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[ 06|08|10 ]

Michelin Starred Italian Chefs at the Real Food Festival

It does not happen every day that you can see an award-winning chef cooking for you, explaining whats hes doing and actually be able to shake hands and compliment his work. Its even better if there are several of them, each one with his favourite dish to share. And for the lovers of Italian cuisine it is really rare to be able to meet two Michelin starred Italian chefs, Carlo Cracco and Giorgio Locatelli.

This was all possible at The Real Food Festival, the largest array of independent food producers in the UK that took place recently in London. The Real Food Festival was a real treat or better it was an awesome collection of real treats. ...

[ New York City, 06|02|10 ]

Special Sales at Alta Cucina Store. Some products are 50% off !

Come and visit altaucinastore.com to browse for artisanal Italian products. Additionally for a limited period of time Alta Cucina Store offers a special sales on selected products.

That’s the perfect opportunity to try the cheese pairing spreads by Moreno Cedroni now 50% off. The famous Italian chef of la Madonnina del Pescatore has trapped the flavours of the fresh fruits in jars, making jams that ...

[ New York City, 04|22|10 ]

Showcase of Italian Organic Wines at BEREBIO Roadshow 2010

Berebio Roadshow 2010 will showcase Italian organic wines at three events in Milan, Rome and New York where operators, press, sommeliers and wine lovers will meet over thirty organic and biodynamic wine producers from all over Italy.

The organic wine market is growing despite the crisis. Consumers are increasingly aware of the health benefits and the sustainability of the organic wines. So here comes BEREBIO Roadshow 2010, the opportunity for operators, press, ...

[ 04|12|10 ]

CIBUS Daily - the Latest News about the Italian Food Scene

GDOWEEK is the constantly updated source for stories, news, interviews and videos on the Italian and International retail and food scene.

        GDOWEEK brings you all the news about CIBUS, the premier European Trade Fair dedicated to food, with Cibus Daily. Meet the key players, follow the trends, learn about new products and formats. For ...

[ New York City, 04|09|10 ]

First Series of Cooking Classes, Mediterranean Flavors, at Alta Cucina Center

Alta Cucina Epicurean Center, in New York City is proud to announce its first series of cooking classes Mediterranean Flavors sponsored by Monini extra virgin olive oil.

Located in the heart of New York City, at 28 E 38th Street (bet. Madison Ave. & Park Ave.) at street level and equipped with a restaurant kitchen, the Culinary Center is the place where top talents in every culinary discipline go to ...

[ 03|26|10 ]

Showcase of Italian Wine and Food at La Dolce Vita in London (UK)

La Dolce Vita, the top Italian Festival in the UK, took place recently in London. Trade and public were able to experience the best Italian wine and food through several wine tastings and cooking demos from London celebrity chefs like Andy Needham , Maurizio Morelli , Giancarlo Caldesi, Riccardo De Pra, and many more.

La Dolce Vita 2010 welcomed thousands of London residents and visitors with many stands offering Italian food and wines  as well as a wealth of information about Italian tourism and real estate. Representatives of the Italian ...

[ New York City, 02|18|10 ]

Vino 2010, the largest Italian wine event outside Italy, was a success

Vino 2010, the second annual Italian Wine Week held in New York City, which ran from February 3 to 5 was a resounding success with more than 400 wine producers, 50 leading importers and 3000 wine buyers, marketers, sellers, journalists and eucators participating

Billed as the largest Italian wine event outside of Italy, the three day event was chock full of seminars, gala dinners and grand tastings for the press and the trade. Consumers were also offered the opportunity to try wines from the ...

[ 02|18|10 ]

SensofWine New York Event Sees Continuing Interest In New Italian Wines

Luca Maronis third annual SensofWine New York event, held on February 4, at Cipriani 42nd Street was a further confirmation of the continuing interest in new Italian wines in the United States.

Maroni likes to choose a variety of indigenous and international varieties to showcase to the American public and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Consumers responded with enthusiasm again this year and the event drew in 900 ...

