Move over, Beyond Meat
Not all meat alternatives are made in a lab—some have been growing naturally for centuries. Our favorite? Cicerchie, a forgotten legume that’s been cultivated in …
Cicerchie are all over the Los Angeles Times
The LA Times has fallen in love with cicerchie, the ancient bean that’s been on Italian tables for centuries. Journalist Margy Rochlin was first introduced …
Pasta e Ceci alla Romana
Pasta e Ceci (pasta with chickpeas) is a classic. It uses simple pantry staples to make something more than the sum of its parts. Nourishing …
Artichoke Primavera Recipe
Primavera in Italy means one thing: artichoke season. We’re welcoming spring with a Gusti un-recipe, a no-cook, no-sweat, no-fuss carciofi salad. The tender, melt-in-your-mouth grilled …
Spaghetti alla Carrettiera (alla Romana)
This recipe for Spaghetti alla Carrettiera (alla Romana) is the fruit of a collab with our amica Isabel, better known by her art name @leftburner. …
Pasta with Braised Cannellini and Piennolo Tomatoes
When we saw Melissa Clark’s recipe for Pasta with Braised White Beans on NYT Cooking we immediately knew it was a perfect match for Gustiamo ingredients. …
Bluefin Tuna and Cannellini White Bean Salad
With ingredients as special as Sicilian bluefin tuna fillets and organic cannellini white beans, you don’t need much else. This simple, luxurious salad is inspired …
Italian New Year Lentils
As the festivities wind down and the year comes to a close, now is the time to eat lots and lots of lentils. Italian tradition …
Italian Lucky Lentils for the New Year
From now until the first days of 2024 we will be eating lentils on repeat. Portano fortuna per l’anno nuovo! As Italian tradition has it, …
Pasta and Beans: Fall Comfort Food
Not only is Pasta e Fagioli a quintessential fall-winter staple of the Italian diet, it is also one of the most customizable dishes we can …
Pasta e Fagioli with Borlotti and Mezzi Canneroni
Pasta e fagioli, pasta fazool, pasta and beans… whatever you call it, this is the ultimate in Italian comfort food. It’s hard to beat mezzi …
Corrado Assenza’s Chickpea Puree with Seasonal Vegetables
This is the chickpea puree Corrado Assenza prepared as an appetizer during his US tour this past spring. To start, he soaks Bio Alberti chickpeas …
White Bean Soup with Parmesan Broth
Inspired by Marcella Hazan’s white bean soup, this simple recipe for Cannellini beans in parmesan broth is irresistible. Velvety and nourishing, creamy cannellini beans swim …
Fava Beans are Good for Soil and for People
Read “fava beans” and you’re already thinking about the brightest days of spring. Each green kernel a prize following the labor-intensive process of shelling and …
Macco di Fava with Fave di Amelia from Umbria
Macco di Fava is a cucina povera classic. An aromatic puree of earthy fava beans served with a healthy side of leafy greens, macco di …
A Tale of Two Farros
Do you know your monoccocum from your dicoccum? Our farros are ancient grains with ancient sounding names, because these varieties have been around for millennia. …
A Timeless Marcella Risotto
This recipe comes from Marcella Cucina and it’s a dish that has bejeweled our dinner tables for years. As Marcella wrote, “there are as many different risotti as there …
The Meat of Peasants
If we could choose the future of protein, we’d go with Cicerchie. Also known as wild chickpeas, Cicerchie are a wholesome and ancient legume, with …
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