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It’s not Easter quite yet, but it doesn’t mean we can’t have a chat about pastiera — the most traditional Neapolitan Easter dessert — and learn how to make it! This wheat berry and ricotta pie is wonderfully perfumed with orange blossom water, cinnamon and candied fruits, a kind of non plus ultra version of the everyday ricotta cheesecake. Pastiera...

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In Italy, Gragnano is a synonym for quality pasta. For more than a century, this mid-sized town set just back from the port of Castellammare in the foothills of the Monti Lattari has provided gourmets and chefs with what is widely recognized to be some of Italy’s best spaghetti, rigatoni, lasagna, penne, tagliatelle… and the list goes on. Go to Gra...

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Beloved on pizzas across the U.S., pepperoni is an Italian-American invention. The peppery, cured, air-dried sausage, i.e. salami, is softer and finer-grained than the spicy salame of Italy (where ordering peperoni will get you bell peppers on your pizza). Americans eat more than 250 million pounds of it per year, most of which is probably on pizza...

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A due anni di distanza dall’ultima volta, Savino Del Bene torna a noleggiare un aereo cargo per fare fronte alla scarsa disponibilità di stiva cargo per il trasporto di prodotti italiani verso gli Stati Uniti. Lo ha annunciato a AIR CARGO ITALY la stessa casa di spedizioni di Scandicci (Firenze) precisando che il volo cargo decollerà da Roma il pro...

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Winemaker and Owner Clara Gentili braved corona virus fears to travel to the US to showcase her reserve wines from Fattoria Le Pupille of Maremma Tuscany, a region that is one of Italy’s best-kept secrets. Tucked away in small, secluded region of southern Tuscany, Maremma doesn’t appear on any of the popular tourism guides, and perhaps that’s a goo...

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Italian renewables specialist Renergetica SpA (BIT:REN) has signed a contract to develop an up-to-10-MWp solar power plant to serve an industrial site owned by Alamo Cement Company Ltd in the US state of Texas. Renergetica USA Corp will work on a photovoltaic (PV) project in San Antonio. The company typically covers all activities of the value chai...

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Italian entrepreneur Michael Scarpellini, the founder of Happiness Brand, is pleased to announce that his clothing items are now being made available in the U.S. Founded in 2007, the brand was created by Michael and his wife Eiman, who first met when they were both fashion students at school in Los Angeles. The couple has recently moved with their...

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The bi-annual World Championship Cheese Contest Judging took place at Monona Terrace in Madison, WI last week, and seven BelGioioso Cheeses were awarded prestigious honors during the three-day judging event.  With a total of 3,667 entries from 26 nations, the competition was highly competitive, and BelGioioso Cheesemakers succeeded in six different...

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Holidays in Puglia? If you plan on exploring the heel of Italy’s boot, you should prepare yourself for an extraordinary gastronomic experience with a variety of the Mediterranean’s best products concentrated in one region. To make sure you don’t miss anything, here’s a guide to the 10 foods that you must try (and in some cases buy as a souvenir). B...

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In Italy, the category of preparations for sweets and confectionery closed 2018 with a substantial turnover of 344.4 million euros. This has been possible mainly thanks to the growing demand for products made with excellent ingredients (certified, healthy and characterized by high quality) that can be prepared quickly and easily. All over the world...

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