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Bella Cucina - Amazing & Artful Italian Foods

The consumption of food is about more than nutrition and balance. Food is about experience – a blend of togetherness with great taste to make memorable moments in life – snapshots you’ll never forget. Creating delicious foods isn’t a science – it’s an art. That’s exactly how the owners of Bella Cucina Artful Food feel about each and every product they create.

The idea for Bella Cucina started in the early 1990’s at a café in Atlanta, Georgia with the same name. The food was so delicious that the customers often asked for samples to take home and enjoy later – pestos, appetizers, even condiments. From these experiences, the artisan food business known as Bella Cucina was born.

Not sure where to start? Try the amazing Panini spreads in Garden Herb, Kalamata Olive, and Spinach Arthichoke Bruschetta flavors. Looking for something with a little more bite? Try the Farmhouse Olives, Citrus Fennel Olives, or Lemon and Garlic Marinated Chickpeas.

The pestos created by Bella Cucina have always been a hit. Favorite flavors include Mint and Pistachio, Roasted Eggplant, Walnut Sage, Savory Pumpkin, and Sweet Vidalia Onion. Their collection of flavored oils and vinegars will complement any cook’s kitchen with aromas ranging from Mediterranean Tangerine Aromatic Oil to Olio Santo Chili Pepper Oil.

We had the opportunity to sample some of Bella Cucina’s Aromatic Savory Salts as well as some goodies from one of their delectable boxes of spreads. Each had an amazing taste with flavors that lingered pleasantly on the palate.

Anyone who enjoys fine Italian cuisine but doesn’t have time to create these types of artful creations at home should definitely consider visiting Bella Cucina Artful Food online. With such a wide variety of appetizers, spreads, condiments, pastas, and even desserts to choose from we’re sure you’ll have no trouble finding yourself a satisfying treat!

Luxurious Cooking with Lucini Italia

There's absolutely nothing like a hot bowl of home made pasta with a flavorful sauce and freshly grated cheeses. Even better is sitting down at the table knowing you're eating healthy foods made from wholesome ingredients - and that's exactly how you'll feel when you sit down to a meal prepared with ingredients from Lucini Italia.

Lucini Italia specializes in a few specific food categories, each made with the finest natural ingredients available. Their spectacular list of choices continues to grow and includes:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oils,
• Vinegars,
• Sauces,
• Soups,
• Vinaigrettes, and
• Organic alternatives.

Each product, from sauce to soup to oil is created in partnership with local farmers, famous chefs, and even nutritionists. The goal of the company is to ensure that you are receiving food that not only tastes wonderful, but is great for your body as well.

While each creation is made from the finest ingredients, there are a few limited edition items on the menu as well. The 100% Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a rare treat and was created in limited quantities. Their Organic Parmigiano Reggiano cheese was aged for three years using traditional methods and is often not found outside of Italy - a rare and spectacular treat.

Is your pantry stocked for the harsh winter months? Make sure you add a few jars of Umbrian Lentil, Rustic Minestrone, Tomato Cream, or Tomato Basil soup. A warm bowl of healthy yet flavorful soup on a chilly afternoon is sure to perk you right up!

Lucini Italia products can be purchased online and can also be crafted into thoughtful gifts. From large gift baskets with sauces, oils, and vinegars to simple cookbooks and kitchen accessories, you'll have no problem finding something to please the culinary expert in your life!~

Serve your next Italian meal in style! Four 9" warm and earthy hand painted bowls. Serve up warm hospitality and bold flavors in this bright ceramic dinner and serveware. De La Vina by Signature Housewares. Beautiful hues of orange, sunflower, cinammon, sweet potato and sage will delight your table from Fall until Summer. Multiple colors create an invitation to “dig in” and join the party.” Each ceramic piece is durable, easy to clean and dishwasher and microwave safe. Pfaltzgraff Set of 6 Sedona Individual Pasta Bowls

Dave's Gourmet and Insanity!

If you like your food not only hot, hot, hot but also served with a bit of rock and roll, then you'll want to give Dave's Gourmet Hot Sauces a try.

Imagine you're sitting around the table, and some of your friends like their hot sauche mild and some want it medium and some want it burning hot. Used to be, you needed three bottles to satisfy everybody, but not anymore. Gourmet Dave has invented the Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce! It comes in a pump spray, and you change the heat of the sauce by turning the cap -- slightly spicy to fiery.

