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Gli Stati Uniti rappresentano il primo mercato di sbocco per l'olio made in Italy, ma il consumo di olio extra vergine di oliva non supera il 2% del totale di tutti i grassi vegetali. Il prodotto però viene sempre più percepito come prodotto della salute dalle nuove generazioni che coniugano abitudini alimentari orientate verso diete più sane...

By Natascia Lorusso Tra broker insistenti e uomini che non sanno ascoltare, Andrea Vitali, originaria di Fano, ci racconta la storia della sua avventura newyorchese, iniziata con una borsa di studio e tanta voglia di esplorare. "Non partite dal presupposto che chi vive a New York 'è fortunato e/o da invidiare'. Quelli che ci sono finiti per puro...

Casa Belvedere is very pleased to announce the arrival of Chef Frank Bilotti as the Italian Cultural Foundation's new, young, dynamic, creative and talented Executive Chef. Most recently, Chef Bilotti was at Bin 5, the fifth establishment in the Da Noi collection of restaurants.   "The entire team at Casa Belvedere is looking forward to work...

By Andrew Z. Galarneau   What a restaurant decides to give you for free can tell you volumes about the place. At Casa Antica, when you sit down an abbondanza appears, three kinds of bread – baguette, garlic knots and pizza – plus a triple-threat relish tray of caponata, pickled vegetables and chunky olive-garlic mash.   The message is...

Il 2015 si è concluso in maniera estremamente positiva per i vini italiani che, secondo i dati rilasciati oggi dall'Italian Wine & Food Institute, hanno mantenuto e rafforzato la propria posizione di ledearship sul mercato statunitense.   Lucio Caputo, presidente dell'Istituto, che da decenni monitora il mercato americano, nel rendere no...

by Whitney Filloon   Italian mega-market Eataly opened its second New York City location this week, bestowing 41,000 square feet of everything Italian and edible on Manhattan's Financial District. For the uninitiated, Eataly is a totally bananas marketplace that features everything you'd find at a fancy grocery store — cheese, meat, and seaf...

I was chatting up some Oak Ridge friends the other day, and that's how I learned about the opening of the new Little Nicky's on South Peters Road.   I had not been aware of the original Solway location, which apparently has had quite a following. My friends raved about it, which was enough to send The Grub Spouse and me in the direction of t...

On recent bitter nights when most Park Avenue South restaurants were half-full, Shelly Fireman's new, Italian-fantasy Florian had hardly any of 175 seats to spare. Like Fireman's Trattoria Dell'Arte, Fiorello and Bond 45, Florian packs customers in and sends them out happy — a crowd that includes me.   Read more   Source: http:/...

I scream, you scream, we all scream for... gelato. In a city that heats up fast (and with little relief), the summer means New Yorkers happily reach for the nearest ice cream cone. And while the truck with the tunes that rolls down the street can offer a bit of nostalgia, a scoop of gelato can offer a richer treat. Gelato means "ice cream" in Ital...

Unique Eats may have headed to a small neighborhood in Lackawanna, but there's nothing small about the food. Tucked away on a side street off Route 5, Mulberry Italian Ristorante is a bit hard to find (64 Jackson Avenue if you want to Google it) in the middle of a residential neighborhood. It started as a bar frequented by Bethlehem Steel work...

A new bakery and sweets shop opening this weekend aims to bring little-known Italian treats to the Big Apple.   Crave.it, which opens on Saturday at 546 Sixth Ave., will serve up contemporary Italian desserts and foods including xaeti veneziani, a Venetian polenta and raisin cookie, and pizette, bite-sized pizzas made from pastry dough. &nb...

Italian and seafood restaurants aren’t hard to find in the Bronx. However, a new establishment has already proved that it stands out. DaFranco & Tony Ristorante, located at 2815 Middletown Road near Westchester Avenue and the Middletown Road IRT train station, has been open for just over three months and has already been awarded for its delicio...