Paul Michael’s Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant
Paul Michael’s Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant is a treasure waiting for you, tucked away in an unassuming shopping center in Kew Gardens with PARKING. Paul Michael’s has fabulous pizza on one side of this eatery, with customers and take out orders constantly moving in and out the door, seven days a week. The adjoining dining room offers casual dinin...
The Stagnant Rainbow Cookie Is Finally Getting a Modern Makeover Across New York
Rainbow coloring has become a visual assault on perfectly delicious, albeit stubbornly beige, foods with the rise of social media bait eating, accosting everything from waffles to pasta. They rarely taste as loud as they look on Instagram. That same flash over substance applies to a more historic multi-hued food, too: the rainbow cookie. Born befor...
Neapolitan Chain MidiCi Opens in Williamsburg, With Free Pizzas
A cheesy, tomato-y pie can be yours for the nice price of free this weekend, when “fast-fine” Neapolitan pizza chain MidiCi opens their first New York location in Williamsburg this Saturday. Originally based in LA, MidiCi was opened in 2015 by Amit Kleinberger, the CEO of frozen yogurt chain Menchie’s. Now, MidiCi has locationspeppered across the c...
Farm-Barn Italian Cuisine on the Menu
Veteran Restaurateurs Giancarlo Coco and Lorando ‘Lenny’ Ionesco have brought Bronx and Westchester a fine new eatery. La Fattoria Italian Kitchen has opened at the free-standing location that had previously housed Piatto, on Boston Post Road on the New Rochelle/Larchmont border. There is a big colorful rooster planted on the logo. The 75-seat rest...
Novecento Brings Wood-Burning Pizza and Stylish Vibes to Shrub Oak
With an inventive Italian American menu, an open space full of rustic and industrial touches, and a pizza oven turning out imaginative wood-fired pizzas (and other food), Novecento Wood Burning Kitchen & Bar recently opened in Shrub Oak. The partners in the venture, Chef Vincent Gaudio and Barbara Delgaltini, have worked together at a number of oth...
“Il segreto? Nelle piccole cose”. Sandro Fioriti, lo chef italiano a NY amato dai vip
Con la sua cucina ha deliziato i palati di personaggi famosi come Anthony Quinn, Oriana Fallaci, Isabella Rossellini e molti altri vip. Il suo ristorante Sandro’s nella Grande Mela è stato recensito da alcuni critici gastronomici americani come una vera e propria destinazione italiana dove si esalta la cucina romana e umbra. Tutto comincia all’età...
La scomparsa di Lucio Caputo, l'”Araba Fenice” del Made in Italy a New York
Era un grande promotore dell’Italia e dell’italianità a New York. Un public relation man che ha ottenuto risultati eccezionali sia negli Stati Uniti che in Italia. Dinamico, elegante e… fortunato. Era sopravvissuto a due attentati terroristici al World Trade Center: il primo nel febbraio del 1993, il secondo l’11 settembre, ma su questo ci tornerò....
New Restaurant, Italian Spot Montesacro, Opens in Old DuMont Space
A San Francisco-based Italian wine bar that specializes in pinsa, a flatbread with pizza toppings made from a mix of rice, soy and wheat flours, debuted last week in the old DuMont space at 432 Union Avenue in Williamsburg. Shuttered since 2014 following the suicide of founder Colin Devlin in 2013, DuMont was an understated and then out-of-the-way...
Cassinelli Pasta
Visitors to the small shop, including some locals who’ve been relying on its fresh macaroni for their Sunday dinners for more than half a century, don’t just get to bring the tender semolina noodles home. They can also gaze into the open kitchen as the owners and pasta makers knead, press, and squeeze the yellow dough into ornate shapes of carbohyd...
Le vera ricetta romana delle fettuccine Alfredo sbarca negli Stati Uniti
Il piatto simbolo dell'Italia all'estero sbarcherà presto a New York e in America con un grande progetto di marketing — la data prevista è il 2020 — per far conoscere agli Stati Uniti l’origine romana della ricetta. Ad annunciarlo è Mario Mozzetti, l'attuale proprietario dello storico locale della Capitale «Alfredo alla Scrofa» che, per la verità,...
Dive Into Italian-Imported Sweetness at Dolce Vita Café
Dolce Vita Café in Yorktown Heights (1877 Commerce St; 914.505.0305) is the new sweet shop in town, bringing together family through coffee and pastries — directly imported from Italy. Husband-wife team Marsel and Anduela Prela opened the café in May, despite having had no prior industry experience. Marsel, who owns a Yorktown-based construction co...
“Discovering Balsamic Vinegar of Modena PGI” at Scavolini Soho Gallery
New York City hosted an exclusive event dedicated to the original Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, with acclaimed chefs engaged in spectacular show cooking and a sensorial tasting with many ideas for recipes. Sunday, June 23rd 2019, Consorzio Tutela Aceto Balsamico di Modena (Consortium for the Protection of Balsamic Vinegar of Modena) in collaboration...