[ New York City, 02|17|10 ]

Italian Food & the City

Walk down any street in NYC and it will never look the same... as the days go by you will see businesses closing and new ones opening and chances are the majority of these places are eateries of some sort – from restaurants to cafes or delis.

Better yet, at least one of them is Italian as Italian eateries are a long time favorite of NYC, a place who is literally in love with Italian specialties like porchetta, traditional snacks like piadina or simply a crispy slice of pizza ...

[ New York City, 02|15|10 ]

McDonald’s launches McItaly line

To most there is nothing more American than McDonald's but due to globalization this is rapidly changing. Italy has indeed seen the introduction of the ‘McItaly’ line.

The ‘McItaly’ line features two new sandwiches and a salad made with all-Italian products – from the artichoke spread (Italian sandwich culture calls for delicious spreads, such as olive tapenade, sun dried tomatoes ...

[ New York City, 01|29|10 ]

Taste more than 100 wines from over 40 Top Italian producers!

The countdown has started and this is the last chance to purchase tickets for Luca Maroni’s annual Senseofwine event, the top Italian wine tasting event held on February 4th at Cipriani 42 Street.

At Sensofwine NYC, white and red wines made from several indigenous Italian varieties as well as international grapes will be available to all wine lovers who want to taste old-time favorites and discover new gems (to buy ...

[ New York City, 01|22|10 ]

Senseofwine on Video

Get the feel of Sensofwine from this video, shot in New York City at Cipriani 42 last February

Look at a  video of SensofWine, the premier Italian Wine Tasting event,  filmed at the last edition of SensofWine at Cipriani 42 in New York City.  Click here to see it. To buy tickets for the next edition of ...

[ New York City, 01|14|10 ]

Luca Maroni's Annual Sensofwine Event Coming To NYC

Italian wine expert Luca Maroni is coming back to New York City for the third annual Sensofwine event in New York.

The wine tasting event will take place on February 4, 2010 and will be held at Cipriani 42. Maroni will showcase more than 100 wines from over 40 Top Italian producers. White and red wines will be available made from a variety of ...

[ New York City, 01|07|10 ]

Special Promotion at Alta Cucina Store

Come and shop at www.altacucinastore.com and get a FREE jar of Moreno Cedroni jam when you spend $45 in online purchases.

Altacucinastore.com, the online store of Alta Cucina Society, is offering a FREE jar of Moreno Cedroni jam when you spend $45 in online purchases. Moreno Cedroni is an acclaimed Italian chef who has received two Michelin stars for his ...

[ New York City, 12|08|09 ]

Holiday shopping at Alta Cucina Center

Whether you're shopping for your Holiday gifts ahead of time or doing some last-minute shopping, you'll find all the culinary delicacies you have been looking for at Alta Cucina's online store and Alta Cucina epicurean center's location.

Avoid the crowds, spend less money, and find Christmas gifts that everyone will really appreciate by buying online but for special treats, like Baci di Dama (which literally means Kisses from a Lady) cookies, walk to 22 East 38th ...

[ New York City, 11|25|09 ]

La Cucina, the new complete Cookbook about Italian Regional Cooking

The American kitchens are getting ready to welcome another “bible” of Italian cuisine - La Cucina, The Regional Cooking of Italy, the most complete and authentic Italian cookbook ever published in the English language, featuring more than 2,000 recipes by home cooks, for home cooks.

An essential reference for every cook’s library, La Cucina was introduced to the American public with a reception held the Italian Consulate in New York where members of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina, local celebrity chefs, ...

[ 11|23|09 ]

Asti Spumante D.O.C.G. Makes A Case for Its Gentle Italian Bubbly in US Market

Asti Spumante D.O.C.G. is making a splash in the New York City marketplace next month with a week long promotional tour

Asti, while well loved by Americans, is somewhat misunderstood. Previously it was seen as only a dessert wine but those in the know have been using Asti as an alternative to other sparkling wines such as Prosecco, Cava or any of the ...

[ New York City, 11|23|09 ]

Asti D.O.C.G. New York Week - November 28 to December 5

Come and celebrate Asti D.O.C.G. with a glass of Asti at 26 participating restaurants, wine stores and wine shops in the New York area. Guests will be able to try Asti and to taste new dishes made especially for this week with Asti D.O.C.G.

