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Flavours of Italy @ NYC Fancy Food 2009

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The country's largest specialty food and beverage event, the NYC Summer Fancy Food, has taken place at the Javits Convention Center on June 28-30. As in the past, Italian participation at the show was higher, in both dimension and in number of participants, than any other official international presence. Coordinated by the Italian Trade Commission, over 250 exhibiting companies participated.

















Summary

“Keep a Map of Italy in your Kitchen”. Culinary Expert Fred Plotkin Comments Fancy Food 2009

Marina Melchionda

A conversation with the world-wide known expert on Italian Cuisine Fred Plotkin. His love for “Made in Italy” emerged when we talked about this year’s edition of Fancy Food...

Cesare Casella. When Simplicity Wins

Letizia Airos Soria

Quality Italian products as a way to overcome the crisis as well as enliven the palate. We met with one of the leading chefs in the United States. He talks to us as he slices...

Walking Around the Italian Pavilion

Marina Melchionda

At Fancy Food 2009 the Italian Pavilion looked almost like a reproduction of Italy, a big Italian piazza where people can meet, talk and taste food from different regions of the...

Senatore Vini. When Passion for Wine is a Family Tradition

Marina Melchionda

We met Raffaele and Teresa Senatore at Fancy Food 2009. In Ciro’ Marina, Calabria, their family has been producing award-winning wines for four generations. They shared their...

At the European Parliament for Calabria

L. A. S.

Calabria was present at this year’s Fancy Food Show with its best products as it embarks on a major promotional campaign in the U.S. We spoke with Mario Pirillo about it, from...

Cioccolati d’Italia Aims to Conquer International Markets with Regional Offering

Susannah Gold

Cioccolati d’Italia is trying not only to promote Italian chocolates but also to enable chocolatiers to have access to cacao farmers in producing countries

Shop & Dine. Discovering Calabria. Restaurants, Wine Shops, and Gourmet Stores in NYC

Giulia Prestia

The Italian Trade Commission is pleased to announce a “shop and dine” promotional campaign to educate the public about the undiscovered foods and wines from the region of...

Recipes & Copyrights. Culinary Inventions from a Legal Perspective

M. M.

“The legal protection of culinary recipes in the US”. Sabina Lepre Leva , In-House Counsel of the Italian IPR Desk New York-Italian Trade Commission, explained to us how to...

Mediterranean Diet. Eating and Drinking in the Name of Good Health

Natasha Lardera

"Organic foods are better for you and your health". Katherine McManus, Director of the Department of Nutrition-Bringham Hospital (Boston) at the Italian Trade Commission’s...

Intellectual Property Rights : Protecting “Made in Italy” in the US

M. M.

In occasion of the seminar “Made in Italy at the table. Healthy ingredients, quality of food and legal protection of typical products in the US”, Mrs. Donatella Iaricci,...

Libera Terra. For a Sicily With No Mafia

Natasha Lardera

The association Libera, founded to support civil societies against all mafias, collected over a million signatures for the approval of a law introducing the possibility to re-use...

Fancy Food Show. The Italian Area Gets Bigger

Charles Scicolone

Great Products From Every Part of Italy. But that is a lot to cover in the time I had

Back to Amalfi. Delightful Colatura

Michele Scicolone

"At the Agostino Recca booth, a small bottle of reddish brown liquid caught my eye. It was colatura, the juice extracted from preserved anchovies. Colatura is believed to be...

All About Italy - New York - Fancy Food 2009

The variety of Italian products presented at Fancy Food 2009 (Javits Convention Center, June 28-30) is outstanding. From traditional favorites to new, trendy, organic goods, this...

Fancy Food 2009. Tasting the Italian Pavilion

Marina Melchionda

In occasion of the NYC Summer Edition of Fancy Food 2009 i-Italy met Aniello Musella, Director of the Italian Trade Commission in North America, the major coordinator of the...

NYC. Summer Fancy Food Show. Indulge in the Flavors of Italy

The country's largest specialty food and beverage event, the NYC Summer Fancy Food, will take place at the Javits Convention Center on June 28-30. As in the past, Italian...

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