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Slow Food presidia protect traditional products at risk of extinction, ensuring that traditional processing methods are handed down from one generation to the next and, in so doing, safeguard native breeds, local plant varieties and unique rural landscapes and ecosystems. In Italy, there are 348 presidia. Let’s discover some of these unique Italian...

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The Consortium for the protection of Prosciutto di San Daniele PDO is celebrating the 60th anniversary since its foundation. And it does so by focusing on the issue of sustainability. The goal is to commensurate the economic and social system with greater attention to the environment and ethics. In the last decade, the supply chain of Friuli’s famo...

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It was in culinary school, while studying the cuisine of Emilia-Romagna, that I had my very first wine-pairing epiphany. I placed a glass of Sangiovese next to a plate of pasta topped with a hearty ragù. Suddenly, the wine took on a sweeter fruit profile, its acids balanced against the richness of the meat, and the sauce itself seemed to gain in ro...

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Michelangelo Merisi, commonly known as Caravaggio, is one of the top representatives of Italian art of all times, able to stand out with his paintings not only thanks to several masterpieces made during his short life – reaching an extraordinary fame – but also to leave a deep mark in the artists that came after him. Michelangelo was born in Milan...

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On the “Week of Italian Cuisine in the World 2021”, in collaboration with the General Consulate of Italy in Philadelphia, PI-Philly invites you to “The Italian Table: celebration of pasta and first courses”. An Apericena, an informal standing dinner where we will explore together appetizers and dishes of Italian cuisine. The “Week of Italian Cuisin...

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For ten weeks earlier this year, the Italian Trade Agency and World Market are working to promote an assortment of products from Campania and Calabria. The Italian Trade Agency saw an opportunity to extend an invitation with World Market last year when the retailer launched a pilot program, “A Taste Tour of Sicily” in 2020. World Market, featured I...

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All'Antico Vinaio was opened by the Mazzanti family in the city center of Florence, Italy, in 1989. It started as a wine bar with a small sandwich counter, but over time it occupied four storefronts in the vicinity and one in Milan, most with sandwiches as the main focus, becoming a tourist attraction unto itself almost as much as the nearby Uffizi...

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Lasagna, famed worldwide, has ancient origins and remains an Italian superstar dish.  Basically, lasagna is a baked casserole made with wide flat pasta and layered with fillings such as ragú, bechamel, vegetables and various cheeses. Unsurprisingly, every Italian region has its own traditional recipe. Lasagna: History Lasagna – the name and the dis...

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Netflix Italy takes a dive into the offbeat world of Rome cartoonist Michele Rech, better known as Zerocalcare, with a new animated mini-series called Tear Along the Dotted Line. The show, whose original Italian title is Strappare lungo i bordi, has been launched in 190 countries around the world and is available in several languages including Engl...

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The 2021 tomato processing campaign in Italy closed with a production of just over 6 million tons of processed product, up 17% compared to 2020. A very important result as it makes Italy the second largest producer of canned tomatoes in the world after the United States, and well ahead of China. In Central and Southern Italy, 2.96 million tons of t...

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