Cositutti - A Travel and Lifestyle Resource For All Fine Things Italian
Winter 2008
Now is the Winter of Our Discontent
Miei Amici 
 
Do Shakespeare's words describe how you're feeling this holiday season? Maybe it's because we've lost the artistry of living that the Italians know so well. They call it Benessere "a sense of well being". Traveling in Italy and staying with my Italian family and friends has led me to believe that Italians seem to know how to balance work and relaxation, surrounding themselves with beauty and art in their homes and businesses, eating fresh and vibrant food and focusing on family and friends. 

Italian design and fashion, culture and living, the way Italians prepare and eat their food all combine to create a sense of well being that doesn't depend solely on the size of your bank account or stock portfolio.
 
Bring Italian "benessere" into your home this holiday season by focusing on life's beauty and the pleasures of food, wine, family and friends, music, art and nature. Italians have long understood how art and beauty forge and strengthen our emotional bonds to life to create a sense of well being. Surrounding yourself with All Fine Things Italian this holiday season can begin here and help lighten a Winter of Discontent.
 
 
 

 
Benessere for the Holidays
 
Suggestions for a low key, stress free Holiday Appetizer, a Holiday Cake that celebrates the olive oil harvest and a Benessere dish from my childhood  adapted by Mario Batali that I serve with Nebbiolo Grape Chutney. 
 
 
 
 
In This Issue
Benessere for the Holidays
Christmas with Cositutti
The Holiday Table in Italy
Forward to a Friend
Quick Links
Christmas with Cositutti
 
 
Celebrate Christmas with Cositutti and Bring New Meaning to Your Holiday Table with artisan Italian food products. We are now taking orders for Panettone, the traditional Milanese Christmas Sweet Bread (600 g) $29.95 + tax (limited quantities). Our Panettone is made in the Veneto region of Italy and comes wrapped in brown or white paper with a cotton cord tie and a small twig handle made from the local muscat grape vine. Orders must be received via e-mail by Dec.8th. Product is for local pick up or delivery only.
 
And to help you experience the joy of celebrating Christmas with Cositutti we are offering special holiday pricing* on several of our most popular products, gift baskets and boxes available at CosituttiMarketPlace.   
 
 *through December 31, 2008 
 
Remember if you live in Northwest Indiana choose e-mail for local delivery and avoid shipping charges.
Think Less About What's Under the Tree and More About What's At The Table
 
The best holiday gift you can give your family is fresh, vibrant food that promotes their health and well being.  Traditional family recipes especially at Christmas create lifetime memories that can't be bought.  Christmas in Italy is celebrated At the Table, not under the tree.  Preparing and buying traditional holiday foods are part of what makes the Christmas season so special in Italy.  
Read more about holiday traditions in Northern Italy, Tuscany and Umbria and for Cositutti's favorite Winter of Discontent Meal  - Tortellini in Brodo - Italian Comfort Food.
 
 
 
Wishing you a Season of Contentment
 
Pamela Marasco
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