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Bravo Brodo
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...

Pamela Marasco
Dec 14, 20212 min read


Negroni Vinaigrette
Every Christmas our Jule lads design a signature gift from CosituttiMarketPlace for our family and friends. This holiday season they...

Pamela Marasco
Dec 3, 20212 min read


Prima Colazione - Breakfast Meatballs
Breakfast, your entry into the day. Once a meager "breaking of the fast" with a chunk of bread, a piece of cheese, today breakfast is now...

Pamela Marasco
Nov 21, 20211 min read


The Ultimate Italian Cold Weather Comfort Food
A ragu is a rich, slowly cooked Italian meat sauce, hearty, intensely flavorful and full of TLC. An Italian hug in a bowl. Arguably the...

Pamela Marasco
Nov 17, 20213 min read


Marinated Cheese
I’m a cheese-aholic. I’ve always liked cheese but it became an obsession when I visited my first Italian caseificio 25 years ago. I was...

Pamela Marasco
Nov 2, 20212 min read


Considered By Some to be the Most Important Pasta Dish in Italy
Do you have these 3 ingredients - cheese, pepper and pasta. Then you can have an envious pasta dinner with a silky, smooth sauce on the...

Pamela Marasco
Oct 5, 20211 min read


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...

Pamela Marasco
Sep 10, 20212 min read


The Knobby Pumpkins of Chioggia
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...

Pamela Marasco
Sep 4, 20213 min read


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...

Pamela Marasco
Aug 16, 20211 min read


A New Way to Look at Pasta
PRODUCER The Felicetti family has an original way of looking at pasta recognizing the true potential of the natural elements of Italy's...

Pamela Marasco
Aug 6, 20212 min read


Tuscan Seasoned Balsamic Bruschetta
Bruschetta is one of the simplest and quickest things to make and can be profoundly delicious if you use the highest quality ingredients....

Pamela Marasco
Aug 1, 20211 min read


Crostini - One Bite Wonders
Crostini - one bite wonders that combine an infinite number of spreads, toppings and drizzles with a simple slice of toast. As elemental...

Pamela Marasco
Jul 14, 20212 min read


The World's Worst Pasta Salad
Italian cookbook authors like Hazan and Bastianich have given us great insight into the ingredients and techniques that make Italian...

Pamela Marasco
Jul 14, 20212 min read


Pasta for a Princess
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)...

Pamela Marasco
Jun 27, 20212 min read


Il Fuoco Vivo - The Life of Italian Fire
Although Italians did not invent the grill they certainly are among the cultures of the world that have perfected its use. The life of...

Pamela Marasco
Jun 25, 20212 min read


A Little Bit Different, A Little More Awesome - An Italian Strawberry Tortina
An Italian inspired strawberry cupcake (tortina) made with aged balsamic vinegar that is just a little bit different and a little bit...

Pamela Marasco
Jun 16, 20213 min read


Pistacchio Gelato with Olive Oil and Fleur de Sel
The following recipe is from our friends at Manicaretti made with new harvest oil from Tenuta di Capezzana in Camignano NW of Florence....

Pamela Marasco
Jun 12, 20211 min read


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 . . .

Pamela Marasco
Jun 7, 20212 min read


The Real Pasta Primavera
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...

Pamela Marasco
May 29, 20212 min read


Backstreet Boy in Siena
Olives are a significant part of what we do at CosituttiMarketPlace. Our end of the year offering of New Harvest oils are the high point...

Pamela Marasco
May 11, 20212 min read
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