Food & Wine

In Italy It's All about the Food

August 2014 |
Mention Italy and one of the first things anyone talks about is the food. Italians certainly pride themselves in this single most important aspect of their culture, and each region in Italy is known for its own specialty meals. While it would take...

Happy Easter. Now Let's Roll Some Cheese!

April 2014 |
Easter (Pasqua) is a holiday with universal significance throughout Christianity, but is celebrated in very different manners across the world. In Italy, Easter is a weeklong holiday that finds most children off from school and many adults taking...

Move Over Vino...

January 2014 |
Italy may not come to mind when you think of "top producing beer countries..." at least not yet. Although Italy is located in the wine belt of Europe, which is south of the beer belt, beer is not new to Italy. In fact, Italy's two most well known...

The Feast of the Seven Fishes

December 2013 |
Christmas Eve dinner is a long-standing tradition in many homes throughout the world, but in most Italian homes, a special feast takes place each year on this special evening. Our traditions started at my grandmother Quagliata's home on Union...

Anyway You Slice It / Panera Bread Success!

December 2013 |
Sixty year-old Sam Covelli can often be seen tooling around town in a luxurious Maserati he had shipped in from a classic Italian company. This highly successful, Warren, Ohio entrepreneur is the franchise owner of 250 U. S. Panera stores in Ohio,...

Sicilian Marzipan - Frutta di Martorana

November 2013 |
Il marzapane, o frutta di Martorana, è una tra le più note tradizioni dolciarie siciliane. Questa pasta di mandorle tritate viene trasformata dalle mani di esperti maestri pasticceri in particolari preparazioni, come ad esempio la...

Cheese festivals throughout Italy

September 2013 |
Italians love to have fun as well as work hard, and they also certainly love to celebrate with festivals. Most towns and villages celebrate their patron saints with festivals in their honor. With Italy's love for food and wine, festivals often...

A Tour of Italy's Top Wine Regions

September 2013 |
Italy is famous the world over for its wines, so even if you are not a serious wine enthusiast you will surely appreciate the beautiful scenery and tradition of a trip through the fine producing wine regions of Italia! Almost every region in Italy...

Wine and Cheese, the perfect pair

September 2013 |
Cheese and wine have gone hand in hand for centuries. We thought it would be fun to share some of our favorite pairings with the products we sell at Miceli Dairy Products Company. Although pairing up wine and cheese can appear to be a daunting...
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