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A Dinner with Pasta Gentile at Solo Italiano with Chef Paolo Laboa In a time of big, global business, it sometimes seems that human connections get swallowed up by massive-scale commerce. What happened to people knowing your name? Can family businesses still thrive in this competitive market where speed and low-cost reign supreme over integrity…
Deep silence and wide-eyed stares often follow the first delicate, velvety taste as the flavors of coriander, white pepper and anise unfold. All over the United States, time and time again, Italian expatriate chefs finally find the words which are always a variation on the same sentiment: “I am brought back to my childhood. …
Pastificio Gentile first opened its doors in 1876 and is one of the only remaining historic, artisanal pasta producers that helped to establish Gragnano as the city of pasta. Today, Gentile remains a small family owned company. Pastificio Gentile – 26 Pasta Cuts Available 100% Native Italian Semolina The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is…
“Once, I dropped in and mentioned that I’d been to Baena to see the Núñez de Prado brothers. His eyes widened. It was as though I’d told a country Imam that I had just returned from Mecca.” So reads a reference in Mort Rosenblum’s book “The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit” to the…
Has anyone ever told you that you could do anything you put your mind to? Even if it seems too difficult or it’s never been done before? Like embarking on a mission to create “the best olive oil in the world.” In South Africa. But with the best varieties from Italy. That’s kind of what…
Meet our producers, our friends, the people behind the food you love. Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo – Marqués de Valdueza, Spanish Olive Oil (+ vinegar + honey) Maker [quarantine style] Juan Figueroa – Finca Pascualete, Spanish Cheese Maker Alberto Zampino – Gentile, Italian Pasta Maker Giovanni Bianchi – Pio Tosini, Italian Proscuitto di Parma Maker Majid Mahjoub –…
A look at Mediterranean foods that are cancer preventative, antioxidant rich and loaded-to-the-gills with vitamins and minerals We’ve all heard about good fats versus bad, whole foods versus processed, artisanal versus mass-produced. And long dispelled—thank goodness!—is the myth that a low-fat diet is the way to stay healthy. But in order to get healthy fats…
Sometimes all the details line up just right and a rare and special relationship is forged. Rogers Collection (RC) and the folks behind Vinagres de Yema is one of those times. Que estaba en las estrellas! It was in the stars. Nearly two decades ago, Dick Rogers, the founder of RC, asked Spanish olive oil producer…
The 300-year-old Morgenster Estate is situated near the foothills of the Helderberg Mountain in Somerset West and is renowned for its award-winning Bordeaux-style red wines and extra virgin olive oil. The Homestead’s six perfectly proportioned gables are acknowledged in the historical records of Cape Dutch architecture. The front ‘holbol’ gable, with its delicate scrollwork and scallop shell apex framing the morning…