Regional Italian Spotlight: Emilia-Romagna

In this series, we look more closely at a lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be a step ahead! This month, we travel to Northern Italy and to the region of Emilia-Romagna. Emilia-Romagna is located where the Po River brings […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Campania

In this new series, we’ll look more closely at a lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional Italian foods, it pays to be in the know! This month, we travel south to Campania. Located in Southern Italy, Campania stretches from the gulf of Naples to the famous […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Abruzzo

In this new series, we’ll look more closely at a lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be in the know! This month, we travel to central Italy and to Abruzzo. Abruzzo is located in central Italy, on the Adriatic (west) […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Trentino

In this new series, we’ll look more closely at a lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be in the know! This month, we travel to Northern Italy and to Trentino Alto Adige. Trentino Alto Adige is located in Northern Italy, […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Lombardy

In this series, we look more closely at lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be in the know! This month, we travel to Northern Italy’s Lombardy. The Lombardy region ranges from Lake Como to Milan. It’s a land of lakes […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Puglia

In this series, we look more closely at a lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be in the know! This month, we travel to Southern Italy’s Puglia. Puglia is located on the heel of the Italian boot. It’s a rich […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Piemonte

In this series, we look more closely at lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be in the know! This month, we travel to Northern Italy and to Piemonte, or Piedmont in the Anglicized spelling. Piedmont is located in northwestern Italy, […]

Regional Italian Spotlight: Calabria

In this series, we look more closely at a lesser-known region of Italy in every issue. As consumers continue to clamor for authentic, regional foods from Italy, it pays to be a step ahead! This month, we travel to southern Italy and to the region of Calabria. Located on the “toe” of the Italian boot, […]

Pasta Saves the Day

We know operators have a LOT on their minds these days, with so many changes and challenges coming so fast. For all of you keeping those plates spinning, we put together a little video that’s fun and simple, and hopefully puts your mind at ease about how you’ll rise to the task, keeping your customers […]

The Barilla Test Kitchen Team Talks Trends & Recipe Inspiration

Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen! As a culinary team, we got together with our editor to talk about the Mintel trend predictions, and spotlight a few recipes we’ve been working with that fit the themes. First up is “Play with your Food ” – we love this one! We see a ton of interest in new twists […]

Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen!

As a culinary team, we got together with our editor to talk about innovation with pasta, and our favorite recipes for giving your guests the favorites they’ve been missing, without over-stretching your back-of-house teams. American diners are definitely still in love with Italian food, and even though they’ve been cooking up pasta dishes at home, […]