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L’Italia, con un valore aggiunto dell’agricoltura pari a 31,8 miliardi di euro correnti, nel 2019 si è collocata al primo posto della classifica europea superando la Francia (31,3 miliardi) mentre più distanziata, in terza posizione, è risultata la Spagna (26,6 miliardi) seguita dalla Germania (21,1 miliardi). Lo rende noto la Coldiretti sulla base...

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Few dishes in Italy have such a marked difference from region to region. Also in their names. We’re talking about sausages, the poor man’s dish par excellence, the one that has always been street food – before we even knew what street food was. But keep in mind: we’re talking about the sausage that needs to be cooked (we’ll save the topic of dried...

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La pasta al forno è festa: richiede lunghe preparazioni, porzioni massicce e, in genere, condimenti opulenti. Legata generalmente alle ricorrenze, o quantomeno ai ricchi pranzi della Domenica, si declina in una serie di varianti regionali che fanno generalmente capo, con le dovute eccezioni, a tre filoni principali: quello delle lasagne “del Nord”,...

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According to an analysis by Italian farmers association Confagricoltura – based on customs agency data – Italian food exports to non-EU countries did well in the period January-April 2020. Despite the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, export values grew by +3.7% compared to the first four months of 2019. Although not uniformly in all F&B se...

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Patent and Trademark Office has authorized the registration of the trademark ‘Piacentino – Piacentina’ that will accompany PDO Salumi Piacentini (Piacenza’s PDO cold cuts) with protected designation of origin on the U.S. market. “This important result – declares the president of the Consortium for the protection of...

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Succulent “hungry-breaker”, wonderful mid-morning snack, tasty aperitif before dinner: this is the Barese focaccia, the queen of street food in Bari. There is any house party, any dinner with friends, or a formal event without focaccia at the table. Every hour of the day, in every part of the city, you will always find someone biting a steaming and...

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Until recently, some of the most intricately embroidered fabrics in the world, like those found in garments designed by Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Etro and Prada, have come out of a duplex apartment complex in Milan, the home of a small business called Pino Grasso Ricami. Under the watchful eye of Mr. Grasso and his daughter, Raffaella Grasso, seve...

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From lattes and cappuccinos to espressos and the latest Dalgona coffee — the world loves its coffee. The International Coffee Organization estimates that 1.4 billion cups of coffee are consumed each day worldwide. That’s 64 percent of Americans that drink a cup of coffee each day, with the popularity of coffee shops and at-home coffee machines soar...

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Back in the early days of motoring, luxury automakers would sell chassis to their wealthiest customers who would them commission coachbuilders to put on a bespoke body. This process doesn't really work on modern cars these days, because the body and the chassis are forced to be structurally integral for crash and pedestrian safety reasons. And re-e...

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Niente mezze misure. Quando ci si trova davanti alle ciliegie le scelte sono due: o non si toccano proprio (praticamente impossibile), o se ne fa una scorpacciata (altamente probabile). Qualcuno ha mai mangiato due ciliegie, letteralmente? Accade perché i frutti succosi e dal sapore perfettamente bilanciato tra dolce e acido del Prunus avium, il co...

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