Choosing the right presents for your loved ones is not always easy, but we know something that can make everybody happy: Italian food!
Ok, we are biased, but especially this year food can have a great role in making us happier and it is also an original gift idea.
We put together 3 shopping lists to help you get started and if you still can’t choose...just remember there are always Gift Cards! This year we added some original designs so you can choose the best style for your gifts!
The holiday season is here and this is the busiest time of the year for us and one of the most important for many companies we work with back in Italy.
You may know some of the “big” names we sell on BellaItalia, but we proud ourselves also to be the sponsors of Italian taste well beyond the most known and famous brands.
Some of the products you can find on our site are absolute exclusives and we are more than happy to help you discover more about small family businesses who are great at keeping up with the traditional recipes!
Since we opened BellaItalia one of most requested products were San Carlo Potato Chips and… for a reason!
San Carlo’s are N°1 Italian Potato Chips and they come in so many delicious flavors that every taste is met and every Italian aperitivo can be personalized for you!
There is no “better” or “best” flavor when it comes to Chips, it all depends on what you love the most, so here is a quick guide to all the tastes you can find on BellaItalia to help you build your personal Chips selection!
Did you know that, after cooking, a Panettone has to cool upside-down to preserve its unique softness? That is why by this time of the year traditional bakeries around Italy are filled with rows and rows of upside-down Panettoni, waiting to be wrapped in colorful papers.
As usual, we are getting ready as well with a great selection of Panettone and Pandoro, making sure they will be shipped in time to reach you wherever you are celebrating your Holidays in full Italian style!
When we moved from Italy to New York, I must admit that Halloween soon became one of our favorite celebrations!
The autumn vibes and the colorful decorations immediately create a joyful atmosphere and, having two small children I know how fun it is for them to go trick or treating - this tradition resembles a lot what we used to do for Carnival in Italy!
Cerignola is a beautiful city near Foggia, its name is believed to be derived from Cerere - the Roman goddess Ceres - goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over grains and the fertility of the earth.
Puglia, in the south of Italy, is a region blessed with an exceptional climate making it a perfect ecosystem to grow all kinds of vegetables. So it is not a coincidence if Domenico founded La Cerignola di una Volta here.
In this Blog Post, we will bring you with us to Italy, where our friends from Le Ife are expert truffles hunters. We will follow them in the woods at dawn with their dogs searching for this precious product and discover how they preserve these delicate culinary gems to create the amazing Truffle jars you can find on Bella Italia.
The Mediterranean diet offers a great variety and with a little creativity and the right ingredients, it is easier than ever to enjoy a delicious meal also during a hot summer day.
Some of my favorite Italian recipes for summer are also super easy to make and are perfect for an outdoor lunch with the family or to bring with you on a local trip to discover nature.
Here are some of my go-to recipes for hot summer days:
We recently announced a great addition to our offer: you can now shop the entire “Sfarinati” line by La Molisana.
This line of flours and Semolina covers all your basic needs in the kitchen: you can find the perfect flour to cook friable home-made pizzas or crunchy cookies, make the most fragrant batter,, or the perfect home-made pasta.
What we like about La Molisana Sfarinati line is that it makes it super simple to choose the best flour for your recipes, but have you ever wondered why there is such a wide choice also for an apparently simple ingredient such as flour?
We will try to explain the main differences that will be game-changers in your baking habits!
How to choose the best pasta format for every recipe!
Did you know that on average an Italian eats 26 kg of pasta each year? In the US the average is of only 8,8 kg per person!
Maybe because we eat it so often, we refined the art of choosing the right pasta for each sauce. Pasta is the perfect ingredient to create every day a different meal, even while you are staying home, and with the added perks of not spending a fortune!
