Archive for the ‘Food & Wine’ Category
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How Pizza Changes Select Italy’s Life (Part I)
Eating pizza in its birthplace is a life-altering experience. This mouth-watering creation has left its imprint on our team at Select Italy: read our recounts of our first experiences with this heavenly pie here!
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Which Pasta Is On Your Plate? (Pasta Corta)
Pasta in italy is one of the staple foods along with espresso and wine. Pasta has a story for each kind as well as a specific or special sauce that fits to it. Scroll through these lessons and become the resident expert at your next pasta dinner party
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Jacopo Falleni Bar Therapy: The Pear Bellini
The Bellini is a classic Venetian drink, harking back to the city's WWII-era. It is a favorite of Venetians and tourists alike, and its many variations can make it a drink that will never bore. Read Jacopo Falleni's latest variation: the pear bellini, made with fresh poached pears and sparkling wine and sure to please
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A Sardinian Chef’s Unique Take on Traditional Cuisine
The taxi ride to Bosa from Alghero was enchanting. The winding roads through the seaside cliffs of northwestern Sardinia presented spectacular views that altered in breathtaking ways at every turn. I remained speechless from the stunning views as my taxi companion, a fellow journalist, chatted with our driver, who was more than thrilled to describe the particular food cultures of his hometown. As an island west of Italy’s mainland, Sardinia would seem to have a cuisine full of sea creatures and fish, but because of the mountainous terrain that blocks the sea from the inland, only the towns located on the water have a fish-based cuisine. Bosa is one of them
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Jacopo Falleni Bar Therapy: The Bombardino
Jacopo Falleni, celebrity mixologist, restauranteur, author, and all-around fun Italian guy, joins us again this week, this time with his first drink special: the bombardino. This winter drink is a perfect way to warm your insides and your spirits as you push through these last days of winter towards spring. Below is Jacopo's twist on the drink, a delicious, easy, and very Italian recipe that you can whip up at home
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5 Popular Italian Chocolate Makers
Calling all children, teenagers, men and women, young people or seniors: YOU have to try Italian chocolate. You’ve heard that that Italian cuisine is special, you know the dishes are delicious, the taste is superb, but have you ever had the chance to try the chocolates? Like most Italian cuisine, its chocolate involves all senses: touch, smell, taste, sight, and makes an experience as well-worth remembering as that trip to the Colosseum (or at least the panino you had on the way!). Here, we offer a little taste of world of Italian chocolates by listing the five most popular below.
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No Country for Watered Down Beer
It’s probably safe to make the claim that America’s faith in the tried and true was rocked today with the news that Anheuser-Busch has been adding water to a number of its beers, including Budweiser, Michelob, Natural Ice, and Bud Light Platinum. And let’s face it, it’s not like we were all shocked by the news. After the scandal of Taco Bell’s “beef” a couple of years back, stories of cheating the system have popped up everywhere, from olive oil that is in fact mostly not to “fillers” in cafeteria chicken nuggets. Yet in this wave of disheartening new outbreaks, there are also breakthroughs, as the craft of artisan food and drink making is ever on the rise, and one of the hubs of the buzz concerning beer is Italy
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Bar Therapy with Jacopo Falleni
In the increasingly over-saturated world of celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, it is becoming harder and harder to make a splash. At any given time of the day, there are at least three cooking shows on TV, another three competitive culinary challenges to choose from, and blog after blog fills RSS feeds with the latest and greatest food and wine…it all seems to blur after a while and one face and name easily replaces another. Unless your name is Jacopo Falleni. Our love of all quality things Italian led us to sit down with the accomplished celebrity mixologist for an inside view into his life, work, and Italian roots
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Taurasi, A Southern Gem Of A Wine Village
In the wine world, some villages get all the love: Barolo, Barbaresco, Montalcino. Others remain unknown even in Italy. Taurasi, tucked away in hilly Irpinia barely 2 hours east of Naples, is one of them. And after tasting the wines of Taurasi, you’ll agree: these wines are the best-kept secret in the wine world because those in the know like to keep them that way. How else can you explain the fact that these flavorful, long-lived, well-structured wines that can rival the best reds from the Center and the North at a fraction of the
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How Does Nutella Do It?
My first experience with Nutella resulted in me giving it up for good. I know, you can all pick your jaw up off the floor; it wasn’t because I didn’t like the product itself. Actually, I usually don’t tell this story, but since February is Chocolate Month, and the fifth was World Nutella Day, I feel compelled to share my encounter. I was in college, studying abroad for a semester in Rome, when I met the little glass jar of hazelnut-chocolate spread. It was unassuming - no larger than the jelly jars that I was used to digging into to dress my morning toast - and festively decorated with a picture of the 2006 Italian national soccer team fist pumping in jubilation. At the time, I believed that the celebration must have been for their recent World Cup win, but when I got home and opened the jar, I learned the truth. They were celebrating the amazing contents inside the container they were resting on
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