Jump Start Healthier Habits
The Gustiamo Mediterranean
Diet Gift Basket
by Sylvie
Greil
 With
sixteen countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, there
certainly isn’t one official “Mediterranean
Diet.” But most people can agree that what it has
come to stand for—lots of fruits, vegetables, whole
grains, olive oil, fish, hardly any red meat and a moderate
amount of wine—is good for you.
The
Mediterranean Diet gift basket from Gustiamo ($205) can
get you (or the recipient of your generous present) kick-started
on a healthier lifestyle with Italian food staples such
as Sicilian extra virgin olive oil; light and nutritious
pasta al faro; real San Marzano tomatoes grown on the rich
soil of Mount Vesuvius; fleshy tuna caught in Sicilian waters;
small artichokes from Paestum; flavorful "antipasti"
from Campania, rich with vegetables ripened in the sun.
These and other items come packaged in a crate made from
recycled wood straight from the Bronx produce markets.
Gustiamo
means “let’s taste together” in Italian,
and what we love about the company, which is based in New
York City, is that not only do their products taste authentic
but the company buys its artisanal products directly from
small Italian farmers and producers who use no genetic or
industrial seeds, hormones or pesticides. 
To purchase this and other gift baskets or simply some top
quality parmesan cheese, honey, dried figs, lentils from
Umbria or saffron from Abruzzo, visit www.gustiamo.com.
(Published:
12/21/05)
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