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Armani Junior

2011-03-15T02:15:00.012+09:00

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2011-03-13T02:42:00.000+09:00

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March Is Gourmet Olive & Other Oils Month

2011-03-08T21:43:00.001+09:00

CyberCucina have offically declared March to be Gourmet Olive Oils Month

Their specialty oils are selected from a range of exceptional oils, including Extra Virgin Olive Oils from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, plus Agrumato & Infused Oils as well as other specialty oils.

Enjoy these fine products. In addition you receive free shipping on qualifying purchases.

March Is Gourmet Olive & Other Oils Month

Angela Missoni

2011-03-06T18:49:00.001+09:00

MISSONI "Made in Italy" continues to captivate audiences worldwide with sophisticated prét-à-portér knitwear crafted with colored stripes, zig-zag motifs and unusual textures.

The success of Missoni's style is a family secret, as the Creative Director Angela Missoni recounts in an exclusive interview.

Angela Missoni

Milano Mayor Letizia Moratti

2011-03-06T04:01:00.008+09:00

Mayor Letizia Moratti has an article in the Herald Tribune that enhances Milano and speaks of the resurgence in fashion.

The Mayor says the international success of Milano is established by the fact that the city became the 2015 World Congress of Public Transport hub over Montreal and Frankfurt.

Five thousand delegates representing hundreds of companies will make a journey to Milano.

Milano Mayor Letizia Moratti

GUCCI AT TED 2011: "IL GATTOPARDO"

2011-03-02T22:05:00.001+09:00

"In order for everything to stay the same, everything must change."

GUCCI AT TED 2011: "IL GATTOPARDO"

The Mediterranean

2011-03-01T12:56:00.003+09:00

Quality of life takes into consideration many nutritional benefits and the sensory qualities thus far consumers have not come to esteem through experience.

The Mediterranean

Zegna Sport Spring Summer 2011 - ADV

2011-03-01T02:07:00.000+09:00

The future of Zegna Sport clothing collection is engineered by technology which gives Zegna urban leisurewear the cutting edge for summer 2011.

Zegna Sport Spring Summer 2011 - ADV

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2011-02-28T07:46:00.001+09:00

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2011-02-15T21:02:00.000+09:00

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Italy's Olive Oil, Wine and Tuscan Cuisine

2010-02-27T13:22:00.001+09:00

Julia Child had a great love for Italy and Italian food as well. This one-woman dynamo hosted an annual luxury tour to Italy for food admirers during her long career.

In 1987, Julia Child traveled to Italy for ABC’s Good Morning America and hosted a popular series on Italy and Italian food. Here is one of the entertaining clips from the ABC News site: Italy's Olive Oil, Wine and Tuscan Cuisine

Everyone loved Julia Child as evidenced by the film movie “Julie and Julia,” which was seen by food enthusiasts from all over the world. She was known as the “French Chef" during her long television career. Julia Child studied extensively in France at the famous Cordon Bleu cooking school, however Julia and her husband were gourmets who loved food from many nations. It seems Julia’s passion for cooking originated during her assignment to China in 1941 when she was influenced by her future husband Paul’s passion for food.

Learn more about Italy and Italian food from Memorie di Angelina. Frank Fariello, a resident of Rome, shares his recipes from Campania and other parts of Italy.

Italy's Olive Oil, Wine and Tuscan Cuisine

Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit For Hair

2010-02-26T14:40:00.001+09:00

Gently cleanse, condition and style your hair with pure olive oil extract from the Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit. Restore shine to your hair when traveling with portable sizes of these Fekkai Glossing products: shampoo, conditioner and styling cream.

You'll discover the Fekkai products lather, clean, and condition beautifully and will make your hair noticeably shinier than other products.

The scent is light and fresh without being at all overpowering. The benefits Of Olive Oil bring moisture and shine to normal and dull hair every day.

Fekkai Glossing Starter Kit For Hair

Why Olive Oil is Popular

2010-02-25T11:53:00.002+09:00

The Mediterranean Diet has attracted attention with olive oil as the key ingredient. The popularity of olive oil has been helped by its association with Mediterranean cooking and the health claims for cutting the risk of a heart attack linked with this way of life,

Many people now have olive in their kitchen. It might be bad quality, but they have it. They are aware of the health benefits. When most people go abroad they taste olive oil in Mediterranean countries and enjoy it.

Olive oil is versatile for cooking and it can be delicious. It is a good choice for sauteing and it has flavor which means it adds taste to salad dressings or can be drizzled on a bowl of soup or a platter of fresh mozzarella, or used to finish cooked and raw vegetables.

