CRITICAL RECOGNITION
Recent News:

           Fra' Mani Handcrafted
           Salumi Takes the Gold
                               
         We are proud to
        
 announce that
        
 our SALAME GENTILE
has won first prize in the
“Outstanding Meat, Pate, and
Seafood"
category at the
2007 NASFT Annual Product
Awards Competition at the
53rd Annual Summer Fancy
Food
Show.

Click here for more information
about NASFT (National
Association for the Specialty
Food Trade).
March 2008
"Eater's Digest: Have Cheese, Will Picnic," Celia Barbour, O Magazine.  

December 7, 2007
"The Critics' Choices: Food," S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times.

November 28, 2007
"The Gift is in the Mail, and on the Web," Marian Burros, The New York Times.

December 2007
"The Second Annual All-Meat Gift Guide," Francine Maroukian, Esquire.

December 2007
"CRITICS: No Baloney," Mark Rozzo, Men's Vogue.  

November/December 2007
"Lista di Natale: The 20 Holiday Gifts That Celebrate Italian Style," La Cucina Italiana.

October 2007
"Plan a Party for a Crowd," J. Battilana, Sunset Magazine.

September 2007
"The Best of the Best," J. Maslow, T. Schreibman and S. Segrest, Specialty Food.

July 11, 2007
"From California, a Bolognese Classic," Florence Fabricant, The New York Times.  

July 4, 2007
"Mad for Mortadella," Carol Ness, San Francisco Chronicle. Photo by John Lee.

July 2007
"Slow Food," TBS STORY/LINE [see "Slow Food" under "Top Videos" or view below].

















May 6, 2007
"Hot Links," Christine Muhlke, The New York Times T Style Magazine.          
Video feature: Paul Bertolli in Action

May 2007
"Savoring Salumi," Kathryn Jessup, Diablo.

May 2007
"Design 100 #39: Second Act," Metropolitan Home, Design 100 issue.

March 11, 2007
"The Mantry: Race for the Cured," Oliver Schwaner-Albright, The New York Times T Style Magazine.

March 2007
"The Chill Factor," photography by Stan Musilek, 7x7.

January 2007
Good Food on KCRW.  Radio interview with Paul Bertolli.

December 2006
"Feet in the Trough," The Economist.

December 2006
"Unbeatable," Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue.

December 2006
"The All-Meat Gift Guide," Esquire.

November 27, 2006
"For the Pork Fiend," Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite, New York Magazine.

November 2006
"The haute dogs are moving in," Kate Washington, Via Magazine.

October 31, 2006
"A Cure for the Ordinary," Leslie Cole, The Oregonian.

October 15, 2006
"Tastes: Real Salami," Owen Dugan, Wine Spectator.

October 2006
"GOOD LIVING: He's found a cure that works," Ian Knauer, Gourmet .

October 2006
"Slices of Italy," House & Garden.

September 13, 2006
"Salami for the Connoisseur," Florence Fabricant, The New York Times.

August 30, 2006
"The ABCs of salumi,"  Russ Parsons, The Los Angeles Times.

July 19, 2006
"SHOPPING CART / Rooted in the Past," Karola Saekel, San Francisco Chronicle.  Photo by Katy
Raddatz.  

July 2006
"Chef strives for sausages a cut above," Michelle Locke, Associated Press.  Photos by Eric Risberg.  
Various print and online regional newspapers nationwide.

July 2006
"One for the Boys,"Carla Valencia, 002+ Magazine.

June 2006
"Links to the past—Paul Bertolli honors his roots with a new line of sausages," Jan Newberry, San
Francisco Magazine
.

May 17, 2006
"Dry Cured Sausages: Kissed by Air, Never by Fire," Julia Moskin, The New York Times.

February 2006
"The Butcher's Life—Chef Paul Bertolli trades in his toque to go hog wild," Jason Edwards, 7X7.

November 2005
“24/7 Magical Moments in the East Bay,” Diablo Magazine.

September 26, 2005
The Tastemakers,” Dorothy Kalins, Newsweek. “Top Fifteen,” Newsweek.  

September 21, 2005
"
Going Whole Hog," Carol Ness, San Francisco Chronicle.

August 15, 2005
Building a Better Pig,” Nancy Shute, U.S. News & World Report.

January 28, 2004
Sausage Aged for Three Generations,” R.W. Apple Jr., The New York Times.

December 3, 2003
An Ancient Art,” S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times. Also includes “Sausage: a master class,”
discussing Paul Bertolli’s process for fresh Italian sausage.

November 2003
"Making Italian Sausage," Martha Stewart Living Television.

November  8, 2003
“A Matter of Taste.” Interview with Paul Bertolli regarding his salumi on KYCY-AM radio.

September 2003
NBC-11, Wine Country Living. Television segment on Paul Bertolli and production of salumi.

Fall 2003
“Artisanal Charcuterie,” Plate magazine.

August 2003
The 125 Best Things to Eat.San Francisco Magazine.

June 2003
Interview with Paul Bertolli concerning Salumi, Sam Gugino, Wine Spectator.

April 2003
Interview with Paul Bertolli concerning Salumi, Jordan Mackay, Wine & Spirits.

March 2003
Charcuterie in restaurants as an emerging trend, Nation’s Restaurant News.

September 2002
“Cuts Above,” Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue.

June 19, 2002
A Basement Revolution No Matter How You Slice It,” Matt Lee and Ted Lee, The New York Times.

March 31, 2002
Curing it Yourself,” Kim Severson, San Francisco Chronicle.

October 2001
"Go for the Cure," Brett Martin, Food & Wine.

January 1999
“The Saveur 100, A celebration of our favorite food, people, places, and things,” A Tribute to Paul
Bertolli, by Alice Waters.  
Saveur.