Diving into the Wine World of Campania with Filippo de Magistris
by Jennifer Martin It's always a pleasure to speak with folks of Italian heritage, but when they come from the same region as your own family — Campania — and even the same province and town, Candida, then it gets very exciting. I recently had the pleasure to meet Filippo de Magistris, one of the restaurant owners of Il Casale in Lexingto...
Mangia! Sauce opens in Stowe
By Hannah Marshall If you have a craving for Italian cooking at home in the mountain town of Stowe, you no longer have to slave over a hot stove for hours to make the perfect sauce, or fly in your friend's grandmother from the Old World. Sauce, the new specialty shop in town, has you covered. Owned by Sharon Herbert, the space at 407...
Morecello: A taste of Italy made in Meredith
The conventional end to an Italian meal, the digestivo, or after-dinner drink, traces its origins to the popes and princes of the Renaissance and beyond, but recently struck root in the Lakes Region, where Frank Marino, a patent agent, has turned a family tradition into a fledgling enterprise. Marino has begun producing Morecello, an infus...
Sicilian Chef Salvo Gaglio and Chris Salerno Give revere Top Italian Restaurant Volare
by Nicola Orichuia There are a number of things that can lead a restaurant to success: a great chef, stunning interiors, friendly staff... Combine all three elements with a chef's 20-year experience of preparing authentic and delicious Italian dishes, and you get the culinary wonder that is Volare. Having recently celebrated their...
Eataly opens in Copenhagen and Boston as it targets €600 mn sales in 2019
by Emanuele Scarci Eataly is inaugurating its first major location in Northern Europe, in Copenhagen, as well as its fourth site in the U.S., in Boston. Everything's ready for Nov. 17, the day of the ribbon cutting at the 2,000 square-meter Copenhagen location at the Illum shopping center in the heart of the Danish capital. The Boston stor...
Cookies, Cannoli and Finding my Roots in Boston’s North End
Every time I visit Italy I am half-searching for my grandparents. I won't find them, they are dead now, but I'm always on the lookout for a smell, a taste, a old man in a cap, who will remind me of them. Even though they never actually lived in Italy, they taught me everything I know about being Italian. Well, I found them, they weren't in Italy a...
Students get a taste of authentic Italian cooking
Students in Maria Colangelo's French-Italian club got a taste of traditional Italian cuisine Wednesday as professional chefs Tina Autunno and Rosa Rocco visited. The pair taught students how to make spinach and ricotta ravioli in a tangy orange sauce. Autunno, a chef at Piccolo Arancio in Farmington and Rocco, who cooks at Peppercorn's Grill in Ha...
Sicilian ‘slab’ pizza in Portland, Maine
Stephen Lanzalotta makes what he calls Sicilian "slab" pizza, bubbly slices of a lofty, rich, but light-textured crust topped with a thin layer of smooth, sweet tomato sauce and channels of gooey cheese. Lanzalotta used to make it at Micucci Grocery until last year, and now he's at Slab, a restaurant he opened earlier this year in the old...
Gusto Italian Grill to Open Thursday
by Andrew Metcalf Gusto Italian Grill, the latest entry to the burgeoning local fast casual scene, is set to open Thursday at the corner of Woodmont Avenue and Elm Street in Bethesda. The Italian concept is modeled on the quick-service style and food quality of Chipotle. Diners will be able to choose from a wrap, pasta or salad an...
La cucina italiana conquista gli Usa Walter Potenza: «Merito delle scuole»
Trasmettere il valore della cucina attraverso la condivisione di culture e cibi da tutto il mondo; questo l'obiettivo della Chef Walters Cooking School, la scuola di cucina di Walter Potenza (nella foto), cuoco di origini italiane trapiantato da oltre 40 anni negli Stati Uniti, dove ha aperto anche un ristorante, precisamente nel centro di Providen...
Scampo Voted the Best Italian Restaurant in Boston
by Kate Kolenda What makes a great Italian restaurant? For some it may be the antipasti, while for others it's the quality of the wines and pastas that's the sure-fire test. Holding up one dish is dangerous. Octopus? Lasagna? Cacio e pepe? Which one dish should be the barometer of a great Italian restaurant? The steps we took to c...
10 Things to Know About Capo
By Scott Kearnan Who's the boss? Capo. Loosen up your belt buckle; South Boston's got a big new dining destination. Capo, which opened last week, meets all your hearty, rustic, Italian-craving needs. It comes from the same team behind Southie haunts Lincoln Tavern & Restaurant and Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar, a nice little hat...