We found these topics particularly interesting how popular olive oil has become in The United States:

Lexington Farmer's Market
Giuseppe Taibi is a fourth generation organic olive oil producer from Sicily. Ten years ago he left Italy for Boston, Massachusetts in search of more.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Proclaims February as California Olive Oil Month

With the proclamation of California Olive Oil Month this February, Governor Schwarzenegger urges everyone to make California olive oil a staple in their kitchens and cuisines.

Olive Oil granola with Dried Apricots

Sometimes in continued exposure, you find a marvelous beauty; that discovery in something familiar leads to greater love. Like with granola.

Olive Oil Cupcakes?
Delicious! Cupcakes with olive oil are tasty and good for your heart!

Olive Oil and Lemon Cake

I know that some of you might think that olive oil and cake does not go together. But they actually do. I have taken this recipe from Josee Distasio's book Pasta Et Cetera.

Finally, Mark Bittman and Ezra Klein, a Washington Post columnist specializing in economics with a special interest in food policy, discuss an epidemic of lack of self-control in America. Make a difference in your own health while losing weight by changing the proportions of what you eat. You will find their observations compelling.

Why Olive Oil is Popular

Neapolitan Pizza

2010-02-22T23:01:00.005+09:00

Upon Italian request on 9 December 2009, the European Union granted Traditional Speciality Guaranteed TSG (Specialità Tradizionale Garantita STG) to safeguard traditional Neapolitan Pizza in particular to "Pizza Margherita" and "Pizza Marinara". The law specifies permissible ingredients and methods of processing. Only pizzas which follow these guidelines could be called traditional Italian pizzas at least in Italy.

There are three official pizza variations:

Pizza Marinara made with tomato, garlic, oregano and extra virgin olive oil;

Pizza Margherita made with tomato, sliced mozzarella, basil and extra-virgin olive oil;

Pizza Margherita Extra made with tomato, mozzarella from Campania, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil.

Authentic Neapolitan Pizzas are made with local ingredients. San Marzano tomatoes grown on the volcanic plains to the south of Mount Vesuvius, and Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, made with milk from water buffalo raised in the marshlands of Campania and Lazio in a semi-wild state. This mozzarella is protected with its own European protected designation of origin.

During the 20th century pizza became an international food with widely varying toppings. Pizza must be baked in a stone oven with an oakwood fire. Neapolitan Pizza captures the essence of simple and delicious Italian food. It should be crispy, tender and fragrant when cooked.

Neapolitan Pizza

Artichoke Salad

2010-02-20T14:40:00.004+09:00

The most flavorful part of the artichoke is its heart, which has a nearly nut-like texture and a delicate taste. The leaves are prized for their pleasantly bitter taste, as well as their nutritional value.

In Italy, artichokes are grown in the sunniest regions: Sicily, Sardinia, Lazio and Liguria where the season begins in December and January. The best artichokes are undoubtedly the small ones with spiny leaves, whereas the meatiest are the larger, round-leafed variety known as Roman, the most common outside of Italy.

We recommend the Artichoke salad by Chef Antonio Mure. He states, "My dishes wouldn’t taste the same if I didn’t finish them with extra virgin olive oil. It gives a touch of elegance and a peculiar flavor.”

Artichoke Salad Serves 4
16 small artichokes, cleaned
2 white celery stalks
1 bunch of baby arugula
½ cup of extra virgin olive oil
Juice of two lemons
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
4 oz. shaved Parmesan cheese

1. Thinly slice the artichokes and the celery. Arrange them on a large plate and add the baby arugula.

2. The dressing: Whisk together the extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper.

3. Dress the salad with Parmesan cheese, and drizzle a few drops of extra virgin olive oil on top.

Artichoke Salad

Skin Care And Olive Oil

2010-02-18T22:46:00.000+09:00

Sales of skin and hair care products in the U.S. are a multi-billion dollar business and growing. Many of the latest “miracle in a jar” options are marketed as high-end, but costly, solutions to everyday challenges: how to keep skin moisturized, hair healthy, and facial skin free of wrinkles. Some of the most popular products, promoted as “natural” solutions, even incorporate olive oil as a key ingredient in their formulas.

But what many consumers don’t realize is something that people living millennia ago in ancient Greece took for granted; that extra virgin olive oil, all by itself, is one of the best beauty secrets. In addition to being a natural, hypoallergenic way to moisturize skin, extra virgin olive oil has the added advantage of providing strong antioxidants, like Vitamins A and E that help repair and renew skin that has been damaged from overexposure to sun, air pollution, and other modern-day environmental hazards – like cigarette smoke and fast food. These antioxidants have the natural ability to stimulate cells and return skin to a firmer, smoother, and healthier state.

