Everybody Wants a Piece of Mario Carbone – Now You May Just Be Able to Get It
When it comes to food, few chefs in the U.S. have amassed a following quite like Mario Carbone. The 42-year-old has won as many accolades as he has social media mentions for his namesake Italian restaurant, which draws lines outside its locations each night that run as long as the contact list in the tastemaker restaurateur’s phone. Carbone (the re...
Bronx-born baker Brittany Lombardi looks for sweet success on Food Network’s ‘Spring Baking Championship’
The Bronx will be well-represented when the fifth season of Food Network’s “Spring Baking Championship: Easter” airs on Monday. Representing the Boogie Down will be Pelham Bay native Brittany Lombardi who hopes to dazzle the Food Network judges with her showstopping French and Italian cakes, that are accented by artful design and a lifelong passion...
An NYC guide to old-school Italian bakeries in The Bronx
Like the other NYC boroughs, The Bronx is a series of unique neighborhoods. While Belmont (the inspiration for A Bronx Tale) is the undisputed Little Italy of the outer boroughs, other areas, such as Allerton, Morris Park, and Pelham Bay, each have that one neighborhood bakery that supplies local residents and restaurants. The Italian bakeries in t...
A famous Florentine Osteria is popping up in SoHo
We could all use a trip to Italy this winter, but a flight to Tuscany may not be in the cards. Luckily for us Italiaphiles, a small taste of Florence is popping up in SoHo for the month of March! A Florentian osteria just steps from the Ponte Vecchio, Osteria Delle Tre Panche, will take up residence at SoHo's Bistrot Leo, from March 4 through April...
Cannoli Crawl New York
March 26 (Saturday) 10:30am. Sponsored by: Experience Sicily. Greenwich Village and Little Italy - 243 Bleecker Street, Manhattan, NY. Fee: $85. Contact: Allison Scola 646-281-4324. allisonscola@experiencesicily.com https://cannolicrawl.com The Cannoli Crawl is an interactive, family-friendly, lunchtime walking and tasting tour featuring New York...
Ep 415: Gianfranco Sorrentino of Il Gattopardo -- the famed restaurateur on the intrinsic and inseparable link between Italian food, wine, and tradition
To truly understand Italian wine, you have to understand its integral ties to Italian culture. In Italy, food and wine tell the story of a region’s cultural identity, history, and the character of its people. With my recent seminars on Sicilia (on YouTube if you missed them), and an impending trip to Piedmont with a group of Wine for Normal People...
Di Fara Pizzeria to open S.I. outpost in BBQ collaboration
The borough can say a simultaneous ‘ciao’ and ‘howdy’ to a new concept coming to Grant City. The former home of The Corner House BBQ at 100 and 102 Lincoln Avenue soon will home to Juicy Lucia and Di Fara Pizzeria. “The collaboration is something that is so humbling that this monster group Di Fara and legacy of pizza man Domenico DeMarco. And when...
Brunch at Serra by Birreria Eataly in NYC
Are you looking to have a nice brunch at Serra by Birreria Eataly in NYC? You’re in the right spot! Whether you’re a foodie, want to try out a unique place to dine in NYC, or are simply looking to grab a drink in Flatiron, Serra by Birreria is the perfect place! This past fall and winter, I was invited to stop by Serra by Birreria at Eataly to expe...
The Chianti Classico Wine Consortium comes back to New York
After a few years in which the Chianti Classico Wine Consortium continued to preside over its first reference market, the United States, with various activities, which in the last period, due to the health emergency, were above all "virtual", the times they are finally ripe for the realization of a new great tasting event with the presence of the p...
‘Pasta Mike’ memoir is a love letter to food — and male friendship
The book cover of “Pasta Mike: A Story of Friendship & Loss,” a novella by Andrew Cotto, is festooned with different types of pasta. It’s a fitting design for a book about a fierce friendship forged in family, pasta, and the type of familiarity that comes with knowing another person since childhood. “I like to think that Mike and I knew each other...
Don’t Call It Del Posto The bold, big-money plan to transform New York’s most luxurious Italian restaurant.
On a slush-soaked night in late January, the chef Melissa Rodriguez is sitting in Bar Pisellino, sipping a Negroni and thinking about what diners might want from restaurants right now. “Some people want to go out and feel taken care of,” she muses. “Other people are afraid to go out, but they don’t want to cook for themselves. A lot of people want...
The New York City Italian Restaurant That You Need To Try In 2022
Saying that New York has no shortage of Italian restaurants is hardly a surprise to anyone who knows even a little about the city’s food scene. I think most are overpriced and unforgettable when it comes to food and drinks—let’s not even discuss their lack of buzz or scene. Now, let’s talk about Aperitivo. This is a new Italian spot (or Italian-Ame...