Based in a village on Italy's Amalfi coast, IASA employs about 50 local workers annually during the fishing season to process its anchovies by hand, which helps keep them intact.
The fish are cleaned, deboned and carefully placed in drums under sea salt, where they are cured for 12 months then laid out on white linen cloths that absorb excess salt and brine—so you can actually taste the fishes' sweet flavor. Small amounts of these anchovies impart a rich, savory quality.