Winter Salad: Fennel, Taggiasca Olives, and Oranges
This un-recipe embodies the sweet and spicy of Taggiasca olives in a salad bowl. Fennel, oranges, and olives are a classic combination for a good …
Harvest News from Liguria: “Best EVOO in Years”
We just got off the phone with Gigi at Frantoio Benza, who makes our cult-favorite Taggiasca extra virgin olive oil. His verdict about the 2024/25 …
The Gustiamo Olive Guide
Italy holds the world record for olive cultivars: we have a biodiversity fortune of more than 500 different olives. That’s almost half of the world’s …
Olive al Forno with Four Kinds of Olives
Olive al forno is an impressive yet incredibly simple appetizer. Bathed in aromatic oil, a quick blitz in a searing hot oven transforms the flavor …
The Sweet and Spicy of Taggiasca
Nestled at the foot of the Alps, and protected from the cold air of the North, the 8000 olive trees of the Benza family look over …
Pesto Genovese Secrets
Run to the farmer’s market, grab the most fresh bunch of basil you can find, and get ready to seriously up your Pesto game. Roberto …
Fricasseed chicken with Piennolo Tomatoes and Taggiasca Olives
This recipe for fricasseed chicken with piennolo tomatoes and taggiasca olives comes to us from Victor Hazan. He’s the first person we looked to for …
Our favorite way to eat fresh tomatoes
Did you notice that our quantities are comically imprecise? We firmly believe that recipes are guidelines. They are not commandments. Our friend Alice Waters says …
Benza EVOO from Liguria
2019/2020 harvest This is THE classic Ligurian extra virgin olive oil, hailing from that special spot nestled between the Italian Riviera and Alps. Gigi Benza …
Italian Umami
Describing taste is a tricky task. How can we use language to articulate the sensations of sweet, salty, sour, and bitter without using those …
The Iconic Taggiasca Olive
Taggiasca. Taggiasca olives are one of the most prized varieties of Italian olives. Practically synonymous with the region of Liguria, taggiasca olives are a defining …
Your New Favorite Olive
Taggiasca Olives are here! These fantastic little olives come from Liguria. Taggiasca is a world famous olive variety and these are grown by the Benza Family in Imperia; …
From Lazio and Liguria, New Olive Oil
The USA has kicked off the New Year with some spunk! Everyone is buzzing about the 60 Minutes EVOO Fraud piece, which always brings up the …
Marcella Hazan’s Bean & Barley Soup
Marcella Hazan always knows what we need, and these cold days it’s bean and barley soup! When we flipped through this recipe in “Marcella Cucina,” …
Cibus 2014
Gustiamo never stops! Not long after our extra virgin olive oil adventure in Molise, we headed north to Parma. Our visit to Cibus 2014 was …
Gustiamo, Whole Foods and SEIZE THE MOMENT!!!
Everyone at Whole Foods has been fantastic! They were our best supporters, in particular after they tasted the olive oil, learned the story behind it …
Whole Foods and Gustiamo: Seize the Moment!
In case you follow the Market (the stock market, I mean), you certainly have noticed the impressive performance of WFMI (Whole Foods Market, for us …
Buonolio from Liguria, 100% Taggiasca and Do Good for Liguria
Gigi Benza and his mother Claretta make the BuonOlio EV Olive Oil. It is not just Buono; it is Buonissimo!!! How do we find new …
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