Come and celebrate Asti D.O.C.G. with a glass of Asti at 26 participating restaurants, wine stores and wine shops in the New York area. Guests will be able to try Asti and to taste new dishes made especially for this week with Asti ...

[ New York City, 10|29|09 ]

Italian Cooking Ideas for New York Marathon Runners

Marathon runners all over the world prepare for the big race by attending pasta parties the night before the big day. Chatting with Alberto Paderi, one of the partners in Alta Cucina Society and a marathon runner to boot, I discovered that the bland pasta meals I had seen friends and loved ones eating before the marathon didn’t need to be so sad

Italian cuisine offers a variety of gourmet treats that can make these pasta parties fun not just for the runners but for everyone else too. These dishes can also spice up a grueling schedule and provide all the right nutrients and ...

[ New York City, 10|08|09 ]

Fattoria Mazzalupo products are presented in New York

Fattoria Mazzalupo is a beautiful estate in Tuscany, near Arezzo. Its line of handmade, natural products includes tomato-based sauces like the Arrabbiata, a flavorful Tuscan Pesto, Jams, Extra virgin Olive Oils and IGT wines.

“Everything started from my physical need for eating healthy,” Caterina Lo Franco of Fattoria Mazzalupo in Arezzo explains during a presentation of her products organized by Alta Cucina in New York, “that's when I ...

[ New York City, 10|01|09 ]

The Italian Food Market at Glance with the New Italian Fancy Food by GDO Week

Alta Cucina brings to the U.S. the 2009 issue of Italian Fancy Food, an yearly special review of the Italian food market and its trends. Italian Fancy Food is published by GDO Week, the reknown Italian magazine for the retail and the business community, that is part of the Sole 24 Ore Group

Italian Fancy Food is a market analysis focused on the Italian available supply on the International market, featuring deep insights on the culinary traditions of the Italian territory, the gourmet production of unparalleled products and ...

[ New York City, 05|11|09 ]

Alta Cucina Epicurean Center opens in New York City

Alta Cucina Epicurean Center is a culinary center located in the heart of New York City. The top talents in every culinary discipline can come to polish, discuss and teach their craft in unique chef demonstrations, hands-on cooking dinners, food & wine tastings, seminars. The Center is also open for private parties and corporate events.

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[ New York City, 04|21|09 ]

New collaboration between Alta Cucina and GDOWEEK

Alta Cucina is proud to announce the start of its collaboration with GDOWEEK, one of the most regarded Italian trade media in the fields of retail, food and “made in Italy”.

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[ New York City, 03|13|09 ]

Video Interviews at Sensofwine

If you were not able to come to Sensofwine, you can still experience it by watching the video interviews of wine experts Luca Maroni and David Lynch, and Paolo Vannini of Alta Cucina Society. Click here to see the video.

If you were not able to come to Sensofwine you can still experience it by watching the video interviews of wine experts Luca Maroni and David Lynch, and one of Alta Cucina's Founders,  Paolo Vannini. Click here to see the ...

[ New York City, 02|11|09 ]

Sensofwine Honors Vias Imports and David Lynch

Luca Maroni is proud to announce that he will present SensofWine’s Awards of Excellence in Outstanding Contributions in the US Italian Wine Business at the SenseofWine NYC wine tasting on February 20th.

Maroni and his team at SensofWine have chosen to honor US Italian Wine Importer, Vias Imports and Journalist and Sommelier, David Lynch for their powerful contributions in the US Italian wine business.   Vias imports an extensive ...

[ New York City, 01|15|09 ]

Alta Cucina online store, altacucinastore.com, is now open!

We are pleased to announce the grand opening of Alta Cucina new online gourmet store, www.altacucinastore.com.
It’s fun reading about Italian food and wine but it’s even more fun to experience the flavors of Italy with all your senses.

We have selected for you the most "sought after" Italian products : extra virgin olive oils, vinegars, pasta sauces, jams and marmalades, honey , seafood ,  sea salt . We were able to secure hard -to-find ...

