The New York Times Small Artichokes
The perfect Negroni accompaniment according to the New York Times is Maida’s Small Artichokes. That’s right, our artichokes are the ultimate aperitivo food. As Florence …
The perfect Negroni accompaniment according to the New York Times is Maida’s Small Artichokes. That’s right, our artichokes are the ultimate aperitivo food. As Florence …
Ask anyone in Italy who is passionate about good sott’oli and they will say the name Maida. Francesco Vastola of Maida Farm is THE AUTHORITY …
Gustiamo loves Anthony Mangieri. Gustiamo has been importing the best tomatoes for pizza for just about as long as Anthony has been making pizza. That, paired …
SMALL ARTICHOKES Spring is artichoke season in Cilento National Park, the countryside south of Naples, and we just received a shipment of Small Artichokes, fresh from the field. …
Gustiamo is on a caperberry kick. We can’t stop cooking with them; we’ve been adding caperberries to just about everything lately. When our friend, Chef Silvia …
We’d like to introduce you to: Chili Peppers in Extra Virgin Olive Oil, made by Francesco Vastola on Maida Farm. They are red-hot and full of flavor. These …
Here they are! Right off the shipping pallet, just in from Italy. They are wonderfully savory black olives from Campania. This is Farmer Francesco Vastola, …
We first met Stacey of Stacey Snacks at a pizza place! Where else? This lady loves good pizza almost as much as we do. The pizza …
Did you read Julia Moskin’s “In Ischia, Italy, Cooking Is Done in the Sand, Not the Stove” in the NYTimes? Weren’t you literally salivating by …
Yep, you read that correctly. Click here and see for yourself. Summertime food is life, and Linda knows it. Her recipe for pasta with mussels is an …
Look at Fabrizio, isn’t he a handsome young man? We first met Fabrizio when he was about 15 years old. Since then, we’ve had the …
We were just in Campania. Did you follow our adventures? Pizza Napoletana, buffalo paradise, anchovy everything in Cetara; just to name a few highlights. The whole trip was …
The first thing Beatrice told me after our visit with Antonio Palmieri was that if she were born a buffalo, she would want to be a buffalo …
March on Maida farm: the broccoli harvest just finished and spring is coming. Francesco and Fabrizio Vastola are hard at work. Soon it will be summer …
This time of year the Campania countryside is a beautiful yellow! Everywhere you look is full of Friarielli, the typical broccoli rabe of Campania. After …
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 …
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 …
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 …