"Cositutti is passionate about bringing the authentic Italian experience to you . . . she's always looking for ways to progress to the next level, she's always trying new things and she's innovative" William F.
"love the tasting events" J. W.
"I love the web-site!! It's full of great info and makes me feel like I'm sitting in your living room looking at the family photo album" Dan N.
"What a blessing that I met you at the Gamba restaurant! Your site is great: well designed, easy to navigate and quite informative (love the note about late dinners and 5pm snack for bambinos recommendation!). My trip is in June - not sure yet if I'll get a chance to stop in Milano area but will certainly try" M.D
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"Readers take note, if you’re planning a trip to Italy and want to dig in to the finest culinary experience there is to offer, be sure to consult Marasco first".
"There are many variations of Ragu' alla Bolognese.Even in Italy the making of the ragu' reflects the traditions of the individual family household. And so it was when Nonna brought the recipe to America"
BITE AND SIP Shore Magazine FOOD OF THE GODS ITALIAN CHOCOLATE
The divine chocolate you find at cosituttimarketplace.com is made by BruCo, an Italian chocolatier from the Marche region. The fact that this chocolate bar is a blend of 60 percent dark chocolate, and 40 percent coffee and anise is part of the candy’s special-ness, but the far greater attribute (the clincher) is the fact that it appealed to Pam Marasco enough that she made BruCo Chocolate an item on her website.
You may think you know some picky and highly selective people, people who are not too easily impressed, people who are careful and are connoisseurs to the nth degree. But if you have not met Pam Marasco, you don’t know anything about choosing the choicest of the choice. Pam is the real deal. She is as authentic and passionate about the items that make it onto her website cosituttimarketplace.com as the products themselves. Her recommendation is better than a seal of approval; it is her personal word of honor.
Pam has been traveling to Italy and finding the finest goods for about 10 years when she was initially “reconnecting with family in Italy.” Three years ago, her experiences and travel and product recommendations had evolved to the point that she had to “develop an infrastructure.”
“I’m very particular about what I have [on the site] and what I have tasted,” she explains. She knew she had to have chocolate from Perugia, and that chocolate only made it to the site after she visited a factory there. Later she visited a valley in Tuscany that was renowned for chocolatiers, and that was how she found BruCo distinguished by overtones of anise. What’s also important to Pam is that these finest-of-the-fine Italian products are used in the Italian way, whether it’s soap, wax sachet, olive oil or honey made by Italian bees. “In Italy, they serve cheese with chestnut honey to finish a meal,” Pam says. Her descriptions are mouthwatering and articulate. “Italians like simple food of very good quality.”
Then Pam gave me a gift, a bar of BruCo and an elegant magenta box, enveloped in a light silver foil wrapper. “How would an Italian eat this chocolate?” I asked. “Like a snack, just like we would,” she replied. It probably took me a half hour to finish the BruCo, but I savored every minute of it.
