When I first heard about respected Italian pasta artisans making traditional pasta with Canadian grown whole grain durum wheat, I had a personal locavore mini-crisis. I couldn’t wrap my head around how it might make sense for Italian pasta-makers to rely on farmers outside of Italy to provide the basic whole grain ingredient needed to…
Tag: Artisanal Pasta
Gustiamo: Who We Are and What We Do
New York based Gustiamo, Inc – Italy’s Best Foods is a premier selector, importer and distributor of authentic artisanal foods from all regions of Italy. Founded in 2000 by a passionate Italy born team, Gustiamo’s top quality catalog of Italian ingredients is sourced among the best Italian artisans, with an uncompromising eye toward purity, sustainability…
From Camille – A Culinary Adventure with Gustiamo – Legendary Pasta Faella from Gragnano
Gustiamo proudly announces: Pasta Faella will soon be in our warehouse!!! Camille pays a visit to the historic pastificio in Gragnano and writes her lovely journal, below. I’ve been looking forward to visiting Faella, a pastificio located in Gragnano, a historical center of pasta production, for a month now. So when Sergio came by the hostel Sunday morning…