A Look Inside a New York City Restaurateur’s Home Kitchen With the Scotto Family
The Scotto family is best known for their Italian restaurant in New York City, Fresco by Scotto. Recently, the family of four — Marion, Rosanna, Anthony Jr., and Elaina — have revealed the inner workings of their own kitchen in their home on Long Island, showing that their love for food goes beyond their family-owned operation in the city. While ma...
Staten Island Nightlife: Cielo offers fine Italian fare, ambiance
It's Saturday night. And though Thursday may be the new Saturday, the weekend still reigns supreme when it comes to the hustle and bustle of the local restaurant scene. Cielo Ristorante -- note cielo translates from Italian into meaning "heaven" or as a member of the wait staff stated, "the sky," -- fits snugly into our hypothesis. The dining spot...
Amore e una giusta cattiveria: ecco la ricetta delle eccellenze italiane in Usa
Trecento imprese distribuite in 284 stand su una superficie di quasi 8.000 metri quadrati, un premio che per la prima volta viene assegnato negli Usa e un numero record di visitatori: sono le cifre del Padiglione Italia al Summer Fancy Food Show 2017, la più grande fiera del Nord America dedicata alle specialità food&beverage che si è conclusa il 2...
A Negroni Fountain Arrives In Little Italy Courtesy Of A Top NYC Cocktail Bar
"SAY WHAT NOW" was the reaction of cocktail aficionado and Gothamist contributor Dan Dickinson when I told him about the "Negroni Fountain" coming to the former Genuine space on Grand Street in Little Italy on Thursday. Dickinson knows a hell of a lot more about cocktails than I do, so let's take him at his word that this is some genuinely exciting...
Lidia Bastianich celebra Calabria, li' cibi trendy del 2018
Dopo il riconoscimento del New York Times, che l'ha inserita nella classifica delle mete piu' belle al mondo, anche la chef e ristoratrice italo-americana Lidia Bastianich celebra la Calabria. Una regione da visitare anche al Summer Fancy Food Show, la fiera delle specialità alimentari e bevande in corso al Javits Center di New York. E Bastianich n...
A Pasta With Personality, Made in Brooklyn
Thanks to a couple of guys toiling away at pasta machines in Williamsburg, the pasta noodle is finally coming out from behind the red sauce. Sfoglini Pasta is selling hand-made, dried pasta in unique shapes and ingredients that are pleasing the taste buds of customers across the U.S. “When we started we saw an opportunity for dried pasta made with...
Il Gattopardo’s Chef Gnazzo Presents Italian Ancient Grains Cooking Demo
Executive Chef Vito Gnazzo is dedicated to using the freshest, highest quality ingredients in his authentic, traditional dishes, and has created new summer menus, with some dishes utilizing “Grani Antichi” (ancient grains), which he’ll demo on June 27th at ICC. Chef Gnazzo will conduct the demo, along with owner Gianfranco Sorrentino and Catering D...
Rose & Joe’s Italian Bakery opens in Oyster Bay
A long-standing Queens bakery has opened its first Long Island location in Oyster Bay, bringing with it long-honed recipes for cannoli, pine nut cookies and frittata, as well as Sicilian-style pan pizza that has drawn generations of New Yorkers to Astoria. After more than 40 years at its original location, Rose & Joe’s Italian Bakery opened in mid-...
At Don Peppe, Expect a Lot of Everything
“Get ready for a lot of flavor.” This was what an old hand with the menu at Don Peppe said as the first plates came to our table. He could have shortened that to “get ready for a lot,” or just “get ready.” Some preparation for the meal to come is definitely in order for the uninitiated, a word that on a typical day applies to nobody at this white-t...
Il sogno americano: nel secondo semestre via al Progetto vino negli Stati Uniti
È New York l’obiettivo principale del vino italiano per la fine di giugno, con due appuntamenti targati Vinitaly International. Si parte con il Summer Fancy Food Show (25-27 giugno) e il Wine bar realizzato da Vinitaly International nell’ambito del progetto di promozione del made in Italy supportato dal Mise e Ice. Una quarantina le aziende made in...
Have an ice day in Bath
If the Lehigh Valley’s first heat wave of the year had you seeking ice cream and other chilled treats, take note of the area’s latest hot spot for frozen favorites. Villa Grande Pizzeria and Family Restaurant, which opened four years ago at 225 W. Northampton St. in Bath, on June 2 debuted an addition offering Gino’s Italian Ice and Ice Cream. Co-o...
Son is carrying on family's small business at Cutaia's Meat Market in 19th Ward
Cutaia’s Meat Market has been a neighborhood institution in Rochester’s 19th Ward for decades. The place opened at 574 Chili Ave., near Thurston Road, in 1974 and has been a mainstay on the city's southwest side since. It’s been a year since the death of the founder, Charles Cutaia — but one of his sons, Joe, is carrying on the family tradition. Ch...