East Meets West with Balsamic Za’atar Vinaigrette
Za’atar is a spice blend originating in the Middle East that includes hyssop, sumac, sesame seeds and salt. Not typical herbs and spices...
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Pamela Marasco
- Jul 21
- 3 min
Italian Cool
The Mediterranean is overheating again and temperatures continue to climb as the strongest heatwave of the summer brings even higher...
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Pamela Marasco
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Seeing and Savoring Italy Book Shelf
Overstuff your bookshelf or e-reader with these books to discover the “fatal charm of Italy that can be found nowhere else.” An eclectic...
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Pamela Marasco
- Mar 1
- 6 min
It’s Time to See Italy as It Was Meant to Be
The best of Italy isn’t only found in the glory of Rome, the history and art of Florence or in the canals and calle of Venice. The fatal...
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Pamela Marasco
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Italian Cheese Lore: Big Whisks, Fire Brands and Wild Men
an excerpt from Udderly Italian: A Culinary and Cultural Taste of Regional Italian Cheese The collective history and sum of knowledge...
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Pamela Marasco
- Feb 11
- 2 min
Riddle Me This Italian Food Fact
A Knife that Opens Rather Than Cuts Riddle me this Italian food fact, "the outside is strong but the inside is delicate and is entered by...
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Pamela Marasco
- Feb 1
- 2 min
A Venetian Style Valentine's Day
Venice "La Serenissima" is perhaps the most evocative and romantic of all Italian cities, the perfect setting for an Italian inspired...
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Pamela Marasco
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Foto on Our Home Page
Many of you have asked me about the foto on the home page of CosituttiMarketPlace.com. It's a photograph of Navigli, an artsy part of the...
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Pamela Marasco
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
One Reason Autumn is Prime Time in Italy
Autumn may be the most beautiful time to travel in Italy. The colors of the season, the abundance of the harvest and the beautiful...
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Pamela Marasco
- Jun 18, 2022
- 2 min
Pecorino Shortbread
Nigella uses parmesan but I prefer pecorino. I've been captivated by the charm of pecorino ever since my trip to Pienza, an ancient...
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Pamela Marasco
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
A Boaring Time in Italy
I’ve had many “boaring” times in Italy. Not the tedious, tiresome, uninteresting type that define the common use of the word b-o-r-i-n-g...
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Pamela Marasco
- Mar 20, 2022
- 2 min
More Italian Blue Zone Recipes from Sardinia
Sardinia is one of 5 places (zones) around the world where people consistently live over 100 years old. Global pockets of health and...
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Pamela Marasco
- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
A Blue Zone Salad
The island of Sardinia off the coast of Italy is one of five places (zones) around the world where people consistently live over 100...
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Pamela Marasco
- Feb 9, 2022
- 1 min
What Does an Italian Sourceress Conjure Up for Valentine's Day to See and Savor Italy?
Traveling in Italy, sourcing products for CosituttiMarketPlace, brings me to artisan producers and generational families who have a...
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Pamela Marasco
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Simple Pleasures to Savor the Winter Season from Italy's Sud-Tirol
The Trentino Alto-Adige (South Tirol) crowns northern Italy, right beneath Austria and a mere yodel away from Switzerland. A mixture of...
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Pamela Marasco
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
A Virtual Vendemmia
In Italy the grape harvest (la vendemmia) begins in early to mid-Fall usually during September and October. Every region of Italy grows...
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Pamela Marasco
- Aug 16, 2021
- 1 min
Capri Blue
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...
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Pamela Marasco
- Jun 7, 2021
- 2 min
Picnic Panini - A Slice of “la dolce vita”
A picnic in the Italian countryside in your classic Fiat 500 or ______. Just fill in the blank and your picnic basket with salumi, salame...
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Pamela Marasco
- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
7 Ways CosituttiMarketPlace Goes to Extremes to Make You Cook Good
Over the years we’ve realized that some of our clients, customers and even some friends only have a vague notion of how we do what we do....
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Pamela Marasco
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
If Eden Had a Taste
In the distant past it was a common belief that East of Asia Eden could be found. Countless merchant ships relentlessly searched for a...
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