To provide a slightly more scientific explanation, this damage is related to the destructive activity of oxygen-related free radicals produced by skin cells. Polyphenolic components of olive oil have been compared to traditional antioxidants, such as tocopherols, used by the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry to prevent skin damage. There are a number of simple and inexpensive ways to get the best skin care and beauty benefits out of a single bottle of extra virgin olive oil. The rich emollients in olive oil allow just a little to go a long way.

SKIN CARE AND OLIVE OIL

Skin Moisturizer

Whether applied to face or body, olive oil will penetrate deep into the skin and provide a long-lasting shield of moisture to keep skin smooth and supple. Used either as a night cream or daily moisturizer, it is best applied to damp skin, when water can help reduce any feeling of greasiness. We recommend using extra virgin olive oil.

Our readers have also suggested that a little lemon juice mixed with olive oil can provide a more bracing and refreshing feeling. In her best-selling book The Passionate Olive, Carol Firenze suggests making a moisturizer made of Italian parsley, water, and extra virgin olive oil.

Expect the natural benefits of olive oil to take a bit longer to be absorbed into the skin than most lightweight packaged skin products. But the advantages can be longer lasting too.

Exfoliator

If dry and scaly skin is a problem, Carol Firenze also suggests mixing olive oil and sea salt in a rub and massaging it into the affected area to slough off dead skin and enrich the healthy layer beneath it. Or add a few tablespoons of olive oil with a drop or two of lavender essential oil in a bath. This is a luxurious way to relax, soothe and moisturize the whole body.

Nail and Cuticle Care

Extra virgin olive oil makes the perfect, simple solution for dry nails and cuticles. Simply rub a few drops into the cuticle area and around the nail. Cuticles stay plump and moist, and nails respond with a natural shine.

Eye Makeup Remover

Just a drop or two of extra virgin olive oil on a cotton pad is all it takes to gently and effectively remove eye makeup without irritating the delicate skin around the eye area. The biggest added advantage is that when used consistently, olive oil can soften the skin around the eyes and smooth out wrinkles.

HAIR CARE AND OLIVE OIL

When used on hair and scalp, olive oil can be considered two products: a deep conditioner and a dandruff controller. After shampooing, massage a mixture of equal amounts of olive oil and water into your hair. Leave on for 5 minutes, then shampoo and rinse. Your scalp will benefit from healthy conditioning; your hair will respond with more shine and strength.

SOURCES
Carol Firenze: The Passionate Olive: 101 Things to Do with Olive Oil
http://www.thepassionateolive.com/

Skin Care And Olive Oil

Chocolate Olive Oil and Blood Orange Cupcakes | Love & Olive Oil

2010-02-17T11:01:00.001+09:00

Baking with olive oil has actually been done for centuries. Olive oil gives cakes and cookies a light texture and can be used with confidence instead of butter or other oils. Just about all the recipes in the culinary adventures of Lindsay and Taylor use olive oil in one way or another. One recent favorite recipe was Chocolate Olive Oil and Blood Orange Cupcakes.

Olive Oil dramatically cuts back on the cholesterol and saturated fat content of desserts. It produces lighter-tasting baked goods and allows the flavor of the other ingredients to come forth. Olive oil helps to naturally maintain the freshness of baked goods and creates moist cakes, biscuits and muffins because it contains vitamin E.

Choose using olive oil for baking by preparing a baking pan before adding the dough or other mixtures. Simply brush the oil onto your favorite baking pan, cookie sheet, spring-form pan or other type of baking dishes.

Chocolate Olive Oil and Blood Orange Cupcakes | Love & Olive Oil

Lucini Italia Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2010-02-16T01:16:00.002+09:00

Lucini Italia Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil is hand picked at precisely the right time and pressed within 24 hours of harvest to produce a delicious olive oil with less than half the acidity of regular extra virgin. Lucini Italia naturally achieves it's low acidity which is less than half of what is legally required to be classified as extra virgin. The lower the acidity, the higer the quality. Compared to bland, regular extra virgin olive oil, Lucini's authentic flavor confirms that nothing is added and nothing is taken away.

Olives are harvested to produce a traditional Tuscan taste that is green and full, with a peppery finish. The hillside estates are 300 to 500 meters above sea level, where the soil and microclimate are ideal for cultivation, and the trees date back over 100 years. Lucini Italia olives are harvested at precisely the right time, then crushed immediately to capture the fruit's peak flavor. This oil is certified Kosher Parve.  

