Genuine Italian Gardening
The site offers more than 250 varieties of traditional Italian vegetable, herb and flower seeds from Franchi Sementi seed company of Bergamo, Italy. Also, instructions on cultivation and simple instructions for preparing genuine Italian vegetables dishes.

Filippo Berio Fine Olive Oils
Filippo Berio Extra-Virgin Olive Oil placed ahead of most Italian supermarket brands in a blind tasting by Cook's Illustrated magazine. The tasters called the oil "full-bodied and bold." This century+ old company is based in Lucca, Tuscany.

www.kitchenlink.com
Your guide to what's cooking on the net. An exhaustive resource for recipes and cooking information.

A World of Food
Web cooking pioneer Kate Heyhoe continues to delight and inspire with her Global Gourmet site which includes foodwine.com and the electronic Gourmet Guide.

Arthur Schwartz, The Food Maven
Distinctive and delicious! WOR Radio 710 AM (NYC) food talk show host, author, teacher, and buongustaio Arthur Schwartz shares Italian recipes, restaurants, stories, and much, much more.

Anna Maria's Open Kitchen
Italian born cooking instructor Anna Maria Volpi, author of The Timeless Art of Italian Cuisine offers plenty of color images to enhance her genuine regional Italian recipes on her website. She also offers a free email recipe newsletter. If you're in Southern California, check out Anna Maria's schedule of cooking classes.

Cookbooks We Love
Cookbook picks and reviews. Featuring a small, hand-picked selection of cookbooks with online shopping plus an extensive Cooking, Food and Culinary Resources Directory.

Feastivals
Chef June Jacobs classes and culinary tours.

Mangiare Bene, Eat Well
This witty, information-packed site offers recipes, wine tips, restaurants, even recipes for dishes from famous movies. In Marina's Corner, you'll find useful tips from the glossary to the larder.

www.gourmetspot.com
GourmetSpot.com is a free resource center that links to a vast amount of food and cooking reference information, including thousands of recipes, newspaper food sections, troubleshooting cooking tips, articles on Italian and other ethnic cuisines and much more.

Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust
Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust is nonprofit educational organization that promotes healthy eating based on the "old ways," the traditional cuisines of cultures from all over the world. To meet the enormous challenge of changing American food choices, Oldways has developed food guides in the familiar pyramid graphics that are based on healthy Mediterranean, Asian and Latin American eating traditions.

NEW! Italian Foods Emporium
http://www.DItalia.com has evolved from a pop and son St. Louis, Missouri Italian food market to an online marketplace for Italian gourmet food specialties and gift baskets. In 1997, the founders, Vincenzo Di Piazza and son Vince Jr. went on-line to revive the family business and expand to a wider market. Visit this easy-to-navigate site for an wide range of Italian foods at good prices.

About Italian Food
Kyle Phillips, translator of the classic Italian cookbook The Art of Eating Well, moderates this informative site.

Naturalmente Italiano
The official site of the food and wines of Italy. Sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission and the Italian Ministry for Agricultural Policy.

La Stampa
Read the daily news in Italian.

Bella Vita Ceramica
This inviting shop, off the beaten path on Rt. 611 in Bucks County PA, is worth a detour for any mid-Atlantic traveler. Distinctive objects of artisanally produced Tuscan majolica for the home, garden and kitchen; paper mache masks; and estate-produced extra-virgin olive oil will make you feel as if you're in a Tuscan hill town. Owners Patty Jo Ivenz and Susan Wilson share their knowlege and passion with warmth.
Phone 215.766.9900.
www.bellavitaceramica.com

www.virtualitalia.com
The online resource for Italians, Italian Americans and enthusiasts of Italian culture.

Slow Food
This Italian nonprofit organization, with chapters in the U.S.A., aims to support, celebrate and safeguard food traditions in Italy and around the world by rediscovering pleasure and quality in everyday life precisely by slowing down and learning to appreciate the convivial traditions of the table. Local "convivia" or chapters host gastronomic, educational and cultural events.