Lidia's Pittsburgh gets a new look
By Melissa McCart Lidia's Pittsburgh in the Strip District has gotten a facelift. It's not just a nip and tuck but a gutting that exceeds the construction costs of many new restaurants opening around town. Opened 15 years ago, Lidia's has retained its backlit wine wall in the renovation, but has made many other updates: A once open ki...
Thursday: A Taste of Little Italy
6-9 p.m., Kohler Signature Store, 300 Albemarle St., Baltimore (MD)(410) 752-4515, littleitalymadonnari.com, $35. You may think that Italian food is just pizza and pasta; and, yeah, that is a lot of it. But it's the best pizza and pasta, and other incarnations of bread and tomatoes and olive oil and wine and meat and everything good in thi...
Riondo expands Portfolio, expects to hit 500,000 cases for 2013
Italian wine producer Riondo USA continues to surge, with its flagship Riondo brand rising 20% by volume and 12% by dollar value in the first six months of this year. The company is projecting 500,000 cases for Riondo in 2013. An Impact "Hot Brand," Riondo's depletions reached 400,000 cases in 2012. "Our Prosecco Spago ($10.99) and Pink ($9.99) ar...
Italian Market, a South Philly Icon, Gears Up for Celebration of Its 100th Year
by John McDevitt For decades, the open-air food market along South Ninth Street in South Philadelphia has been the place to go for fine cheeses, meats, and produce. Now, the so-called "Italian Market" is celebrating its 100th anniversary, with events being held every month until the end of the year. The fun gets started on May 16th and 17th...
Chef Joey Baldino's Italian Easter, his favorite feast
Easter is rarely ranked among the calendar's best food holidays. It's certainly not Thanksgiving, with its magnificent roast turkey, or even Christmas, with its homebaked cookie tradition. But this Sunday is Joey Baldino's favorite feast of the year. Baldino, chef owner of Zeppoli restaurant in Collingswood, looks forward to spending the d...
Tisanoreica: la dieta più glamour d'Italia arriva sulle tavole Usa
Si chiama Tisanoreica e punta a rivoluzionare il gusto americano a tavola la dieta creata dall'imprenditore vicentino Gianluca Mech che spopola tra celebrities e politici e arriva negli Stati Uniti con una promessa: far mangiare pasta, pizza e tiramisù senza ingrassare. Forte di una tradizione erboristica di famiglia lunga cinque secoli, M...
Chianti Brick Oven Trattoria opens in downtown Chatham
About 50 people attended the grand opening of Chianti Brick Oven Trattoria on Main Street on Thursday, Oct. 27. Visitors were welcomed in from the rain with a complimentary spread of Italian dishes, including veal parmesan and eggplant rollatini. The restaurant offers a variety of traditional and wood-fired pizzas, which are flash cooked...
Bill of Fare: Il Forno brings cachet of Boston's North End to West Windsor
Jeff Malloy grew up in New Jersey and made his culinary reputation with his restaurant Carmen Trattoria in Boston's North End. But it was a combination of love and business that brought him back to New Jersey, where he and partner Melissa Virgilio opened Il Forno Café & Trattoria in West Windsor last October. After the couple rekindled...
Pizzeria Mannino's in Pitman to feature Italian brick oven, aged dough
When Vito Mannino decided to expand his presence in Pitman with a new pizza shop, he didn't have to look more than a block from his Mannio's Cucina Italiana restaurant on South Broadway. "Pitman is a little destination town," said Mannino. "When we saw the chance to open the pizzeria down the street from the restaurant, we took it and I th...
Sei eccellenze dell'enogastronomia Italiana protagoniste dell'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli USA
Si è aperto ufficialmente ieri a Washington, alla presenza del Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi, di autorità americane e rappresentanti del mondo diplomatico, culturale e economico della capitale Usa, l'Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, organizzato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri. Un viaggio lungo un anno che durerà per tutto il 20...
Italian Wine Dinner at the Frog and the Peach
On Friday, May 2, 7:00 p.m., the Frog and the Peach, 29 Dennis Street at Hiram Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey, will host a special Italian wine dinner featuring the extraordinary vintages of Dalla Terra Imports. Dalla Terra is the importer for many of the best Italian wines available in the United States. Amelia DiMarco, US Import Director, wil...
Italian Food at an Irish Pub? Culture Shock Has Never Been More Delicious
By Ptah Gabrie Fishtown is a fluid neighborhood whose residents cover many different American classes. One thing that bonds all of us together in this ever-changing landscape is food. So how do you establish a restaurant in a neighborhood with shifting demographics? It's simple. Start with the freshest ingredients available to you. ...