In addition to Lucini's 250, 500, and 750 ml glass bottles, Lucini introduced the EcoValue™ box; the first of its kind in the US. Containing 3-litres of award-winning Tuscan extra virgin olive oil this exciting new product provides what every serious chef demands - freshness, quality and value. With a specifically designed air-tight spigot and low-impact packaging the EcoValue™ box lets you make the better environmental choice while enjoying. Once opened the olive oil will remain fresh for up to 12 months.

Lucini Italia Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Organic Black Truffle Flavored Olive Oil

2010-02-15T03:47:00.002+09:00

da Rosario products are the first and only 100% USDA certified organic truffle products on the U.S. market, and have already gained a cult following from chefs and gourmet retailers nationwide for their affordability and pure truffle flavor.

da Rosarios creator, Rosario Safina, has been the driving force behind the popularization of truffles over the past 20 years. In 2002, Safina published the first book in the U.S. dedicated to this luxury item, Truffles: Ultimate Luxury, Everyday Pleasure, establishing him as the noted authority on the subject. Safina has appeared and been featured in numerous outlets including Martha Stewart Living, CNN, Fine Living, Emeril Live, Good Morning America, and The New Yorker.

Organic Black Truffle Flavored Olive Oil elevates everyday dishes to gourmet status. Just a drizzle can change the entire character of risotto, potato dishes, eggs, or any number of ordinary offferings.

Organic Black Truffle Flavored Olive Oil

Biglietti Via Posta Ordinaria: Irene e La Neve

2010-02-13T14:22:00.001+09:00

Angelo Figorilli's blog biglietti via posta ordinaria: irene e la neve reminded us Rome was suddenly covered by snow. Rome typically has mild winters and snow is rare. For the citizens of Rome this was quite an event.

"Irene e La Neve" is about Irene who was born in Egypt and has been living in Rome since she was 15 years old. Angelo says Irene sells flowers from the shop located at his residence. Irene has never seen snow. On Friday Rome was hit by a heavy snowstorm covering the capital’s historic monuments with a veil of white and slowing traffic in a city unaccustomed to extreme winter weather.

Angelo Figorilli currently works at the foreign desk of Tg2. TeleGiornale 2 is the the news programmes of Rai Due, the Italian state-owned television channel.

Biglietti Via Posta Ordinaria: Irene e La Neve

Discover the Amazing Benefits of the Olive Leaf

2010-02-12T19:40:00.001+09:00

By Sheryl Walters

Our bodies and immune systems are constantly fighting off foreign things such as pollution, bacteria and viruses. Stress from our fast paced lives is a leading cause of the further weakening of our body’s ability to combat illnesses. Using drug substances, that act as an antibiotic, can actually weaken our immune systems and it is predicted by medical experts, that super viruses will soon occur for which there will be no drug cure.

Because we want to do what’s best for our body, we desire to put only natural substances into it. Drugs can cause harmful effects! That is why it is essential that we human beings look to natural health for our health answers. Olive leaf is one such remedy.

Olive leaf dates back to around 1000 B.C. It has been known to work as a powerful antioxidant. The leaves of both the Mission and Manzanillo Olive trees have been used for thousands of years, and were first known in the Mediterranean area of the world for their ability to promote good health and wellness. In the past decade, it has also become a well know herb in the United States and other places of the world.

The extract derived from these powerful olive leaves can provide a natural way to produce energy, fight infection, help with managing chronic fatigue syndrome, and work with controlling your cholesterol. It is said that the olive leaf also boosts our immune systems, helps with viruses, shingles and herpes and increases skin health, and it is a wonderful aid in detoxifying our bodies. It’s the toxic build up of radicals that makes our bodies sick.

Produced from the olive leaf, are products such as herb tea, powdered capsules, soap, extracts and lotions, which we can use for their health enhancing properties. The olive leaf produces what is called oleuropein. It has been proven to fight colds and flu. The leaves of the olive tree are thought to contain more antioxidants than green tea! When brewed as a hot tea, it offers a rich unique flavor without caffeine. The soap can help to give you clear skin. There are so many benefits from this simple leaf. Be sure you shop for these olive leaf products at a reputable health food store. Try it and watch your world become better, as you not only nurture your body, but your mind and spirit as well.

Discover the Amazing Benefits of the Olive Leaf
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Prevent Heart Disease By Eating Olive Oil

2010-02-11T22:14:00.003+09:00

The health benefits of olive oil have been widely recognized in Mediterranean countries.

