Dipping bread into seasoned olive oil to nibble on before a meal isn’t typically done in Italy. Food historians credit this pre-dinner...

Comedian Jim Gaffigan once said “I think that kale salad is what they call a ‘double negative’”. As arugula is in the same botanical...

E' primavera! Devi pulire la tua casa. As the grass becomes greener and the trees and flowers start to bud there's a “feeling” in the air...

God created vegetables to help us mark the seasons. Tomatoes in late summer, pumpkins in fall and asparagus, a vegetable capable of...

Sardinia is one of 5 places (zones) around the world where people consistently live over 100 years old. Global pockets of health and...

During the month of March the world joins together to support, raise, inspire and motivate women across all fields of work. In Italy the...

The island of Sardinia off the coast of Italy is one of five places (zones) around the world where people consistently live over 100...

Traveling in Italy, sourcing products for CosituttiMarketPlace , brings me to artisan producers and generational families who have a...

In Tuscany when olives are pressed and the new oil is flowing families and friends gather around the table with gorgeous bottles of vivid...

Food waste in America is at an all time high. The Covid pandemic and its aftermath have created a cultural shift in the way we think...

This post is all about the pleasures of a well-made brodo. In Italy brodo means broth and in its most basic form is an icon of Italian...

In Italy the grape harvest (la vendemmia) begins in early to mid-Fall usually during September and October. Every region of Italy grows...

Have you noticed there's a slight change in the air now that September is here. Fall is about to arrive and we've got pumpkins on our...

Italy is a country filled with the attraction of color. Each meal in Italy is a colorful work of art; made with passion, freshness and...

PRODUCER The Felicetti family has an original way of looking at pasta recognizing the true potential of the natural elements of Italy's...

Italian cookbook authors like Hazan and Bastianich have given us great insight into the ingredients and techniques that make Italian...

In the Court of the Bentivoglio Christoforo Zafirano was regarded as a maestro, a master of l'arte della cucina (the art of the kitchen)...

Although Italians did not invent the grill they certainly are among the cultures of the world that have perfected its use. The life of...

A picnic in the Italian countryside in your classic Fiat 500 or ______. Just fill in the blank and your picnic basket with . . .

I'm writing to clear up a misconception and to debunk the myth of a well known pasta dish associated with this time of the year, Pasta...