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Ciao tutti! This is Beatrice, of Gustiamo.com. We sell the italian tomatoes and pasta used by Dana in her test. Thank you Dana for using them. I read post and comments with much interest. Think the panel was a great idea! And how much fun! Pls, allow me to say a couple of things. I really don't think our Latini pasta is expensive. In fact $7 for 500gr of pasta is only a few cents more than your Eduard's. Comparisons should be made with similar weights. You say Eduard's pasta is $3.00, but the bag is only 227gr. I really don't see the difference. With regard to quality, I don't know. I never tried Eduard's pasta and never heard of it. I live in New York. By the time it came here, its carbon print would be very similar to our Latini pasta imported from Italy.
Tomatoes: the Miracolo di San Gennaro are EXTREMELY epensive, yes. But the farmer, Sabatino Abagnale, grows seeds of 90% gene San Marzano (nobody else does) which requires the whole process to be conducted by hand. These tomatoes are not even peeled, they are so delicate. I can't agree more with Dana's words: The Italian tomatoes were stunning: a deep deep shade of red, they still had their skins and were also packed with a puree. I've never had a tomato break down so perfectly into a sauce before--these tomatoes seemed to be made to become a sauce. THANK YOU!
Shipping charges of $15: Great timing! We just changed them. They are now $7.75 $2.00 for each additional item you buy. We even have a promotion of NO shipping charges through February http://bit.ly/cIJvG1.
But this is getting too long. Sorry. Don't think it is appropriate to continue here. If any of you cares about talking more about this, pls let's move here http://www.facebook.com/gustiamo. If you do, you too, will receive a 50% discount on the fabled tomatoes and pasta!!! It's all worth it. Grazie mille. Beatrice