Archive for the 'Antipasti, Snacks, and Meals In-A-Jar' Category
Springtime with Fresh Asparagus
Spring is in the air and with it the first of our spring produce – fresh local asparagus – to be eaten as much and in as many ways as possible. Here in the Pacific Northwest, this veggie is a harbinger of longer sunnier days and gorgeous seasonal meals ahead. To celebrate this beautiful season [...]
Read More..>>A New Year!
2013 – it is a new year with a new chance to look at daily life in a fresh way. For many of us, this includes taking a step back from the sweets and treats of the holiday season and looking to renew healthy food choices. RITROVO® has a few year-opening light food suggestions from [...]
Read More..>>12 Flavors, 12 memories for Christmas
Tis the season, and this week we eagerly and mouth-wateringly composed our RITROVO® Holiday Party menu with Chef Michael Easton of the newly relocated Il Corvo in Seattle. We wanted to honor our staff and supporters with a very special gathering around the RITROVO® table. We have entrusted this auspicious event to Chef Michael in [...]
Read More..>>Thanksgiving Day 2012
After some very hectic weeks of product coming and going here at RITROVO®, an amazing season of good friends, good food, and good times ritrovati has begun. We are so thankful to all our suppliers, supporters, customers and comrades who make our work so dynamic and rewarding. In thanks to all of you we are [...]
Read More..>>End of Summer Feast
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the intense long rays of summer are giving way to a more slanting, slightly subdued hue of sunlight, hinting that not long from now fall will be upon us. But we didn’t want all of summer to pass us by without a trip to see friends and customers up in [...]
Read More..>>The Perfect Summer Feast
It’s so easy in summertime to put together a fabulous meal to share with friends. The produce is green and abundant and it barely needs to be touched to put together a lavish, seasonal meal. The days are long and warm, so food can be served more slowly than usual, outdoors or in, with no [...]
Read More..>>Pane e Amore
We have fallen in love with Matera IGP bread since first slicing its massive crust and dough during the Winter Fancy Food Show. From the first time we cut thick slices off of the loaf, starting from the rocky, crusted end through to the first small slices and on into the hulking inner tender and [...]
Read More..>>42 New RITROVO SELECTIONS™ for 2012
Happy New Year 2012! At RITROVO® we will be celebrating well into the New Year having brought to you 42 New RITROVO SELECTIONS™ for 2012. These selections include products in each of our 10 product lines and feature 5 new RITROVO® producers: L’Ultimo Forno – Artisan Baked Goods from Basilicata Madonna Dell’Olivo – extra virgin [...]
Read More..>>You Have to Love Your Job
We are truly grateful for the good fortune that has brought RITROVO® to this moment. It has been nearly twenty years since our beginnings, yet even now, we are passion–driven. We love what we do. In large part, we owe this to our producers – soulful, proud food artisans with whom we work closely to [...]
Read More..>>L’Aperitivo
A small bowl of olives a dish of crunchy snacks a few little teach sandwiches a prosecco, a pritz, or a glass of wine and an appetite for great conversation. These are the elements of a great Italian aperitivo, a cross between a teatime, a salon, and a happy hour. Since our visit to Trieste [...]
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