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di Riccardo Chioni   L'edizione 2013 della "Fiera del tartufo bianco di Alba" è stata inaugurata ieri sui due lati dell'Atlantico con il tradizionale taglio del nastro tricolore in diretta televisiva nella città piemontese e in contemporanea dal Metropolitan Museum of Art dalla regina della cucina Lidia Bastianich. Alba ha sicuramente volut...

By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite   House-marinated fresh anchovies with fennel three ways. Photo: Melissa HomWhen Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich joined forces in 1998 to openBabbo, the restaurant was pioneering in its casual approach to fine dining, its celebration of local and seasonal ingredients in the service of classic Italian cuisi...

Big food news in Ridgewood: an Italian market and restaurant called Stella Artisan Italian is scheduled to open in September at 18 E. Ridgewood Ave, the former site of Due's first location. A former star Manhattan pastry chef is involved in the project, which is being opened by the owners of the Ridgewood pizza restaurant S. Egidio.   Stella...

Celebrity chef Gabriele Corcos is giving New Yorkers a taste of his native Tuscany with a new sandwich that debuts at Amy's Bread in October to raise money for New Yorkers in need. Corcos has created The Tuscan Farmer, the newest offering in the Amy's Bread Chef "Sandwiches for Good" campaign, a program that allows chefs to create unique sandwiche...

by Rossella Rago   Dear Friends,I am thrilled to announce that on June, 26, 2013, I will be hosting a dinner at the wonderful Joanne Trattoria owned by Joe and Cynthia Germanotta.But wait, I'm not just hosting! The dinner will be a four course meal during which I, together with my Nonne, will demonstrate each dish. After each demonstration w...

A little more than a year after it opened, Bella Napoli, Neapolitan-style brick-oven pizzeria on Bay Parkway, has changed hands, and its new owner is adding a Sicilian flair to the menu.   Palermo-born Frank Giambanco, who runs the joint with his wife Lucy and children Anthony and Jennifer, purchased the store from his friend Vincenzio Auriu...

Spend an evening walking around Manhattan's Little Italy and you can't help but notice Ferrara Bakery & Cafe, the name in marquee lights at 195 Grand Street. Inside, it's mostly tourists in a fast-moving line to the hostess stand, waiting for a seat at one of the neighborhood's oldest shops — here since 1892, open 'til midnight. With its check...

During the month of December, New York City will be home to various wine and culinary events dedicated to celebrating the great wines of the Veneto just in time for the holidays. The month-long schedule of festivities is brought to the city by U.Vi.Ve., the 'Union Consortia of Veneto Wines', and will kick off on December 2nd with a press event at E...

by M.H.Reed   It's exciting to find an Italian restaurant with a menu that promises to deliver the rich flavors of Southern Italy, specifically Puglia's Salentine Peninsula, the area at the heel of Italy's "boot." The kitchen of Massa' Coastal Italian Cuisine in Mamaroneck is influenced by the produce from the peninsula's inland farmsteads (...

di Alessandra Dal Monte La prima cosa che le è venuta in mente, quando il nunzio apostolico degli Stati Uniti le ha chiesto di cucinare per Papa Francesco durante la sua visita a New York (24-26 settembre), è stata di preparare delle bistecche argentine. Ma la richiesta arrivata da Roma è stata perentoria: piatti semplici e leggeri.   Sopra...

Culinarians, history buffs and photography enthusiasts came together at the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò on April 21 for the release of Tasting Rome: Fresh flavors & Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City, published on March 29, 2016 by Clarkson Potter Publishers, on the occasion of Rome's 2769th birthday.   Co-author and photographer Kr...

Westchester County has some evocative old train stations, and the 19th-century brick beauty in Mamaroneck is among the loveliest. Unused for travel for years, it opened last October as the setting for Modern on the Rails, a new outpost of the beloved Modern restaurant in New Rochelle.   Enter the restaurant and you will immediately feel a se...