Isabella Rossellini<\/strong>, actress and iconic figure of the Italian cultural scene in the USA. She will present a recipe with a family touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe exports of the agro-food sector constitute a fundamental part of Italian exports to the USA. In 2019, the sector\u2019s sales in the US reached $ 5.4 billion, 9.4% of Italy\u2019s exports to the country ($ 1,96 billion were constituted by wine) with such iconic products as olive oil, cheeses, pasta, mineral waters, coffee, vinegar and spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A figure that has been constantly growing, both in terms of quantity and overall value, and which due to the crisis of COVID-19 and the closure of restaurants and the Ho.Re.Ca channels, is likely to slow down, only partially compensated by the increase in sales at supermarkets and online stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Supporting and encouraging the consumption of original Italian products in this difficult phase for our producers is imperative – the Ambassador underlined. We decided to do it in the most practical way and with famous testimonials, encouraging the American public to experiment with easy recipes with Italian products found in most stores and online\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe campaign was also an occasion to reiterate that Italian food products do not present – as certified by USDA and EFSA – any health risk deriving from COVID-19. DOP e IGT (and more) are synonymous with excellence, quality and tradition but also easy to prepare and enjoy at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At a time when Italians and Americans are asked to stay home to contain the risk of COVID-19 contagion, the Italian Embassy in Washington, together with the 9 Italian Consulates and the Italian Trade Agency offices in the USA, launched the “Stay at home and #cookitalian” campaign aimed at supporting the Italian agro-good export in the USA, by promoting the use of original Italian products at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dm-c.it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}