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The next time you’re cooking up a plate of spaghetti al pomodoro, we’d encourage you to reach for a bag of authentic pasta di Gragnano IGP, dry pasta made exclusively in Gragnano, Campania near Napoli. So what makes this Italian dry pasta stand out, you ask? We sat down with the experts at Afeltra, a prize-winning historic pasta factory, to go behi...

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“An amazing year”. The president of the Parmigiano Reggiano PDO protection Consortium, Nicola Bertinelli, thus comments on the 2020 balance sheet of the king of Italian cheeses. According to the data released by Il Sole 24 Ore, the growth in production (+4.9%) was remarkable, as well as the unexpected rise in two key export markets where a heavy re...

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We're lucky for the wide availability of Parmesan available to us in America—you're able to track the world-class cheese down everywhere from your local Italian artisan grocer to the corner bodega. It can bring layers of aged creamy complexity and even notes of caramel and umami. An ancient product, Parmesan has a stunning range in quality. This ra...

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The Italian confectionery company, Sperlari, has entered the Register of Historic Trademarks of National Interest established by Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development. The register also includes the Galatine brand – famous milk candy invented in Italy in 1956 and produced with 100% Italian milk in the Sperlari plant in Cremona – and Saila’s – a...

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Alessandro Volta (born February 18, 1745, died March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist whose invention of the electric battery provided the first source of continuous current, according to Britannica.com. Volta became professor of physics at the Royal School of Como in 1774. In 1775 his interest in electricity led him to improve the electrophorus...

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With an estimated net worth of about €30 million in 2017 and more than 22 million followers on Instagram, Chiara Ferragni is one of the most famous businesswomen in the world. Beginning as a blogger, she progressively developed her brand and commercial activities into a portrayal of her own life as the Chiara Ferragni phenomenon. So how did she go...

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Delightfulmandolinois a symbol of Neapolitan culture and music that, outside of Italy, came to symbolize the Bel Paese as a whole. Almost two centuries of migration towards all corners of the world, especially of people coming from the southern regions of the country, meant that, to many,  a specific local heritage became signifier of Italy as a wh...

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Italian fashion is known and adored all over the world for its high quality and heritage, but due to COVID precautions, companies are still unable to physically go to market. Enter the Italian Trade Agency, who guided, supported, and facilitated the brands in its Made in Italy program to once again showcase their wares virtually this season. Some 5...

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The U.S. edition of Mondadori Group’s fabled brand Grazia has won the fashionable American audience, with the title — having launched just three months ago — amassing 2.2 million users on graziamagazine.com for the month of January alone. David Thielebeule, Editor in Chief and Chief Creative Officer, made the announcement during New York Fashion We...

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In Italy, it’s not unusual to come across dishes with names derived from insults or swear words that contrast starkly with the taste and cultural value they express. Centuries ago, farmers didn’t need to think beyond their products’ literal fragrances or shapes when naming them. Yet some of our ancestors seem to have had the foresight to know such...

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