The Strega Award
The Strega Prize is considered to be Italy's most prestigious literary prize. Here's how it all came about.
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Pamela Marasco
Sep 154 min read
My Italian education on sourcing, cooking and eating Bistecca alla Fiorentina
A bistecca alla Fiorentina aka the Tuscan T-Bone, is a rite of passage for the taste traveler in Italy.
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Pamela Marasco
Jul 102 min read
Celebrating Summer with a Mille Miglia Roadside Picnic
We're using some of our favorite spreads and condiments to make a summertime roadside picnic lunch inspired by the open roads of Italy.
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Pamela Marasco
Nov 26, 20233 min read
It's All About The Bean
Italians take their coffee seriously. The coffee culture in Italy is an important part of everyday life and excellent coffee is a...
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Pamela Marasco
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Italian Cool
The Mediterranean is overheating again and temperatures continue to climb as the strongest heatwave of the summer brings even higher...
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Pamela Marasco
May 14, 20234 min read
Celebrating Mother's Day with Botticelli and Bocconotti
A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.” —Unknown The famous Renaissance artist known as Botticelli was born in...
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Pamela Marasco
Mar 7, 20231 min read
Seeing and Savoring Italy Book Shelf
Overstuff your bookshelf or e-reader with these books to discover the “fatal charm of Italy that can be found nowhere else.” An eclectic...
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Pamela Marasco
Mar 1, 20236 min read
It’s Time to See Italy as It Was Meant to Be
The best of Italy isn’t only found in the glory of Rome, the history and art of Florence or in the canals and calle of Venice. The fatal...
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Pamela Marasco
Feb 11, 20232 min read
Riddle Me This Italian Food Fact
A Knife that Opens Rather Than Cuts Riddle me this Italian food fact, "the outside is strong but the inside is delicate and is entered by...
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Pamela Marasco
Feb 1, 20232 min read
A Venetian Style Valentine's Day
Venice "La Serenissima" is perhaps the most evocative and romantic of all Italian cities, the perfect setting for an Italian inspired...
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Pamela Marasco
Dec 28, 20223 min read
A Recipe for a Season of Saints and a Favorite of Pope Francis
The Octave of Christmas, beginning on Christmas Day and continuing until January 1, is unique in the number of consecutive feast days...
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Pamela Marasco
Dec 17, 20223 min read
Time to Wrap It Up
Our style team at CosituttiMarketPlace has wrapped a lot of gift boxes over the years and this holiday season we’ve been asked to share a...
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Pamela Marasco
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Chef Neal Fraser's Garden Pesto Pizza
With gardens in full bloom right now, your basil plant is begging to be used and we can think of no better way to make use of it than in...
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Pamela Marasco
May 25, 20223 min read
A Boaring Time in Italy
I’ve had many “boaring” times in Italy. Not the tedious, tiresome, uninteresting type that define the common use of the word b-o-r-i-n-g...
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Pamela Marasco
Feb 9, 20221 min read
What Does an Italian Sourceress Conjure Up for Valentine's Day to See and Savor Italy?
Traveling in Italy, sourcing products for CosituttiMarketPlace, brings me to artisan producers and generational families who have a...
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Pamela Marasco
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Simple Pleasures to Savor the Winter Season from Italy's Sud-Tirol
The Trentino Alto-Adige (South Tirol) crowns northern Italy, right beneath Austria and a mere yodel away from Switzerland. A mixture of...
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Pamela Marasco
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Think Inside the Box This Fall
The holiday season is about to begin and portable DIY charcuterie and cheese boxes are an impressive and easy to make hostess gift you...
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Pamela Marasco
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Pasta for a Princess
In the Court of the Bentivoglio Christoforo Zafirano was regarded as a maestro, a master of l'arte della cucina (the art of the kitchen)...
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Pamela Marasco
May 11, 20212 min read
Backstreet Boy in Siena
Olives are a significant part of what we do at CosituttiMarketPlace. Our end of the year offering of New Harvest oils are the high point...
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Pamela Marasco
Apr 20, 20213 min read
7 Ways CosituttiMarketPlace Goes to Extremes to Make You Cook Good
Over the years we’ve realized that some of our clients, customers and even some friends only have a vague notion of how we do what we do....
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