Editorial Product Review: :Experience an historical culinary treat, once eaten by the Roman Empire, with Tenuta Castello's Whole Grain Farro from the province of Piemonte. Also known as Emmer wheat (triticum dicoccon), Farro is an ancient Italian grain with a firm, chewy texture that's similar to spelt. With a nutty flavor and texture and a low gluten content, Farro has been gaining popularity amongst gastronomes in Italy and America. Great as a side dish, salad condiment or an alternative to potatoes or rice. Simply boil farro in salted water for a couple minutes, drain ...
Editorial Product Review: :In the rich, alluvial soil of Lambrusco di Sorbara in Soliera Italy, just outside of Modena in the Emilia Romagna region, the Maletti family has been producing quality traditional balsamic vinegar (aceto balsamico tradizionale) for generations. The Maletti's produce their balsamic vinegar from the wine and grape must (unfermented, pressed grape juice and pulp before it's turned into wine) of selected Lambrusco (red) and Trebbiano (white) grape varietals. Their vinegar is aged in an accelerated yet regulated evaporation process in former wine barrels of French Allier oak. The six year vinegar ...
Editorial Product Review: :Made from ripe Mediterranean tomatoes, the aroma from Acetorium's Tomato Vinegar is a burst of Italian sunshine in a bottle. Perfect for vinaigrettes, caprese salad or with heirloom tomatoes. Acetorium vinegars are hand-crafted by esteemed winemaker Joseph Reiterer of Alto Adige and German master vinegar maker Robert Bauer. Instead of using flavor infusions they judiciously select the basic ingredients for each vinegar and then vinify them before beginning the vinegarization process. In other words, all Acetorium vinegars are made from fine wines. The vinegars are precision-aged in stainless steel tanks or ...
Editorial Product Review: :Home-grown and harvested organic quince from the Radici farm made into a smooth, refreshing, compote. Made with quince, raw cane sugar and lemon juice. Delicious with pastries, cheese plates, or in sorbets and desserts. In the beautiful Tuscan hamlet of Loro Ciuffenna, Sandra Masi, Viviano Venturi, and their small, skilled crew produce an amazing variety of organic products. Their focus is on regional, traditionally-inspired dishes created from local recipes and containing heirloom cultivars. All Radici products are known for pure, focused flavors that elevate any home-cooked meal to restaurant quality. Imported ...
Editorial Product Review: :An elegant choice for coffee lovers, BruCo's Dark Chocolate Bars are premium-quality South American chocolate with hints of coffee and oil of aniseed, a smooth texture with rich, deep flavor and a mildly toasty finish. Made by the BruCo company in the Marches region in eastern Italy, and created from a unique family recipe for chocolate infused with oil of aniseed. Weight: 2.12 oz. Voted best artisanal chocolate in Italy, Eurochoc 2002, Perugia.
Editorial Product Review: :Il Mongetto's Salinas Salted Capers from the Eolian Islands (off the north-eastern coast of Sicily) are plump and fruity and ready to add to seafood dishes, pasta and salads. Try them in potato salad or on pizza for a taste of Sicily. In the Monferrato zone of Piemonte Italy, Roberto Santopietro and his family produce a line of vegetable and fruit-based condiments renowned throughout Italy as a standard for quality, regional authenticity, and poignancy of flavor. Imported from Italy. 8 oz. jar. INGREDIENTS: Capers, sea salt.
Editorial Product Review: :From the expanses of heather facing the Mediterranean near the Pescia farm, this honey has a slightly crystalline structure and intense yet balanced suite of flavors. Excellent as a dessert topping, elegant over pancetta, and simply wonderful on ice cream. Paolo Pescia is a second generation honey maker, practicing nomadic beekeeping, which involves transporting his beehives to seasonally-flowering zones and protected national parks located from the Tuscan coast to its hills. The result is monofloral honeys of stunning quality and flavor. All production is done by hand, including the scraping of ...
Editorial Product Review: :Classic Piedmont Grissini breadsticks. Crunchy and golden-brown and delightfully flavorful. Made in small batches with 100 percent extra virgin olive oil. The Vercellone family has been cultivating grains for over 100 years in the heart of the Po Delta near Vercelli, Italy. Their Tenuta Castello products are certified organic. Their grains are processed in traditional mills that leave much of each grain's kernel intact without polishing or shining. The result is superior flavor, structure and consistency with a high nutrient content. Artisanal quality and full flavor are hallmarks of the entire ...
Editorial Product Review: :A classic pesto with legendary Andoran basil, extra-virgin olive oil, Italian pine nuts and pecorino cheese. There is no better jarred basil pesto than La Bella Angiolina's. The origins of La Bella Angiolina go back centuries to a Ligurian folk heroine who created local dishes so delicious that she was named 'the beautiful little angel.' Faithful to local traditions while using a deft yet sensitive hand and the best quality ingredients, Luca Bastieri and family recreate traditional favorites in the sun-drenched Italian Riviera. Imported from Italy. 8 oz. jar. INGREDIENTS: Basil, ...
Editorial Product Review: :Made with ninety percent fresh, pureed asparagus, extra virgin olive oil and herbs, Radici of Tuscany's Asparagus Pate is delicious on bruschetta and crostini. Use it as a topping on potato soup, as an accompaniment to gravlax or smoked salmon, or mixed into your next risotto creation. In the beautiful Tuscan hamlet of Loro Ciuffenna, Sandra Masi, Viviano Venturi, and their small, skilled crew produce an amazing variety of organic products. Their focus is on regional, traditionally-inspired dishes created from local recipes and containing heirloom cultivars. All Radici products are known ...
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
