So, here’s the clip we promised you, in which our very own (and very passionate) Emilio Mitidieri discusses and demos one of his antique Berkel meat slicers on The History Channel’s “Modern Marvels: Cold Cuts”, from our showroom in San Francisco’s Mission district. There’s also a super-cool animation demonstrating how a Berkel works!
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Emiliomiti’s Volanobiz Now Has Anniversario LX 350 Meat Slicers
Though slightly more sleek and industrial looking than your classical Berkel style machine, the Anniversario LX 350 meat slicer melds the classical with the modern. What do you get? Elegant functionality. All of its cast parts are hand-finished to give it long-lasting luster. The whole technology is based in the machine having historical value, as [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CSA for Salumi – Boccalone at Bi-Rite
Our friends from Chris Cosentino and Mark Pastore’s Boccalone were out in front of our favorite local grocery store Bi-Rite giving samples of tasty salted pig parts and spreading proPIGanda. And guess what they were using to slice their salumi? A Slicer Mito 350 from VolanoBiz! But that’s not the most important part. It’s whether [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Vintage Hand-cranked Meat Slicers Popular Among ‘Green’ Chefs and Restaurants
A couple of years ago Emilio Mitidieri was quoted in the SF Chronicle, in an article about Salumi and antique Berkel obsessions that truly captures the aesthetic appeal of these rare machines: At Quince in San Francisco, chef-owner Michael Tusk was inspired to buy a Berkel after visiting a restaurant in Florence, where three or [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Emilio Mitidieri to be on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels: Cold Cuts”
We’re excited to announce that Emilio Mitidieri, owner of Emiliomiti LLC, is going to appear on the History Channel’s “Modern Marvels” in an episode entitled “Cold Cuts” on Monday, December 17, 2007 at 8PM PT. Here’s a description of the episode (notice the bolded orange sentence decribes the role Emilio plays, except the part about [...]
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