In the very city center of Bologna, under one of the iconic portico walks, there is a little corner of Gusti products. It’s CIBO – Culinary Institute of Bologna, the cooking school of our friend Chef Stefano Corvucci. Traditional techniques and excellent ingredients are Stefano’s core values: everyday he starts his cooking classes in Bologna’s…
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An Epic Breadfacing: Colomba + Pistachio Spread
It’s no secret that Gustiamo loves Bread Face. She is our favorite performance artist and we love how weird and experimental she is. You can read more about Breadface and about the time she met Luigi Biasetto here. For Easter 2019, Bread Face did an epic Colomba breadfacing. She breadfaced Biasetto Colomba topped with Colzani…
Elizabeth Minchilli’s Eating My Way Through Italy
We love this book because of Elizabeth Minchilli‘s no-joke advice about how to simply eat the best food when in Italy. For instance, Elizabeth’s guide to eating pizza in Naples features our pizza-genius friend Enzo Coccia. Elizabeth says, “Enzo Coccia is often called the Professor of Pizza… [he] has led a new revolution in Naples in…
Paul Riccio & Danny Hoch Video Series
This is a Gustiamo original video series, starring Danny Hoch, directed by Paul Riccio. We love these 4 videos because of Danny’s charisma and humor, Paul’s genius video cuts and camera angles. Basically, these videos are the personification of how we feel about the food we import from Italy. Grazie mille Danny e Paul! We are…
Gustiamo in Gambero Rosso
Have you heard about the party we threw in Torino? With our friend Alessandro Spoto? As Gambero Rosso says, it was a celebration of “Alessandro Spoto and Made in Italy in the Bronx!” “Alessandro Spoto, born and raised in Torino, with Sicilian origins, is a baker by passion. At 35 years old, he’s already a…
Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2018
Every two years Torino hosts Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, a food festival organized by Slow Food. And we always make a point of not missing it! Terra Madre Salone del Gusto is our great chance to meet all our producers and Italian friends. And it is one of our favorite events for discovering what’s new…
Ferragosto Pasta Festa at Bradley Farm
Gustiamo has a new annual tradition: Ferragosto Italian Dinner at Bradley Farm in New Paltz. Ray Bradley is a good food hero for the Gustiamo team. We eat his produce in nearly every day during our Gusti lunches. We actually have a long history of bartering with Ray Bradley, Sicilian EVOO for farm fresh heirloom…
Luigi Manias IGTV Debut
Instagram TV couldn’t have launched at a better time. Our friend Dan Toffey (who, actually, also works at Instagram) just visited Luigi Manias in Ales, Sardegna. While harvesting cardo honey, Dan published this video on IGTV. Luigi (with no beekeeper suit), Maria Francesca (with a yellow beekeeper suit) and Dan (with a white beekeeper suit) all worked together…
Gustiamo Sponsors at the Good Food Mercantile
Gustiamo loves Sarah Weiner and the Good Food Foundation. We are very proud to have had the opportunity to be a sponsor of the Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn. We admire the amazing work that Sarah does to foster a community of honest food makers. In fact, we were at the Mercantile with one of…
Caper Talk on Heritage Radio Network
This year Gustiamo was a proud sponsor of the Good Food Mercantile in Brooklyn. We were there with the caper dude, Gabriele Lasagni of La Nicchia in Pantelleria. He sat down with Kat from Heritage Radio Network to talk about his capers, caperberries, and Zibibbo grape products in the USA. Gabriele says: “I have worked with…