If the only time you think of pulling that jar of balsamic out of the cupboard is when it's time to make a salad, you're missing out. This sweet and tangy vinegar is one of my favorite secret ingredients, and I've found all sorts of ways that its presence will perk up my everyday cooking.   1. To Finish Soups and Sauces: Balsamic and ripe summer...

Gourmet Living, a business domiciled in Greenwich, CT, announces a Christmas sale of its "Goccia Nera," barrel-aged balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy. This special holiday promotion of Goccia Nera is available on Amazon.com and offers Free Shipping for Amazon prime members.   For a limited time only you may purchase Goccia Nera for only $13.95,...

Mizkan America Inc. is expanding its Barengo line of Italian cooking vinegars with the introduction of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, a portfolio of versatile products offering leaf-certified premium taste and organic options.   Barengo's Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is steeped in 140 years of traditional craftsmanship, ensuring superior quality at co...

273 anni di invecchiamento ed è ancora buono: ecco un altro record di uno dei prodotti di nicchia del made in Italy più celebri al mondo, l'Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena. Una piccola ampolla di vetro, risalente a 273 anni fa, infatti, è stata analizzata e giudicata con ottimi voti dalla Consorteria di Spilamberto chiamata a valutare ogni...

Though they are often mistakenly used interchangeably, balsamic vinaigrette and balsamic vinegar are not one and the same. Period. A vinaigrette is a cooking sauce or salad dressing made by mixing vinegar, oil and seasoning so balsamic vinaigrette should therefore presumably be made from balsamic vinegar but since the vinaigrette is so mass produce...

“This is not just vinegar. This is balsamic. They are not the same,” Daniele Barbieri said when I visited his family’s Acetaia del Cristo in this Northern Italian city last fall. I heard him, but I was also engaged, engrossed in the parade of flavors in my mouth.   Mr. Barbieri had suggested that I stick my pinkie inside a 165-year-old juniper-wo...

by Grazia Solazzi   There is no better time than fall for visiting Italy. The weather is mild. It's low season, and autumn foliage brings some additional charm to the already captivating Italian countryside. Also, many of the food products that have made Italy famous are ready now: wine, mushrooms, truffles... Fall is perfect for a gastronomic to...

Free tastings of a New Mexico grown organic balsamic vinegar will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Market Café located at 614 N. Bullard. There is a farm in Monticello, N.M., making a very special product that is now available at the Market Café, according to a news release. The Darland Company LLC makes America's only traditional-...

by J. Merritt Melancon Adriana Coppola, a native Italian now living in Johns Creek, won the grand prize in the University of Georgia's 2015 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest with her A&A Alta Cucina Italia Balsamico al Mirtillo, a blueberry balsamic vinegar reduction.   The annual contest, conducted by the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Ec...

Balsamic vinegar has become quite popular among chefs, amateur cooks and foodies. But how do you exactly use balsamic vinegar? How do you select, use and store this precious ingredient? To explain, we need to take a step back. In fact, there are many different kinds of balsamic. The subject is actually quite complicated even for an expert.   But...