffee in Italy is an art but growing coffee depends on a botanical landscape far removed from the coffee bars of Milan, Rome or Venice.

Inspired by a 16th century Italian painter, Chef Cesare Casella creates a salad that breaks all the rules.

The taste of Christmas is still with us because Christmas in Italy doesn’t necessarily involve a cheery fat fellow in a red fur trimmed suit and it doesn’t necessarily end on December 25th.

Ring in the New Year with a frothy Italian sgroppino !

This year we’ve asked our Icelandic friends, the Jule Lads, to join us at the table and help us choose our favorite ways to celebrate the season at CosituttiMarketPlace.

In Italy there is no Black Friday but as the Holiday Season begins on Dec 8th in Italy we're celebrating the season with a coupon code for one of our Best Seller's - Maletti Aged Balsamic Vinegar.