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July 16, 2010

In the End, the Best of The Specialty Food Industry

Louis Coluccio

In the end, the Fancy Food Show really showed the best of the industry, to those who needed it the most.

Italian Fancy Food Goes Bio at Il Gattopardo Restaurant

Michele Scicolone

Sampling Italian bio products as prepared by a master chef

Fancy Food Show. So Much Food and Very Little Wine

Charles Scicolone

Although there were very few wine producers participating to this year's edition of the fair, what made it interesting to me was that I discovered wines I had never tasted before...

Sips of Fancy Food. Tasting Italian Coffee to the Top

Susannah Gold

Italian coffee producers who were present at the Fancy Food show are optimistic about growing US market for their products. Americans, in fact, happen to love Italian coffee, be it cappuccino, espresso or a Latte Macchiato...

1.0.0% Qualità Italiana. Unaprol's Brand to Distinguish Italian Olive Oil

Susannah Gold

Italy is one of the world’s leading producers of olive oil in the world with 220 million olive trees and 350 cultivars that represent different aromas and flavors and are linked to specific terroirs. Unaprol, the Italian consortium of olive oil producers, has decided to make a stand and has created the 1.0.0% Qualita Italiana Brand. They held a Tasting Event hosted by Lou di Palo of di Palo's Fine Foods during this past Fancy Food

Sicily Has its “Embassy of Taste” at the Fancy Food Show

Carmen Cutugno & Marina Melchionda

Outstanding goods produced by small and medium firms. L’“Ambasciata dei Sapori” successfully presented a full basket of Sicilian niche products at this year’s Fancy Food Show in New York

1.0.0% Qualità Italiana. Unaprol's Brand to Distinguish Italian Olive Oil

Susannah Gold

Italy is one of the world’s leading producers of olive oil in the world with 220 million olive trees and 350 cultivars that represent different aromas and flavors and are linked to specific terroirs. Unaprol, the Italian consortium of olive oil producers, has decided to make a stand and has created the 1.0.0% Qualita Italiana Brand. They held a Tasting Event hosted by Lou di Palo of di Palo's Fine Foods during this past Fancy Food

Convivio delle Eccellenze. A One-Day Celebration of Milanese Culture

Marina Melchionda

On July 12 the Commissioner for Culture of the City of Milan, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, presented a one-day festival dedicated to the excellencies of Milan in the cultural, artistic, and culinary fields. During the first part of the event, hosted at the Italian Cultural Institute, a selected audience was invited to explore and discover the philosophical relationship between food and design. In the evening, the Lincoln Center hosted a lecture of Alessandro Manzoni’s "I Promessi Sposi" (The Betrothed) given by Mr. Flory himself

Sips of Fancy Food. Tasting Italian Coffee to the Top

Susannah Gold

Italian coffee producers who were present at the Fancy Food show are optimistic about growing US market for their products. Americans, in fact, happen to love Italian coffee, be it cappuccino, espresso or a Latte Macchiato...

July 13, 2010

Pastina, Farina & Love

Johnny DeCarlo

Hugs and macaroni

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Italians claim perfect 'Paolo'

SOCCERNET.COM Spain's 1-0 defeat of the Netherlands in the World Cup final gave Paul the psychic octopus a 100% record for the tournament, and now the Italians are trying to claim "Paolo" as their own.Paul's correct prediction of the World Cup final result gave him an incredible eight out of eight correct picks. His psychic abilities are a mystery but now his nationality has come into question as well, with his German trainer saying he was caught in Italian waters, not born in England as first thought. Verena Bartsch told the Sunday edition of Germany's Bild newspaper that she caught him in April in the sea off the Italian island of Elba, near Tuscany, when he was four weeks old.(Read the article)

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Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro kisses the World Cup goodbye

With great sadness, Fabio Cannavaro kissed the World Cup trophy before the 2010 FIFA World Cup final soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, July 11th, 2010. “I’m very proud and I’d like to thank Louis Vuitton and FIFA for organising this event. It’s something new and so it’s an honour to be the first person to take part. The Final will be really emotional because we’re going to hand over the Trophy that we’ve cherished for the last four years.” said Cannavaro who led the boys in blue to a championship in 2006. (Read the article)

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