[ New York City, |16|16 ]

Holiday Party with Italian Festive Sparkling Wines At Alta Cucina

Alta Cucina held its first holiday party in its new Epicurean center on December 9. 2009. It has been a great year for Alta Cucina with many new members joining the organization.

Among the highlights of 2009 was the opening of the Epicurean Center which also serves as a store for Alta Cucina’s premium Italian products, a dramatic increase in Alta Cucina’s web presence with an online store, a blog and ...

[ New York City, |27|7 ]

GDOWEEK, your up-to-date source on the food scene

GDOWEEK is the constantly updated source for stories, news, interviews and videos on the Italian and International retail and food scene. Meet the key players, follow the trends, learn about new products and formats. Visit www.gdoweek.it

For the latest news visit ...

Italian Holidays Sweets and Drinks showcased in Top NYC Restaurants, Gourmet Stores and Wine Shops.

This holiday season, delicious Italian chocolates, cookies, after dinner liqueurs as well as Asti Spumante DOCG paired with Panettone and Pandoro, were served complimentary in select New York restaurants and Specialty shops. The promotion, organized by the Italian Trade Commission with DOLCE ITALIA, a trademark registered by the Italian Association of Confectionery Industries, was a great success.

  This holiday season was sweetly launched with success by the Italian Trade Commission, in association with DOLCE ITALIA, a trademark registered by the Italian Association of Confectionery Industries to make Italian sweets ...

Natura purified water, the green alternative to bottled water

The newest restaurants trend is to offer purified water as a green alternative to bottled water. All over the country, many upscale restaurants, like Del Posto, San Domenico, Osteria del Circo and Pane Caldo sell to their patrons water purified with a purification system like Natura.

There’s a movement in Manhattan, that reaches as far as San Francisco, to replace bottled water on the tables of restaurants.   New York’s Department of Environmental Protection, joined by several restaurants, ...

“I Love Italian Style”

Enjoy authentic wines and olive oils from the Puglia region

Two of the most popular and pleasurable pastimes in the culinary world are enjoying quality wines and olive oils. You can learn more about some excellent Italian wines and olive oils--as well as sample them--at a three-day event and ...

Academia Barilla

Fine Italian products from Italys heartland
Available on Alta Cucina Mall

Academia Barilla, one of the most respected names in Italian food, boasts a robust product line featuring the finest authentic Italian goods. You can now find all these great products on the Alta Cucina Mall. Our members can apply a 10%. ...

Moretti Beer and food from Aroma Kitchen… what a combination!

Not even the snow could stop Aperitivo's Fans

Moretti Beer has hosted a real Italian Aperitivo event, organized by Alta Cucina, at Aroma Kitchen & Winebar, and it was a great success. Many have tasted the  delicious & tasty bites prepared by chef and owner Vito Polosa ...

Mitinitaly Village 2008

BuonappeMito
(Roma, Laghetto dellEur, 19-30 giugno 2008)

“BuonappeMito” (Roma, Laghetto dell’Eur, 19-30 giugno 2008) BuonappeMito represents the second edition of Mitinitaly Village, exhibition that celebrates the myth of the Italian Cuisine and the Mediterranean Diet, ...

The Real Italian Espresso

Make sure is DOC

Even though Italy does not produce coffee, espresso has become one of the symbols of the much-coveted “Made in Italy” lifestyle worldwide. Indeed, it has become a popular specialty that is often copied, often unsuccessfully, ...

Truffles: Ultimate Luxury, Everyday Pleasure

Not only a great book, but a cooking experience

“Truffles: Ultimate Luxury, Everyday Pleasure,” (John Wiley & Sons) is an indispensable guide for all culinary connoisseurs and especially truffle lovers. Written by the world’s foremost truffle expert and importer, ...

Alta Cucina Wine Tasting Event

On November 14, Michael and Bob Eigen, owners of Premier Cru Wine Merchants, hosted a splendid event in their beautifully designed, intimate, “boutique” wine store. They treated attendees to a select choice of Italian wines: ...

