Academia Barilla: the New Website Dedicated to the Art of Italian Gastronomy
Academia Barilla, the world's premier culinary center dedicated to promoting Italian gastronomic culture, has added 4,000 pages of new content and interactive services to their website.
The new site now includes access to the Academia Barilla Online Gastronomic Library, a rich resource composed of books, historic menus and culinary prints; 2,000 easy-to-search regional Italian recipes with chef's tips, videos and step-by-step directions; templates and recipes for creating printable menus for your next dinner party; as well as information on Academia Barilla's exciting gourmet tours, cooking classes, top quality food products and corporate services
Parma, Italy (PRWEB) June 12, 2009 -- Launched in 2004, with the goal of promoting and spreading Italian gastronomic culture throughout the world, the Academia Barilla website has today freshened up its graphics, added new content and engaging interactive services for its users. There are now over 4,000 pages of new and interesting content.
With the goal of creating a platform in which art, culture and Italian culinary tradition come together, the new website is a priceless tool for the discovery of Italian gastronomy. Contained within the Academia Barilla Gastronomic Library, there are over 8,500 books directly searched thorough the web , 4,700 historic menus organized by subject for easy consultation and 150 culinary prints dating back to 1500. The online library includes historic menus, cookbooks and information on historical figures. All of the content is easily searchable online as well.
In addition, there are about 2,000 regional recipes, descriptions of the most important traditional Italian food products, chef's suggestions about cooking fundamentals, video and step-by-step recipes.
On the new website, you can also click through the wide range of products and services offered by Academia Barilla: Gourmet Tours, Cooking Classes, High Quality Food Products and Corporate Services - all created with passion and respect for the best Italian food traditions. http://www.academiabarilla.com/products-services/gourmet/academia-barilla-4.aspx
In order to make the site more captivating and participatory, we have designed a number of free interactive services:
| | - Create Your Own Menu: select among the thousand of recipes, Academia Barilla products and traditional Italian foods to create your own personalized menu. Log in at the following link and follow the directions for creating your own historic menu. Link Academia Barilla My Menu
- Recipe search: a great tool for finding traditional recipes, illustrated step-by-step recipe instructions and videorecipes with the Academia Barilla Chefs. Link: Academia Barilla Search Recipes
- Digital Gast ronomic Library: flip through 11,000 digitalized pages from rare, old books held in the Academia Barilla Gastronomic Library Link: Academia Barilla Digital Gastronmic Library
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Additional statistics:
Already reached more than 40,000 visits/month
Principal target markets are Italy and the United States, where the site attracts a well-educated, financially comfortable visitors, between 35 and 49 years old, well-balanced between men and women. (Source: Quantcast)
Visit the new Academia Barilla website, to get a real taste of Italy, its food and its culture and share with us your culinary experiences on Facebook: Academia Barilla on FaceBook
Academia Barilla web site
For further information:
I. Rossi Phone 39 0521 264060
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