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Costa Cruises Presents the New Vegetarian and Vegan Menus That Put Taste and Italy’s Finest on Centre Stage

Genoa, October 2, 2015 - Costa Cruises presents the new vegan and vegetarianmenus, available for all guests cruising on board the Italian company’sships. <?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

No matterwhether they are chosen as a real lifestyle, to try new tastes or just to feellighter, vegetarian and vegan diets are becoming more and more popular. That’swhy Costa’s Corporate Chefs have created menus specifically for those whoprefer a diet based mainly on foods derived from plants, and that for Vegansalso excludes dairy products and eggs.

Taking fulladvantage of their experience and creativity Costa Chefs have developed newcombinations and innovative techniques that put taste in the spotlight: infact, thanks to the use of ingredients from Vegan and vegetarian cuisine, ourculinary experts have created dishes that are a real delicacy for the palate.

But, aboveall, in line with the Italian company’s “Italy’s finest” onboard proposals,Costa Cruises has sought to give an Italian touch to these menus, starting withthe vegetarian dishes.

“Inthe Mediterranean diet vegetables are of fundamental importance”,points out Antonio Brizzi, Costa Corporate Travelling Chef, “andthere are numerous vegetarian dishes in Italian cuisine that have always beenpart of our culinary tradition. The new regional menus just recently introducedon board Costa ships include many dishes that fully satisfy certain needs ofmany of our guests. For example, in the Venetian cuisine, there is a soupcalled “risi e bisi” (rice and peas), as well as Treviso radicchio strudel withMonte Veronese DOP cheese. The Ligurian regional menu offers a delicious dish,trenette with pesto, while moving South, and specifically in Puglia, there isdish consisting of celeriac and caciocavallo cheese.”

By skilfullyblending natural ingredients with a passion for cooking, Costa’s CorporateChefs have created complete menus that from breakfast to dinner and fromappetizers to dessert satisfy the needs of our vegetarian and vegan guests,delighting their palates and accompanying them around the world withgastronomic delicacies rich in flavour and genuine goodness.

Bycommunicating preferences to the call center or through their travel agents,our Vegan guests can experience a real onboard sensorial itinerary thanks tothe numerous flavours and combinations proposed by Costa Cruises. The widearray of dishes also includes a reinterpretation of the traditional arancino,stuffed with rice and vegetables and served with stewed lentils, atasty and original hamburger made with kidney beans and served with a gardenrocket and apricot salad, cauliflower and fig tempura, flavoured withraspberry sauce or sweet potato and red onion soup. Our vegetarianguests can always savour special and original combinations, such as Porcinimushroom and Savoy cabbage soup laced with fig vinegar, an appetizerconsisting of cold zucchini stuffed with goat cheese and toastedalmonds, or country-style spaghetti with stewed chick peas andvegetables.

So, a realvoyage of taste and flavour that takes into account the needs of all ourguests, to offer only the best of real Italian hospitality.

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