Each year Dave's Gourmet formulates a special sauce with three times the heat of their signature sauce - which they have rightly called Insanity. For 2008, that sauce is the limited edition "ghost pepper" jolokia private reserve.

Ever heard of the National Fiery Food Show? Dave's Gourmet original, signature sauce, aptly called Insanity, was actually banned from the National Fiery Food Show for being too hot! So if you think you can handle it, we invite you to give it a try.

There's more to Dave's Gourmet than sauces that will knock your socks off, of course. They offer savory sauces and spices such as Dave's Gourmet Salt, Insanity Mustard ( dijon mustard combined with balsamic vinegar, white wine, a dash of sherry and a dab of Insanity Sauce), soyabi sauce, and dried chiles, including a , sampler consisting of Des Arbol, Chipotle, Pequin, Habanero, Guajillo, Pasilla, Ancho, Japone, New Mexican, Red Amazon, and Cascabel chiles.

But that's not all. Cool off that burning mouth with icecream covered with Apple Pie and Ice Cream Sauce, Chocolate Orange Spice, or Gingerbread Cream.

Exotic jams and flavored honeys round out Dave's Gourmet complement of artisan cuisine. And since we're talking Gourmet Dave's whose speciality is spice, you won't be surprised to learn that one of their honeys is Palette Chili and for their jams, the spice lover will enjoy their spiced quince preserves.

We alos have to add that Dave's Gourmet offers one of the freshest gourmet pasta sauces we have yet to try...superb! Check out the available gourmet items now at Dave's Gourmet!

Vino de Milo Pasta Sauces Food Review

Take a stroll through the streets of Italy and it is inevitable that you will smell the aroma of fresh tomato sauce, slowly simmering with fresh garden tomatoes, fresh basil and herbs, pungent garlic, and fine wine. Nothing like it!

Well, actually, there is. And you don't have to travel to Italy to experience it. Introducing Vino de Milo Gourmet Pasta Sauces. 100% natural sauces made with locally grown tomatoes, fresh onions, garlic, parsley and basil, extra virgin olive oil, and carefully picked wines to compliment the flavor. Vino de Milo Gourmet Pasta Sauces are just as good, if not better, than many homemade varieties we have sampled.

I think what truly stands out is the freshness of the sauce, and the wonderful fusion of perfect ingredients. And lets not forget the wine! Each sauce is made with just the right essence of a complimentary wine.

Mediterranean Pinot Grigio is a wonderfully chunky sauce made with big pieces of artichoke hearts, capers, black and green olives, and accented with fresh herbs and Pinot Grigio wine.

Portobello Shiraz is a rich sauce with sautéed portobello mushrooms, diced onions, tomato paste, fresh herbs, crushed red pepper and kicky Shiraz wine.

Tuscan Merlot fuses fire- roasted zucchini, yellow squash and eggplant with diced tomatoes and tops off with a deep Merlot and lots of fresh basil, oregano, garlic, and parsley.

Roasted Garlic Chianti, a garlic lover's delight. Wonderfully roasted chunks of garlic, meets a full-bodied Chianti wine and fresh tomatoes and herbs. Our favorite!

Four Herb Malbec Marinara is a richly deep marinara sauce combining red Malbec wine from Argentina, and four fresh from the garden herbs...basil, parsley, fennel and thyme.

Vino de Milo's Gourmet Pasta Sauces have no added sugar, are low in sodium, contain no saturated fat, are wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and completely vegan...plus they  have as little as 40 calories per 4-ounce serving. Can't beat that!

They recently added a superior line of dressings/marinades featuring the same special ingredient...wine! You can choose from Pomegranate Port, Mango Lemongrass Chardonnay and Gorgonzola Pear Riesling. Just think of the possibilities....

Jonathan Milo Leal is the founder of Vino de Milo's Gourmet Pasta Sauces. Son of missionary parents, Jonathan has spent a lifetime of extensive travel, and has learned to appreciate the value of superior ethnic foods. He takes pride in his product, and that is why the sauces and dressings are made by hand in small batches, at their Athens, Ohio location rather than at a distant factory. A portion of the proceeds support charitable organizations. Stock up today by visiting Vino de Milo.

We like this company...we love the products, and will order these ourselves to ensure that our shelves are always stocked! The concept is great, the packaging unique, the freshness appreciated! In our opinion, Vino de Milo's products are some of the best...without a doubt.