Pronto, e benvenuto, spose-a-essere! Hello, and welcome, brides-to-be! Whether you're Italian, getting married in Italy or simply having an Italian-themed wedding, you just might want to thank your guests for sharing your day with a small gift that lets them take the fabulous flavor of Italy home.
According to a 2007 Harris poll, more people in the US choose Italian food when eating out than any other. And whether it's the olive oil or the other ingredients (fresh vegetables, garlic, fish, etc.), Italian cuisine-happily for us-is healthy! In fact, a recent Nurse's Health Study suggests that The Mediterranean Diet reduces the risk of heart disease and many cancers by up to 30%.
There's no doubt we love the tasty treasures Italians have brought to this country, so why not honor their contribution with Italian wedding favors? Here are five favor ideas that celebrate the cooking that conquered our hearts!
• What's the first thing you think of when you hear the words Italian food? More likely than not, you'll think of pizza, and there's actually a pizza slicer available in wedding-favor form. The pizza slicer comes in a gift box designed to look like a pizza box, but it has a circular window on the top so the slicer shows through. It's the perfect size for one of those small, personal pizzas we love!
• There's one ingredient you'll find in practically every Italian recipe, and it's olive oil. You simply can't cook Italian food without it! Wedding favors that bring this essence of Italy to your guests include small, personalized bottles filled with gourmet olive oil, or you can opt for a favor-sized olive oil dispenser in Tuscany-themed packaging. Guests can fill it with their favorite brand of EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil-it's a Rachael Ray thing) when they get home.
• Parmesan cheese is almost as prevalent in Italian cooking as olive oil, and you can give your guests a loving reminder of you wedding with a Parmesan cheese shaker. The cheese shakes out of the glass jar through holes shaped like hearts in the lid. Parmesano-Reggiano, its official name, was first produced in the Italian province of Reggio-Emilia and quickly spread to Parma and Modena some time before the 13th century, and we've sprinkled it on our favorites ever since.
• The best Italian olives are grown in Italy's Umbria region, but most of the Mediterranean basin is perfect for producing olives and, believe it or not, the olive is a fruit. Some of the olives are used to make olive oil, and the others are tiny, tasty treats that add pizzazz to any meal. While a tiny, personalized jar of olives might make an interesting favor, a better option is a favor-style, ceramic "Olive You" olive tray that says "LOVE" in the center with a green olive replacing the O, beautifully packaged with a olive-themed spreader.
• It wouldn't be an Italian wedding without biscotti, so individually wrapped, personalized biscotti is a great way to go! Delicious biscotti wedding favors come in a variety of flavors, like lemon, orange, chocolate, hazelnut and almond, and you can have them dipped in white, milk chocolate or dark chocolate with the personalization on the chocolate. What a yummy way to wind up your wedding!
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