Living Villa Cappelli

Food fraud is rampant, especially when it comes to big food companies. In this episode, we cover a range of fraud in Italian foods, from coffee to "parmasan" cheese to balsamic vinegar to extra virgin olive oil. Discover why the Italian "food" you may be buying may not really be Italian food at all. Topics we cover: Paul's trip to Florida to take care of some of his mother's affairs Our advice when shipping packages to friends and family in Italy Paul's rant about Starbucks, well his rant about the people of Starbucks Why can't women have their wallet ready at the cash register when checking out anywhere? How cashiers ALWAYS ask if you have exact change when checking out anywhere here. How Parmesam "cheese" is not really cheese, but cellulose More on this subject, because it's important. I don't know about you, but I don't really want to eat wood pulp, which is was cellulose if you didn't know. Supposedly it is a safe anti-clumping additive when it is only 2-4% of a product (still sounds gross to me). But