Porfirio's Italian Market & Café

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03/16/2023

Did you know that there is actually no such thing as a singular "Italian" cuisine? Italy was only unified 150 years ago in 1861 and thus its cuisine still reflects its strong regional traditions, relying primarily on local ingredients and specialties.

03/14/2023

You may already know distinctive spices and herbs make Italian food unique. Here are some of the basic herb ingredients that give pasta, pizza and other Italian fare its fantastic flavors and aromas: basil, oregano, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, garlic, fennel, saffron and thyme.

03/09/2023

Italian recipes can sometimes list ingredients not normally used in the US. These include snails, octopus, sea urchin, wild boar, horse, donkey, peacock, sparrows and more. Who said eating Italian food wasn’t adventurous?

03/07/2023

Friendship, romance, and the enjoyment of all that is good in life are at the heart of Italian cuisine. Its preparation and presentation encourages conversation and sharing, and enhances the joy we get when we dining with friends and family.

03/02/2023

Did you know that traditionally a salad is served as a side dish with the main course in Italian restaurants and never as an appetizer? Italians use salad to cleanse the palate before dessert, which usually consists of fruit and cheese.

02/28/2023

Authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is from the Parma region in Italy, and is made from April 1 to November 11, using milk from grass fed cows.

02/23/2023

There are two types of Italian pasta: fresh and dried. Fresh pasta can only be stored for a couple of days or so in the refrigerator, whereas dried pasta can be stored for 2 years or so. Interestingly, in Italy it is a law that dried pasta can only be made from durum wheat semolina flour.

02/21/2023

The colors in a classic Italian caprese salad are said to resemble what? If you guessed the Italian flag, you're right. That would be basil (green), mozzarella (white) and tomato (red).

02/14/2023

Parmesan cheese is called the "king of cheeses" for many reasons. For one, Parmesan or "Parmigiano Reggiano" is one of the oldest of all of the cheeses, first made by Benedictine monks 1,000 years ago. Parmesan is also the most well-known and the most ordered cheese type in the world.

02/09/2023

Roasted porchetta is a traditional favorite throughout the Tuscan region of Italy. It’s prepared by stuffing a suckling pig or pork roast with rosemary, fennel and garlic, and then the meat is slowly roasted over wood coals and basted with rosemary and wine.

02/07/2023

Many different Italian dishes made their way to American shores, often through the efforts of Italian immigrants introducing recipes from back home. Pasta based dishes became big favorites. Care to guess when the first pasta factory was built in the U.S.? That would be 1848. The place was Brooklyn, New York.

02/02/2023

In the 1950s, the BBC caused a panic in households around the world by announcing that the spaghetti trees had not produced that year and the Italian spaghetti crop had failed.

Address

1600 Highway 33
Hamilton Township, NJ
08690

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

(609) 689-6620

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