Prato Bakery brings a piece of Italy to Jersey City
By Steven Rodas Prato, a small city in Tuscany just north of the capital of Italy, is home to delicious baked specialties such as the cantucci. This traditional cookie is one of the many treats you could smell baking right here in Jersey City at the newly opened Prato Bakery. "The residents come almost every day and sometimes...
Dish of the Week: 'Nduja, A Spicy And Spreadable Italian Sausage
By Travis Mitchell D.C. has many fine spots for sausages. The half-smoke is a local institution, and other area butcher shops and meat-loving chefs are introducing their own takes on classic sausages and house charcuterie. One of the types popping up more frequently is 'nduja, a spicy and spreadable sausage hailing from Italy's southern Calabria r...
Ciao Pittsburgh Introduces Aroma—New Italian Seasoning for Pittsburgh Market & Beyond
Ciao Pittsburgh is proud to announce that we now have our own Italian seasoning blend called, Aroma. Special ThanksI would like to first say thank you to my Ciao Pittsburgh team—Daniel Casciato, Nicky D Cooks, Jeff Fanala, and my brother Jay—for pushing me to do something that I have always wanted to do. A wonderful opportunity arose and I took ad...
Meet Little Italy's Lou Di Palo & Holiday Shop The Italian Way
At Via Umbria, Georgetown's new emporium for all things Italian, the holidays are here! First, stop by Wednesday, December 10th for an evening of private shopping. From 5:00 to 9:00 pm, theree will be plenty of staff on hand to customize gift baskets, wrap and deliver them (within the Georgetown area). There's something for everyone on you...
Dino’s Pizza Express to open Monday in downtown Wilkes-Barre
by Denise Allabaugh Dino's Pizza Express will open at 10 a.m. Monday in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The take-out only restaurant at 41 S. Main St. next to Thai Thai will sell new New York-style pizza slices for 99 cents and $1.99 with a topping, said owner Dominic Buonsante. Customers also can participate in a "Slice out hunger" campa...
The Wine Cellar: Olive oil, like wine, should have a sense of place
by Dave Desimone When it comes to Italy's famed extra-virgin olive oils,terroir plays a critical role just as in wine. The authentic, top-quality oil comes exclusively from handpicked, freshly cold-pressed olives grown naturally only in Italy. Carlo Dozzi, a Pittsburgh-based importer and owner of Buon Sapore at One Oxford Centre, Down...
Presto mele e pere made in Italy anche sul mercato Usa
Un nuovo passo avanti nella definizione del piano che consentirà, dopo anni di tentativi, di esportare mele e pere made in Italy sul mercato statunitense. I vertici del Centro servizi ortofrutticoli di Ferrara e Assomela di Trento fanno sapere che si è conclusa con successo per la produzione italiana la visita dell'ispettore statunitense volta a ve...
Will You Eat There? Ciao Osteria in Centreville
Who's hungry? Will Thomas is back at it-- on the hunt for your next memorable meal. This week's throw of the dart took him to Centreville, Virginia-- and once again, we went Italian! Viewers took to twitter to tell Will where to eat, and "where" was Ciao Osteria! It's just nine months old, but already has a loyal following. Read m...
Italian Market's Bar One readying brunch and beer for spring opening
Ralph's Italian Restaurant Manager Ryan Rubino sat around idly for two decades while ownership changed hands at nearby 767 S. Ninth St., which was most recently neighborhood pub The Wishing Well. This time around, when the bar shuttered in October, sitting idly by didn't feel like an option. "As soon as that [space] opened up, I thought, '...
Sister City Chef Exchange to Culminate in Italian-Style Street Festival in Belmont June 11
On Saturday, June 11 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Downtown Belmont will be the scene of a street festival celebrating Charlottesville's Italian Sister City of Poggio a Caiano. The event caps off the first part of a chef exchange between Tavola restaurant and Poggio's Ristorante il Falcone sponsored in part by the Charlottesville Sister Cities C...
Enzo Fargione hires a former Chef Geoff’s toque to run the Osteria Elisir kitchen
Following the messy departure last month of Osteria Elisir's chef de cuisine and general manager, the modernist-minded Enzo Fargione has found his next kitchen leader in an unexpected place: the downtown location of Chef Geoff's, part of the family-friendly American chain owned by Geoff Tracy. Tom Crenshaw, a Midwesterner who served as executive c...
Host Families Needed for Italian Exchange Students
EF Foundation for Foreign Study, the leader in high school exchange, will welcome 40 students from Italy this January. The students will be staying with host families while attending local high schools for Spring semester. EF Italian students come here to improve their English and experience American culture. A group of 300 Italian student...