When asked to think about Italian food, people imagine the sight of tomatoes, basil and olive oil blending together on a warm bruschetta, or the steam rising from a plate of homemade pasta, or the aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafting from a moka pot. Italian cuisine, much like Italy itself, is a feast for the senses – yet, its biggest secret lies...
READ MOREMany U.S. manufacturers have been incorporating offshoring or overseas outsourcing into their business models for decades, weighing the opportunities and challenges of working with a manufacturing partner abroad. One Italian organization, however, is giving North American manufacturers greater access to Italian technology closer to home. The Itali...
READ MOREI know a trick question when I hear one. “Red or rosé?” Gabriele Cristini asked as he proffered a plate of slow-cooked beef on a bed of polenta. The answer was so obviously, so screamingly “red” that I smelt a rat. Then he whipped out a bottle from behind him — not just any rosé, but sparkling! — and popped the cork alongside my prejudices. Turns o...
READ MOREFerrero is making efforts to diversify its hazelnut sourcing in North America, where the nuts are in high demand during seasonal celebrations like the upcoming winter holidays. “Our mission is to master the hazelnut value chain from end-to-end to create and deliver value in service of customers, brands, and products,” Tommaso de Gregorio, head of F...
READ MOREItaly’s PDO economy demonstrates resilience, weathering agricultural and market pressures to post solid growth. The 22nd Ismea-Qualivita report reveals that the PDO economy reached €20.2 billion in production value in 2023, up slightly (+0.2%) on the year and 52% higher than a decade ago. The sector now contributes 19% to Italy’s agri-food revenue,...
READ MOREItalian fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s interior design studio, Armani/Casa, completed its first residential project in Miami in 2020 and, now, the firm has reentered the South Florida market with a brand-new development, this time in ritzy Pompano Beach—and Robb Report got an exclusive first look. Designed in collaboration with the renowned fir...
READ MOREThe Week of Italian Cuisine in the World has concluded with a glowing portrait of Italian culinary heritage. Nearly 600,000 restaurants globally claim to serve Italian cuisine, with a growing number featuring authentic Italian cheeses in signature dishes such as Risotto al Gorgonzola. Italian PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) cheeses are thrivi...
READ MOREWhich one did you buy? What did you taste? Which is the best? In the last 10 years, artisan panettone has become an obsession for Italians. Come mid-November, and earlier each year, it’s all anyone talks about. TV shows, tastings, awards, and local and international competitions have turned Milan’s traditional holiday dessert into a national Christ...
READ MOREPorchetta is one of an ever-increasing number of regional dishes that has gone, if not quite global, then certainly globe-trotting, a phenomenon to which Italian cuisine seems particularly inclined. The evidence points to porchetta having originated in the town of Ariccia in Lazio, although there are inevitably counterclaimants—a notable one from N...
READ MORENebbiolo is arguably one of Italy’s oldest and most celebrated wine grapes, giving us the famed wines of barolo and barbaresco from Piemonte, a land of mountain vistas and white truffles. Yet despite this acclaim, nebbiolo is a paradox: Unlike other major varieties such as cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay, which are grown throughout the winemaking...
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