https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed These crispy golden polpette di zucchine, or courgette and ricotta balls, are a great way to eat your greens, as food writer Silvana Lanzetta shows us. https://www.thelocal.it/20191122/how-to-make-fried-ricotta-and-courgette-balls Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:11:36 +0100 how-to-make-fried-ricotta-and-courgette-balls Furious Italian cheesemakers have hit out as US tariffs of 25 percent were added to exports of cheeses including Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino, Grana Padano and Gorgonzola. https://www.thelocal.it/20191018/parmigiano-takes-a-hit-as-trumps-italian-cheese-tariffs-kick-in Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:24:05 +0200 parmigiano-takes-a-hit-as-trumps-italian-cheese-tariffs-kick-in Some of the most popular Italian cheeses are set to get a lot more expensive for US shoppers as American authorities today announced extra tariffs of 25 percent. https://www.thelocal.it/20191003/trump-slaps-extra-tariffs-on-italian-cheese-but-not-wine Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:38:42 +0200 trump-slaps-extra-tariffs-on-italian-cheese-but-not-wine US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faced pleas from Italian farmers not to impose tariffs on local produce, as a local television journalist offered him a block of Parmesan cheese to make the same point. https://www.thelocal.it/20191002/dont-kill-italian-food-farmers-urge-pompeo-to-stop-tariffs-on-parma-ham-and-parmesan Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:11:59 +0200 dont-kill-italian-food-farmers-urge-pompeo-to-stop-tariffs-on-parma-ham-and-parmesan Cheese makers plan to protest at US military bases around Italy if Donald Trump imposes crippling sanctions that would cost the Italian food industry billions. https://www.thelocal.it/20190926/new-trump-tariffs-threaten-italys-parmesan-makers Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:55:30 +0200 new-trump-tariffs-threaten-italys-parmesan-makers Popular “Made in Italy” products like wine and olive oil could soon be slapped with tariffs when imported to the US. https://www.thelocal.it/20190410/us-vows-to-put-tariffs-on-products-including-italian-olive-oil-prosecco-and-pecorino-cheese Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:12:03 +0200 us-vows-to-put-tariffs-on-products-including-italian-olive-oil-prosecco-and-pecorino-cheese Cheese is serious business for Italians, and perhaps its most famous, Parmigiano Reggiano, had its best ever year in 2017, producing a record-busting 147,000 tonnes and generating €2.2 billion in sales. https://www.thelocal.it/20180424/italy-parmesan-cheese-profits Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:30:24 +0200 italy-parmesan-cheese-profits Defenders of buffalo mozzarella in the Campania region of southern Italy have vowed to fight a decision made this week by the farming ministry which allows a cow mozzarella from neighbouring Puglia to be given special status. https://www.thelocal.it/20171229/cheesed-off-italian-regions-highly-strung-over-mozzarella Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:38:50 +0100 cheesed-off-italian-regions-highly-strung-over-mozzarella Italy’s cheese exports hit a record high this year, driven by growing global appetite for Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano. https://www.thelocal.it/20171113/italy-cheese-exports Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:27:27 +0100 italy-cheese-exports China has reopened its borders to Italian Gorgonzola and other smelly European cheeses after a two-month ban on imports. https://www.thelocal.it/20171023/china-gorgonzola-cheese-ban Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:22:48 +0200 china-gorgonzola-cheese-ban A spike in cheese theft has seen robbers make off with an estimated €6 million worth of Italy's prized Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese over the last two years. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/italys-parmesan-thieves-nab-6-million-of-cheese-in-two-years Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:23:15 +0200 italys-parmesan-thieves-nab-6-million-of-cheese-in-two-years Fed up with their banks' reluctance to lend, an Italian dairy cooperative has raised €6 million by issuing bonds guaranteed by huge wheels of Parmesan cheese. https://www.thelocal.it/20160204/cheesed-off-by-banks-try-parmesan-bonds Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:45:44 +0100 cheesed-off-by-banks-try-parmesan-bonds Italian police have caught a gang accused of stealing parmesan wheels worth €785,000, in robberies that went on for more than a year. https://www.thelocal.it/20150925/italian-cheese-gang-rob-785k-of-parmesan Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:24:42 +0200 italian-cheese-gang-rob-785k-of-parmesan The Italian consortium of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese makers is seeking legal action against the American pornographic website, PornHub, after the cheese was featured in a new ad campaign for the adult entertainment giant. https://www.thelocal.it/20150812/italian-cheese-makers-seek-legal-action-over-porn-ad Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:29:27 +0200 italian-cheese-makers-seek-legal-action-over-porn-ad Online sales of rip-off parmesan cheese alone cost Italy €60 million last year, an employee at the Ministry of Food, Forestry and Agricuture told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20150616/how-the-grate-online-parmesan-scam-cost-italy-m Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:09:51 +0200 how-the-grate-online-parmesan-scam-cost-italy-m Exports of Italian cheese and dairy products rose to a new record worth €2.2 billion in 2014, as appetite for parmesan and gorgonzola grew in northern European countries, farm research body ISMEA said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150417/foreign-appetite-for-italian-cheese-spurs-sales Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:05:50 +0200 foreign-appetite-for-italian-cheese-spurs-sales Parmesan makers cried foul on Thursday over the huge scale on which the famous Italian cheese is copied in the United States. https://www.thelocal.it/20150305/parmesan-makers-cheesed-off-over-us-copies Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:55:00 +0100 parmesan-makers-cheesed-off-over-us-copies The European Commission has announced an aid package to help cheesemakers hit by Russia’s embargo on food imports, a move greeted with “satisfaction” by Italy’s parmesan consortium. https://www.thelocal.it/20140829/eu-aid-for-parmesan-hit-by-russian-ban Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:58:00 +0200 eu-aid-for-parmesan-hit-by-russian-ban Italian police have seized thousands of wheels of Parmesan, after milk used to produce the cheese was found to be contaminated. https://www.thelocal.it/20140620/thousands-of-toxic-parmesan-wheels-seized Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:56:00 +0200 thousands-of-toxic-parmesan-wheels-seized A warrant for the house arrest of the head of one of Italy’s biggest producers of mozzarella cheese, over allegations of mafia connections and money laundering, has been issued in Naples. https://www.thelocal.it/20140514/italys-mozzarella-king-arrested-over-mafia-links Wed, 14 May 2014 17:00:00 +0200 italys-mozzarella-king-arrested-over-mafia-links