ON NOVEMBER 6, RUMMO PASTA DINNER CLUB SERIES SHOWCASES RECIPES

FROM NONNA GENIAS CLASSIC LANGHE COOKBOOK

Rummo Pasta is proud to announce that the second dinner in their Dinner Series Club will feature Roberta Corradin, renowned Italian food journalist. Roberta will take us on a culinary trip with her back in time with a menu created ...

Rummo Dinner Series brings together the finest food, topics, and people

AS an Alta Cucina reader and supporter you are invited.
The dinner fee is $70. Call the numbers below

Who can resist authentic Italian cuisine shared with interesting personalities engaged in lively, informative discussions? Now, all this and more can be enjoyed thanks to a new dinner series called “Interesting People, ...

Alta Cucina welcomes food writer and journalist Roberta Corradin

At Alta Cucina we are very excited to have Roberta Corradin on our team.
Roberta is first of all a friend, but she is also an expert of Italian food.

Roberta Corradin, food writer, fiction writer and journalist, was born in Susa, in the mountain region close to Turin, Italy. She currently publishes food and travel articles on the weekly L'Espresso, the monthly magazines of the ...

Alta Cucina introduces the Aperitivo Series

Come and Join us for drinks!

Picture this - grand buffets that feature delicious pasta dishes (either cold or hot), risottos, salads, ethnic food, seafood, meat and vegetable skewers, cheese and cold cuts…this is not a dream, this is a picture perfect ...

Cooking with Nonna Genia

100 recipes by Piedmonts favorite grandmother now available in the U.S.

BUY THE BOOK HERE

Think of all the great food Italian grandmothers are known to make…now think that all those recipes are available in a great book. Now Nonna Genia (Grandma Genia in English), the most authoritative and thorough cookbook of ...

Alta Cucina Inc. Inaugural Event

You are invited to the party!

Alta Cucina Inc., an Epicurean Society founded to explore, share and celebrate premium quality Italian food and wine products, is hosting an inaugural party to introduce its services and its web site, ...

Festa delle Fragole

Record breaking cake!

 A deliciously warm climate and an intensely bright sun make of the Venosta Valley the birthplace of Italy’s most flavorful strawberries. Here these juicy, red delicacies grow and ripe slowly, while the idyllic weather ...

Alta Cucina welcomes two new members to its Board of Advisors

Alta Cucina Society is proud to welcome to its Board of Advisors two new members both representatives of the Italian culinary world.

Marco Petrini, President of Monini North America Inc. After graduating "cum laude" at the Boston College (School of Management) in 1985, Mr. Petrini returned to Italy to manage its family business. The Petrini Group managed 5 ...

Chocolate eggs from Puglia for a special Easter

Try the precious delicacies by Schiraldi of Minervino pastry shop

Want to do something special for Easter? Give a unique personalized chocolate egg made by the renown Apulian pastry shop Schiraldi of Minervino (Bari), a proud member of the Consortium Apulia is Good. The designs are unique and extremely ...

Radicchio Feast

Manhattan is in love with radicchio. The savory salad from the Veneto region has captured the hearts of all thanks to a series of successful and tasty events.

Manhattan is in love with radicchio. The savory salad from the Veneto region has captured the hearts of all thanks to a series of successful and “tasty” events. The most attended was a workshop of traditional recipes held ...

Cookies of the future

The combinations are limitless

Imagine a cookie. What comes to your mind? Chocolate, vanilla, honey, maybe cream or nuts. Something that would never come to mind are eggplant, parmigiano reggiano, endive or even guacamole. Well then, think again, as Sebastiano Monte, ...

The mystery of Alta Cucina

Nero Wolf investigates murder among the world's greatest chefs

What are we talking about? Alta Cucina takes part in a mystery novel? Yes indeed…the story involves a crime, a detective and a culinary competition. Alta Cucina is the title of a novel written in 1938 by Rex Stout, whose ...

DaVinci's Kitchen: A secret history of Italian Cuisine

New cooking book reveals a little-known side of the famous artist

New cooking book reveals a little-known side of the famous artist   Leonardo da Vinci: painter, sculptor, inventor, mathematician – chef? While details of Da Vinci’s artistic life are common knowledge, especially after ...
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