Rosanna Di Michele e quella cucina che parla di tradizioni
di Liliana Rosano A New York e dintorni Rosanna Di Michele è diventata una celebrità. Una faccia che è ormai un'icona, grazie allo stile personalissimo che la contraddistingue: capelli nero corvino racchiusi in una frangia stilosa, in perfetto abbinamento con la montatura degli occhiali in celluloide. Sorriso e calore tutto italiano, Rosa...
NYC Food Truck Lunch: Eggplant Calzone From Li-Sal’s Italian Kitchen
Since it's technically illegal to sell food from a truck in NYC, we've been seeing a dramatic rise in the number of higher-end food carts. Well, at least higher quality than the standard halal or hot dog cart. Food carts are legal in NYC, as long as you have the right permits and licenses. One of the newer food carts is Li-Sal's Italian Kitche...
Pappardelle, formaggi e Gattinara, le cene all’italiana di Donald Trump
di Stefano Zavagli Il menù è sempre lo stesso. Salumi e formaggi italiani, pappardelle mozzarella e pomodoro, ossobuco alla milanese. Per concludere un tiramisù. La cena della domenica in famiglia del nuovo presidente degli Stati Uniti è sulla Quinta Strada, a tre isolati dalla Trump Tower, chez ''Alfredo 100''. Elegante ristorante italian...
NYC Restaurant Innovators Sponsored By Heineken: Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, And Jeff Zalaznick, Michelin Meets Mulberry Street
Many consider cooking a form of art. And few would deny that what Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi are concocting in their kitchen at Torrisi is anything less than that. But they, along with their partner Jeff Zalaznick, have extended their art beyond the kitchen. What is fine dining in NYC? What can be novel or innovative in an industry drowning in...
'Wandering Dago' tuck truck ejected from NY race track
By Lester Haines The owners of a fast-food truck are bemoaning their ejection from a New York horse racing track, after the powers that be deemed its snappy name "Wandering Dago" a tad offensive to Italian Americans. Wandering Dago proprietors Andrea Loguidice and Brandon Snooks (pictured below) had secured a spot to sell their nosh to pu...
Rezza in Roseland: A bit of European soul
By Teresa Politano Your bread arrives with no presumption at Rezza. It's accompanied by a simple bowl of olive oil, adorned by just a smattering of sea salt. But that bread is from Sullivan Street Bakery, a New York favorite with a cultlike following, a bakery that describes its bread with reverence, in the poetry of the sommelier (nutty...
Italian that's trying hard in Eastchester
by Judith Hausman There's an Italian restaurant at each of the four corners in Eastchester where you'll find Casa Brusco - but it's trying to set itself apart. "There's no chicken parm here - we're trying to move away from the Italian-American cliché," says general manger Diana Buonsignore. Chef Alberto Ricci comes to Casa Brusco from seve...
Artist's graffiti mural marks opening of Ralph's Ices season
by Lauren Steussy Ralph's Italian Ices is getting a new look, just in time for its busy warm-weather season. This year, visitors to the famous frozen treat shop's flagship location on Port Richmond Avenue will be greeted by a bright new mural directly across the street, painted by Port Richmond's own Kwue Molly. Molly, now an...
New Bar August Laura Harnesses Italian Spirits In Carroll Gardens
The tagline for August Laura, a new cocktail bar opening tonight in Carroll Gardens, could be la famiglia. There's the name, a tip of the hat to co-owner Alyssa Sartor's grandfather; the glassware, much of which comes from Sartor's father's bar in New Jersey; and the story of Sartor and business partner Frankie Rodriguez, who's soon to become her l...
Grappa Valley: How one Brooklyn winery is challenging everything you know about grappa
Working out of a 19th-century shipping warehouse at the end of a pier in Brooklyn, Colin Alevras is busy tending to barrels of Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc at Red Hook Winery. Before greeting a midweek customer at the tasting counter, Alevras, the shop foreman, stops to check another barrel—but this one isn't filled with wine. It's filled with gra...
Mario Batali's empire wants to strip name from Little Eataly food truck
by Robert Sheer It's the classic case of giant vs. not-so-giant. New York City-based Eataly, a 58,000-square-foot Italian-themed foodie mall co-owned by celebrity chef Mario Batali, is demanding that popular Indy food truck Little Eataly hand over its name. Indianapolis residents Chae and Rob Carmack — who said they put their...
The sunny NYC Italian eatery Lady Gaga loves
On a recent night on a desolate, far-west strip of the Meatpacking District, it's cold and dark — but inside Santina, it's summer on the Italian coast. Squint, and you could be on a cruise-ship deck: A squad of servers in bright teal, orange and purple polo shirts, white pants and Rod Laver sneakers roam the new, 100-seat restaurant with cheery ef...