To Add Value To Italian Wine, Learn Your Grapes
A windowless room, state-of-the-art in both amenities and inorganic building materials, seems an unlikely place to fall harder for Italy's sunny wines, but after five days spent in the reaches of Astor Center enriched by native grapes, lectures by writer and educator Ian D'Agata and 56 glasses of Italian wine, I did. For its first venture into the ...
La Puglia fa breccia nel cuore di New York con i suoi Rosati
La bella e dinamica Lucia Nettis, Presidente di Puglia in Rosé, l’Associazione da lei creata che rappresenta 62 produttori di Vini Rosati pugliesi, aveva iniziato a dicembre, quando era venuta a New York proponendone alcuni all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura, in occasione della mostra di Guido Cagnacci. In quell’occasione era riuscita a farli degusta...
Luigi’s Restaurant owner eyes Floral Park eatery
The owner of an Italian restaurant in New Hyde Park is planning to open a sister eatery in Floral Park. Vinny DiRico, the owner of Luigi’s Restaurant & Bar on Union Turnpike in Queens and a 22-year Floral Park resident, plans to open a new spot called Rosalia at 86 S. Tyson Ave., he said in an email. The 4,280-square-foot space is the former home o...
Italian restaurant owner is a pioneer of Bay St. revitalization
When Phill Errigo -- who grew up in Huguenot cooking sauce on Sundays with his father and siblings -- heard of the North Shore revitalization, he knew he wanted "a piece of the pie." "At the time, I was working in back office finance in the city. When I was in college, I worked as a waiter and bartender so I always enjoyed working with people and t...
Vinitaly International Academy announces 13 new Italian Wine Ambassadors from New York City
Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) successfully launched its first ever Certification Course in USA at Astor Center, in the heart of New York City. After a week of training followed by a final exam held on June 30th, VIA welcomed its 13 new Italian Wine Ambassadors (IWAs). Representing the one and only opportunity for wine professionals to gain e...
Un banchetto all’italiana al Summer Fancy Food
Secondo un noto proverbio cinese, “mangiare è uno dei quattro scopi della vita… Quali siano gli altri, però, nessuno lo ha mai saputo”. Tutto il mondo sta scoprendo l’importanza del mangiare bene, valorizzare la cultura del cibo, le materie prime e il processo di produzione. E l’Italia mostra la via. Riassumere in poche parole la 63ª edizione del S...
Sicilian Street Food and Firriato Wine Dinner
Recently I had the opportunity to partake in an exceptional dining experience that showcased the favorite staples of Sicilian tradition, pairing each dish with a wine that captures the essence of it. The dinner was designed by Bernardo Nolfo, the Sicilian-born owner of Numero 28, a fresh casual eater. Funny thing is, I passed by this restaurant sev...
Noto's Casa Cucina: Where brick-oven pizza meets a clam bar
Noto's Casa Cucina's crew intended to launch in the last week of June with a "soft opening." John and Susan Noto and their chef, Kim Leo, thought the restaurant would see a mere handful of patrons, at least enough activity to get the staff's feet wet in these early days. But as long-time Staten Islanders would have it, friends and family of the tri...
New Italian Spot Opens in Greenport
Like many city dwellers, several Manhattan chefs have made their way to the East End this summer—but not for a vacation. Among them is chef Frank DeCarlo of Peasant in Nolita and Bacaro on the Lower East Side. Amidst several new eateries in Greenport’s booming restaurant scene, DeCarlo brings coastal Italian cuisine to his newest venture called Bar...
Mo' Bufala vince a New York l'Italian Food Awards
Si è conclusa da pochi giorni la “Summer Fancy Food Show”, la più grande manifestazione dedicata alle specialità alimentari e alle innovazioni del settore in Nord America. La fiera di settore si è tenuta al Javits Center di New York. Notevole la partecipazione delle realtà italiane. In rappresentanza della città federiciana grande successo per “Mò...
This Queens spot is making savory cannoli and Nutella pizza
Queens is home to lots of pizzerias and red sauce joints, but one restaurant takes Italian-American classics to a whole new level of hybrid cuisine. Allora in Bayside, Queens has plenty of traditional Italian-American staples on the menu (rollatini, baked clams), but it’s the tuna tartare cannoli and s’mores pizza that draw the most attention. Chef...
VINUM restaurant: How a chef battles a beleaguered location in Stapleton
Whether you're a single person or head of a household, there are programs that can pick up the slack in the grocery bill to make ends meet. As a bonus produce hails from community gardens around the borough. Project Hospitality of Port Richmond, the Staten Island Hunger Task Force and the Richmond County Savings Foundation organize and support this...