Modern research has confirmed the therapeutic properties of olive oil and, in particular, its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), consuming about 2 tablespoons of olive oil a day may reduce your risk of heart disease. You can get the most benefit by substituting olive oil for saturated fats rather than just adding more olive oil to your diet.

The health benefits include fighting cancer and reducing your risk of developing clogged arteries and cardiovascular issues. It is great to know that by cooking with olive oil you can help prevent damage to your body.

Prevent Heart Disease By Eating Olive Oil

Butter Leads To Lower Blood Fats Than Olive Oil

2010-02-10T10:40:00.002+09:00

Butter leads to lower blood fats than olive oil
09 February 2010 Expertanswer (Expertsvar in Swedish)

High blood fat levels normally raise the cholesterol values in the blood, which in turn elevates the risk of atherosclerosis and heart attack. Now a new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that butter leads to considerably less elevation of blood fats after a meal compared with olive oil and a new type of canola and flaxseed oil. The difference was clear above all in men, whereas in women it was more marginal.

The main explanation for the relatively low increase of blood fat levels with butter is that about 20 percent of the fat in butter consists of short and medium-length fatty acids. These are used directly as energy and therefore never affect the blood fat level to any great extent. Health care uses these fatty acids with patients who have difficulty taking up nutrition – in other words, they are good fatty acids.

“A further explanation, which we are speculating about, is that intestinal cells prefer to store butter fat rather than long-chain fatty acids from vegetable oils. However, butter leads to a slightly higher content of free fatty acids in the blood, which is a burden on the body,” explains Julia Svensson, a doctoral candidate in Biotechnology and Nutrition at Lund University.

The greater difference in men is due to, among other things, hormones, the size of fat stores, and fundamental differences in metabolism between men and women, which was previously known. This situation complicates the testing of women, since they need to be tested during the same period in the menstruation cycle each time in order to yield reliable results.

“The findings provide a more nuanced picture of various dietary fats. Olive oil has been studied very thoroughly, and its benefits are often extolled. The fact that butter raises blood cholesterol in the long term is well known, whereas its short-term effects are not as well investigated. Olive oil is good, to be sure, but our findings indicate that different food fats can have different advantages,” emphasizes Julia Svensson.

“Finally, all fats have high energy content, and if you don’t burn what you ingest, your weight will go up, as will your risk of developing diseases in the long run,” she reminds us.

Here’s how the test was done: 19 women and 28 men participated in the study. Each individual ate three test meals containing canola-flaxseed oil, butter, or olive oil. The day before the test they had to fast after 9 p.m. The following morning a fasting blood sample was drawn to check their health status and all blood fats. The test meal consisted of the test fat mixed into hot cream of wheat, 1.5-% milk, blackberry jam, and a slice of bread with ham. The meal contained 35 g of test fat and about 810 Kcal. Blood samples were then drawn 1, 3, 5, and 7 h after the meal, and all blood fats were analyzed. The participants fasted during the day.

Julia Svensson is on parental leave until April. When she returns she will primarily finish studying how women react to various fats.

She and her colleagues will also be studying whether fats lead to varying degrees of satiety. What’s more, they will be evaluating parameters such as hormone status, exercise, waist measurement, and how the daily diet otherwise affects how the body takes up fat after a meal.

Find this article at AlphaGalileo Europe's leading source of research news

Butter Leads To Lower Blood Fats Than Olive Oil

Agrumato Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2010-02-09T21:05:00.004+09:00

There aren't many exclusively Italian foods and cooking techniques, but there is an Italian flair to what's made in most Italian communities. Olive oil plays an extremely important role, and a meal wouldn't seem quite right without it.

The Ricci family in Abruzzo harvest olives by hand and press them along with a particular citrus fruit using a traditional stone mill. Small amounts of olives are actually ground simultaneously with citrus fruit. The result is incredible agrumato oils.

Agrumato Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a golden delicate oil with a clean, crisp finish. The perfect balance of olive and lemon zest. Toss with pasta and fresh ricotta, drizzle over grilled fish or roasted vegetables. The flavoring is not an afterthought.

Agrumato Lemon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Crostini with Guacamole, Tapenade, and Aioli

2010-02-08T23:18:00.003+09:00

The Culinary Institute of America is a premier culinary college. Culinary school chef instructor Dwayne LiPuma demonstrates how to prepare crostini with guacamole, tapenade, and aioli.

We were eager to try this recipe and it did not disappoint us. It was an amazing hors d'oeuvre. We made this for a party and it was gone within minutes. It was a great crowd pleaser. Definitely try this.

We are making delicious crostini with guacamole, tapenade, and aioli for parties this weekend.

Crostini with Guacamole, Tapenade, and Aioli