Pasta is such a great ingredient and we love to cook it almost every day, changing recipes and sauces to create something different for every meal.
So in the past year, we added to our shop a larger selection of Gluten-free products, in particular pasta, because we know how hard it can be to find alternatives when you can’t eat gluten.
Nobody should skip the Sunday Ragu, so here are our favorite Gluten-free options!
As for many traditions, this one began a long time ago and probably not how you would expect: Saint Valentine was a Martyr of early Christianity. One legend tells the story of Valentine as a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage for soldiers, Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, deified Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.
One of the most popular chocolates for Saint Valentine’s Day are the “Baci” - “kisses” in Italian - Perugina. These small chocolates filled with gianduia cream and decorated with an entire hazelnut are both delicious and romantic as each of them contains a small note with a different quote or aphorism about love.
Baci’s story is quite adventurous: they were invented by Luisa Spagnoli who named them “Cazzotti” - punches in Italian - for their peculiar shape. Giovanni Buitoni, who was in love with Luisa, immediately suggested changing the name to Baci, imagining that young men would prefer to go to the patisserie and ask “Mi dai un Bacio?” - “Will you give me a kiss?” - instead of “Will you give me a punch?”.
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!
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!
