Italian Food Lovers

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…

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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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…

We asked our guest Chefs from the Italian Food Lovers Chef Network to share with us some gourmet recipes that can be the centerpiece of you Christmas meal. Today Chef Doug D’Avico from Trattoria N.10 in Chicago teach us how to prepare a yummy pasta dish: Farfalle Pasta with Duck Confit, Crimini Mushrooms, Asparagus and Parmigiano Reggiano. 

Ready? Let’s go to the kitchen!
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Cyber Monday is a new tradition, brought by the web and the e-commerce world. The first Monday after Thanksgiving is now worldwide known as Cyber Monday, the beginning of the Christmas online shopping season.

This year Cyber Monday is next Monday, December 1.

Most of the online retailers and e-commerce shops around the web offer special online shopping discounts on Cyber Monday, and Academia Barilla couldn’t resist this year to propose some very sweet deals in traditional Italian gastronomy.

Remember: this offer is valid only on December 1, 2008!

Visit the Academia Barilla online shop on Monday, December 1, and shop to save big on great gourmet food products, plus get some nice season deals:

- 25% off the Sicilian Sea Salt kits

- FREE chunk of Pecorino Gran Cru with purchase of a 12-years old or 25-years Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena

- 1 can of Peeled Cherry Tomatoes FREE with purchase of 5 cans.

- 1 bottle of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena aged 3-years FREE with purchase of the Academia Bailla Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sampler

We remind you again that Cyber Monday discounts and deals are valid only on Cyber Monday, so hurry up to save on Season gifts and gourmet shopping on Monday, December 1, at the Academia Barilla Online Shop!