Casa Rago is a lovely, family-run meats producer situated on the hills of Matera, along the Via Appia, on the border with Puglia. Since 2010 they've been part of an effort to recover the Lucanian black pig. Starting with 5...

Gragnano, one of Italy's pasta capitals, is also the home to this historic, family-run pasta maker whose roots go back more than a hundred years (they're also one of the area's most interesting, by virtue of their artisanal, bronze-drawn "maccherone")....

Founded in 1952 by Attilio Babbi, today this outstanding producer is famous throughout Italy and abroad. Initially Babbi mainly focused on cones, wafers and ingredients for artisanal ice cream, but due to changing consumer tastes over time the range of...

This dairy producer was founded in 1877 in San Giuseppe Vesuviano by Gennaro Auricchio (it was he who invented "the recipe" that made Auricchio provolone unique and recognizable the world over). Today the founder's grandchildren, the fourth generation of family,...

The Branchi brand has been around since 1987, when it was officially founded by Tito Branchi, but the producer went through a major period of development during the 1950s and 1960s under Erminio Branchi. Together with Franco, his son, he...

Founded in 1964, it wasn't until the 1970s that Coam began processing North American wild salmon, marketing it under the brand Scandia. It's a special product, caught on the open sea and frozen on board to guarantee and preserve its...

Situated inside a 15th-century fortress, Antica Corte Pallavicina is a small oasis of beauty and flavor in the heart of southern Parma. Since 1990 it's been owned by the Spigaroli family, who have renovated it in a delightful, rural-chic style....

The Campisi family have been processing fish since 1854: wild tuna, swordfish, grouper, amberjack, anchovies and sardines. Time-honored techniques dating back to the Arab period, honed over the centuries, are used. Among their range of products, they sell all parts...

Brussino is a family-run dairy whose roots date back to the early-20th century (1909 to be exact). Originally, in addition to collecting and distributing milk from neighboring farmers, they produced their own dairy products and cheeses. Then in the 1940s...

In the heart of the Staffora Valley, brothers Ezio and Alberto Garabello work with skill and experience, selecting meats from pigs reared in Pavia for their well-known Varzi salami, a historic PDO salami since 1996 that's stuffed into natural pig...