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BBQ marinades

August 6th, 2009 by academia press office

Nothing says summertime like a backyard barbecue. In preparation for the height of summer – commonly known as Ferragosto in Italy and celebrated on August,15th – the cooks in the Academia Barilla test kitchens have lit up their grills and come up with a number of tasty marinades for you to try at home or at the beach.

For all of the seafood lovers out there, chef Matteo has created a savory, citrus marinade for shrimp and squid using our Academia Barilla Sapori Italiani herb mix , Sea Salt with Blood Orange Zest and delicate Read more…

Season Luxury Italian Gourmet Gift Ideas: Italy-in-a-Box

December 29th, 2008 by academia press office

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Final post on the new series of Italian gourmet Season Gift Sets from Academia Barilla, the new line Italy-in-a-box.

A true taste of Italian gastronomic culture, an experience that will evoke all your Italian food lover senses, Italy-in-a-Box is also a journey across the findings of
 Academia Barilla’s continue research into the gastronomic and cultural identities of the different regions of Italy.

Get this limited edition of gastronomic gems as a treat to yourself or as a gift to others, and get a selection of the best Italian regional products, simple and original tips for bringing the Italian flavor to your kitchen and your table, all with limited edition confections that can be personalized according to your taste.

Today we close our presentation of the gift set collection introducing other four Italy-in-a-Box gift sets: The Connoisseur’s Collection, Simply Tuscan, Artisanal Compote Trio, and Salt and Salt. Read more…

Italy-in-a-Box: More Italian Gourmet Gift Boxes from Academia Barilla

December 27th, 2008 by academia press office

After presenting the first three new Italian gourmet gift boxes from the Academia Barilla gift collection Italy-in-a-Box, today we introduce to you a few more gourmet gift ideas for this Christmas Season - and for the rest of the year, as the Academia Barilla Italy-in-a-Box collection is available all year round at the Academia Barilla online store.

Today we introduce four new Italy-in-a-Box Italian gourmet gift boxes: Food Lovers’ Classic, Cheese Lover’s Knife Set, The Ultimate Bruschetta Party and Giada De Laurentiis Selected by Academia Barilla.

All these luxury gift sets are included in the latest Academia Barilla collection of luxury Italian gastronomy gift boxes, a limited edition gift set series, and contain authentic Italian food specialties from the Academia Barilla gourmet food collection.

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A new Guest Chef for the Italian Food Lovers Chef Network: Chef John Franchetti

December 24th, 2008 by academia barilla chef

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The Italian Food Lovers Chef Network keeps growing, and today we are proud to introduce a new Guest Chef: Chef John Franchetti from Rosso Pizzeria and Wine Bar in Santa Rosa, California.

We had an email chat with John in California and learned a few things about hisChef experience and insight, that started in 1981, when John met the American celebrity Chef, restaurateur, television personality and cookbook author Chef Emeril Lagasse, really liked what he was doing, and decided he was going to follow the same path into a gourmet Chef career.
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Italy in a Box: Italian Gourmet Season Gift Boxes and Gift Ideas from Academia Barilla

December 22nd, 2008 by academia press office

Academia Barilla is proud to introduce its new series of Italian gourmet Season Gift Boxes, the new line Italy-in-a-box.

Italy-in-a-box is not the ordinary, typical gift box. First of all, it actually comes in a box, a very elegant and refined luxury one, holding the true taste of Italian gastronomic culture, an experience that will truly evoke all your senses. Read more…