Where is the 'Cake Boss' moving next?
by Gina Columbus The Cake Boss is making a strategic southern move in New Jersey. Carlo's Bakery, a family-owned bakery featured on TLC's "Cake Boss," will open another location 11 a.m. Saturday in the Marlton Square Shopping Center at 300 Route 73 North in the Marlton section of Evesham, according to a news release. A ribbon...
An Italian Passover, and others around the globe
The kitchen at Fiola on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Northwest D.C., is bustling. Chef Fabio Trabocchi and his team are busy preparing for the restaurant's second Passover Seder. But unlike many traditional American Seder spreads, Chef Trabocchi's does not include gefilte fish, brisket and potatoes. His menu is influenced by the Jewish com...
Zita’s Ice Cream and Italian Ice in New Providence Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary
by Michael M. Shapiro For Pete Elefante, owner of Zita's Ice Cream and Italian Ice in New Providence, working at Zita's is a dream job. "Even though Zita's is now 15 years old, I'm only at the beginning...I want Zita's to be one of those places that's around for 50 years, where people who have moved away have to stop by to get their i...
Fiola review: Italian ecstasy in the nation’s capital
Chef Fabio Trabocchi's biggest competitor is himself. When it comes to haute Italian cooking in Washington, there's Fiola Mare in Georgetown and his original Fiola in Penn Quarter. For a few years now, I've been talking up the former. But guess what? Senior is out-cooking junior right now, the evidence arriving with a treat from the kitche...
For the Zeck brothers, locally sourced LoRe Pasta is their baby
By Pat Tanner When it comes to making fresh pasta, how local can you go? Just ask brothers Mario and Richard Zeck, whose nascent business, LoRe Pasta, sources flours from Hunterdon and Bucks counties, eggs from Hillsborough, and herbs and vegetables from the farmers who sell at the West Windsor and Montgomery farmers markets where LoRe Pas...
Osteria Morini on the Capitol Riverfront
By Tom Sietsema Aside from the trapeze school, the most fly reason to explore the emerging Capitol Riverfront in Southeast Washington right now is an Italian restaurant whipped up by a New York chef. Even riding shotgun with UberX, you may get lost on your first attempt to reach Osteria Morini, which served its first crostini and meatball...
It’s time to mangia!
Local Restauranteurs and brothers Antonio and Phillip Mannino are one of the many vendors participating in Richmond's Original Italian Street Festival. These culinary brothers brought in their mobile kitchen and walked us through the steps on creating their signature Ravioli. The Italian Street Festival kicks off Saturday, September 24th f...
New Sapori restaurant brings the distinctive flavors of Sicily to Washington Twp.
Frank Poma grew up in his family's kitchen — "I was peeling garlic when I was 5 years old," he says — and even worked for a while in a banquet center. But it was his cousin in Sicily — Salvatore Monteleone — who became a chef with his own restaurant. Then Monteleone came to the U.S. and the two began talking about opening a place together...
Carluccio’s Italian market and restaurant makes U.S. debut in Alexandria on June 3
By Becky Krystal It has been a few weeks of good news for fans of Italian food: The second location of Arlington's Italian Store opened in Westover last week; the market portion of chef Amy Brandwein's Centrolina opens today in CityCenter; and Carluccio's Italian market, cafe and restaurant will open June 3 in Old Town Alexandria. The bra...
Brothers bring Italian eats to Jersey City Heights
By Rebecca Panico The brothers that brought you Renato's Pizza Masters on Central Avenue in the Heights are now using their expertise to open an Italian-style deli on the same block. Bocelli's Italian Deli opened late last month and a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 274 Central Ave. between Sherman Place and Manhattan Avenue followed. &nb...
Venere Reveals Top Italian Destinations: Focus on Domestic and American Tourists
Venere.com, the Online Accommodation Specialist, reports that both local and American tourists are increasingly choosing to spend their summer in the smaller, cheaper and less traditionally touristy towns of the Bel Paese. According to Venere.com, Expedia's Rome-based OTA, while reservation growth for Rome and Venice are slowing down as compared t...
Be a chef for a day
Baltimore, October 10th-11th, 2015: BE A CHEF FOR A DAY - NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CULINARY ARTS FESTIVAL. 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM A community event where real chefs will work with mini-chefs! Pratt-Light Plaza will be an educational station, a market and a pet friendly area.We want to show to our children that cooking is fun and can bec...