For Chef Lidia, good Italian cuisine is simple
New York chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich thinks the question of what constitutes great Italian cuisine has a "simple" answer."It's a cuisine that's simple, colorful and tasty," says Bastianich, a James Beard Award nominee and host of PBS television's Emmy Award-winning Lidia's Kitchen. "It's wedded to the seasons and makes nourishing sense...
Rustic Italian Eatery Casa Apicii Opens in the West Village
Two years ago, chef Casey Lane read a story about Marcus Apicius, a gourmand who lived in Ancient Rome. "He was a socialite who loved everything about throwing parties, being on the scene, great cooking, and great wine," he explains of the first century bon vivant who inspired him to open his West Village restaurant, Casa Apicii, last month. ...
Aroma Restaurant – An Exquisite Italian Experience
I do not know if it's always true, but chef Vito of Aroma restaurant certainly belongs to this category. I'm glad I listened to my friend Joe and his wife Judy who urged me to experience this restaurant. The low key interior is simple with a cozy décor. It looks like a nice, elegant restaurant of rural Italy with well used cookbooks that you can s...
Mayor de Blasio plays hometown hero for sandwich shop from kin’s Italy village
Only in New York could an Italian-American mayor find a piece of the minuscule mountain village his family left a century ago just steps from City Hall. Mayor de Blasio frequently grabs lunch at Pisillo Italian Panini shop on Nassau St. , which Antonella Silvio opened in November 2012 — the same month de Blasio was elected mayor. She...
This family-owned Italian restaurant in NYC has been a celebrity hideaway for more than 70 years
While New York City sees a constant shift in its restaurant scene, one family-owned restaurant is still going strong after 70 years. Since Patsy's Italian Restaurant opened on 56th Street in between 7th and 8th Avenue in 1944, it has only had three chefs: Pasquale Scognamillo (or Patsy, as he became known), his son Joe, and his grandson, Sal....
East Rochester businesses - part III
Guiseppe's Restaurant, now Perlo's Restaurant on N. Washington St., opened in 1986. Proprietor Joseph Parvano, a former contractor, turned the building into a family restaurant, featuring authentic Italian cuisine based on family recipes. Despatch Junction, which sells and repairs toy trains, is housed in one of the oldest standing structu...
Il ristorante della settimana. "La Volpe" di Centers Moriches, Long Island
Porto Empedocle è una ridente cittadina ai piedi di Agrigento, in Sicilia. Un posto fantastico, con il suo mare, la sua costa, il suo porto, è uno di quei luoghi che fanno sognare. Reso celebre dalla penna del famoso scrittore Andrea Camilleri che a Porto Empedocle, "Vigata" nella finzione, ha ambientato le celeberrime vicende del Commissario Monta...
Italian Eatery Will Open in Collegetown
By Molly Karr This month, couple Sam Epps and Kami Drake will open Gola Osteria, a new restaurant in Collegetown focusing on local ingredients and Italian tastes. "We will cook in a way that an Italian would: with Upstate New York ingredients," Epps said. "The difference between our restaurant and others [around the area] is that...
Md. winemaker Mike Fiore recognized for industry achievements, impact
My congratulations to Mike Fiore, the Maryland winemaker who received the lifetime achievement award at the Eastern Wineries Exposition in Syracuse, N.Y., on Tuesday. Fiore and his wife, Rose, have turned their namesake winery in Pylesville into one of the region's best. If you want to taste excellent red wine made in an Old World style, make Fiore...
Like pizza? Grab a wing at Quality Italian
By Steve Cuozzo You've tried the rest, now try the best — not pizza, which touts its alleged superiority on every box, but chicken parmigiana that only looks like pizza. What might be called "chicken pizzagiana," a round, 13-inch-diameter replica of a Ray's pie at new Quality Italian, is the summer's runaway whimsical hit — good, clean fu...
Sistina Still Serves Some of the Best Southern Italian Food in NYC
A few weeks ago I heaped high praise about the 22-year-old midtown Italian restaurant San Pietro, whose owner, Gerardo Bruno has long been one of New York's premier hosts. Upon writing that, I realized that it's been at least a decade since I'd dined at his brother Giuseppe's restaurant, Sistina, located on the upper east side for 30 years...
East 12th Osteria Offers Organic Cuisine From Northern Italy
Chef Roberto Deiaco grew up one of seven siblings, in northern Italy's mountainous Dolomites area, in the region of Alto Adige. His family owned a farm, and before the age of 15 he never set foot in a supermarket. He is baffled by the modern phenomenon of being able to get any food any time. "It makes no sense to me. Go by what nature can provide...