Sweetest Season in Italy + Amazing Antipasto Idea
Fig season! Gustiamo’s Danielle was there, in Campania, helping the Vastola family make their stunning White DOP Cilento Fig Extra Jam! What impressed Danielle the …
Postcard from Fig Season, Maida Farm in Campania
We just cannot stay away from magnificent Campania! This episode of “Gustiamo and Friends go to Campania” brings us to Maida Farm, near Paestum, where …
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 …
Pomodorino Magnifico. From Maida Farm in Cilento
From Elana, who successfully completed her first week at Gustiamo. I think she likes it! After my first week at Gustiamo I have been starting …
Maida Vegetable Sott’oli – Thanksgiving Perfect!
Francesco Vastola may be our favorite Italian farmer. He is a super serious guy, but he is also seriously passionate about the magical Cilentan …
Our NYTimes Figs Story and San Marco
The buzz at the end of August in NYC was all about figs and fig trees. When Melissa Clark tweeted asking for submissions about great …
Insalata di Riso – THE Summer Italian Dish
It has been ages since we made insalata di riso. In fact, the last time any of us can actually remember making this dish was …
Insalata di Riso (Rice Salad) – The Recipe
Today’s lunch was brought to us with inspiration from Elizabeth Minchilli who says, “I think there is probably an Italian law that says insalata di …
Gustiamo New In from Maida Farm: Papaccelle and Cipollotto!
Papaccelle and Cipollotto Nocerino are two new products Gustiamo started to import from the Maida Vastola farm. Left, Beatrice between Francesco Vastola and Fabrizio, his …
Italy Hotline, Your Secret Door to Italy
It was such a pleasure to be with Sienna Reid, this past weekend, at her booth at the NYTimes Travel Show in NYC. Her company, …
The Gomorrah Basket a.k.a. Long Life to Roberto Saviano.
Laura Caparrotti, formerly “only” a facebook friend, sent a message asking me to donate a basket for a fund raising. We receive so many similar …
Gustiamo Tatstings @ Il Cantuccio NYC – Tuesday Number 2
Here we are @ Il Cantuccio, the wonderful bakery in the Village, with the three bakers/partners on site and on the wall: Camilla, Lorenzo and …
Rachel Ray Discovers Gustiamo! MUST-TRY
Chef Marco Canora, asked by Rachel Ray to mention his best foods says: Gustiamo! the article continues: They find the craziest stuff! chef Marco Canora …
A Culinary Adventure with Gustiamo – Maida Farm in Cilento
People always talk about Tuscany as one of the most beautiful places in Italy (if not the world), and while I haven’t been there yet …
A Culinary Adventure with Gustiamo – Buongiorno from Italia!
I’m happy to report that I have safely arrived in Napoli! My boyfriend, Zac, and I will be spending a week at Hostel of the …
Bon Appetit Magazine Likes Carciofini Piccoli by Maida
Maida’s carciofini (small artichokes) were featured in Bon Appetit magazine, November issue now on the stands. At left the magazine and the actual jar, …
Spaghetti and Clams alla DiScalfani
Recipe for spaghetti and clams by Karen Lazarus DiScalfani. Inspiration for the recipe was provided by my husband, Robert DiScalfani, without whom, this would not …
Maida Farm in Cilento, Campania Region
Click on the arrow below and watch the video. It is Francesco Vastola, a very passionate farmer in Cilento, near Paestum. I took the video last …
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