Italian eatery offers authentic dishes, scratch kitchen
Owner Arturo Huerta said if The Woodlands residents are looking for a restaurant that serves high-quality, italian-inspired food at a good price, Papa Amadeus is the restaurant to visit. Since opening nearly a year ago off I-45 North in Spring, Papa Amadeus, which is named after Huerta’s grandfather, has experienced success as a result of its regul...
Historic Hotel St. Michel Gets an Italian Rebirth With Zucca
Nestled in the heart of downtown Coral Gables is the ivy-covered Hotel St. Michel, one of Miami’s most historic hotels. Built in 1926, the building still boasts the same vintage European design, reflecting the chic and dashing clientele of that era. In 2017, the inn is adding a dining venue to breathe new life into the charming boutique property. O...
A Look Inside 006 Pizza
Culturemap Houston has an inside look at 006 Pizza, which peddles a pizza style that’s less familiar to Houston slice-lovers. Roman-style pizza — also known as “pizza alla pala,” because of how it’s manipulated in the wood oven in which it’s prepared — is a bit different from the usual, says chef Andrea Dal Monte, purveyor of 006. Dal Monte himself...
World's largest pasta bowl returns March 17 to New Orleans
Each year, hundreds of people gather at the Hilton Riverside Grand Ballroom to dig into a giant bowl of pasta and kick off the pre-party of the annual Italian American Marching Club St. Joseph Parade. The pasta will be served on March 17 at noon from a bowl that stretches 8 feet wide and holds 500 pounds of pasta and more than 150 gallons of meatle...
Taste of Italy 2017 was the annual event’s biggest gathering ever!
The third annual Taste of Italy Houston 2017 (March 5-6) trade fair and festival marked the event’s biggest gathering ever: More than 60 exhibitors came to Texas from Italy this year to attend the show, the largest trade fair devoted exclusively to Italian wine and food in the U.S. And they presented more than 300 authentic Italian food products an...
Italy comes to Colleyville
The new Loveria Caffe Taste of Italy is open, and a second might not be far behind. Architects and a chef from Ravenna, Italy, have brought Texas a finely crafted turn on authentic northern Italian dining and coffees, and the result is a classy yet comfortable restaurant with appeal far beyond Colleyville. As if to prove everything is homemade, at...
Potente brings upscale Italian dining to downtown Houston
Astros owner Jim Crane has opened two restaurants at the 500 Crawford apartment building adjacent to Minute Maid Park: Osso & Kristalla, a casual, all-day trattoria; and this dinner-only, upscale Italian restaurant where Crane pulled out all the stops. THE SPACE. Potente's main dining room is quietly sumptuous, outfitted with plush high-back chairs...
MasterChef Winner Brings Italian-Inspired Food Truck To Dallas This Spring
After a earning reality TV glory and cutting its teeth in Houston, a new-to-Dallas chef will soon open the city’s newest food truck. This spring, Italian-inspired food truck The Lucky Fig will make its way to Dallas. The truck is operated by chef and cookbook author Luca Manfé, who won season four of Gordon Ramsay-hosted food reality show MasterChe...
National Meatball Day: Who makes best in New Orleans?
National Meatball Day falls on Thursday (March 9) and Thursdays were always the day of the week when my Sicilian grandmother made red gravy. Often, she would stew young hens in tomato gravy, but sometimes she'd make meatballs. In fact, she had a special pot, which we were not allowed to use for anything else. (I boiled water in it to make a big pit...
Taste of Italy 2017: Il 'Panzerotto Pugliese' sbarca in Texas
Con il benvenuto ufficiale della Console Generale d'Italia, la Dott.ssa Elena Sgarbi, del Commissario italiano per il Commercio Estero in Texas (ICE), il dott. Carlo Bocchi e del Presidente della Italia-America Chamber of Commerce del Texas (IACC), il Dott. Brando Ballerini, si è ufficialmente aperto Domenica 5 Marzo a Houston in Texas il “Taste of...
New York Pizza Truck Neapolitan Express Rolls Into Austin
Neapolitan Express, the pizza truck from New York, is expanding into Austin with two new trailers for its first out-of-state expansion. Both will open on Friday, March 3. The first will be found on 3rd Street and Congress Avenue, and the second over on West 5th and Colorado streets. The menu includes Neapolitan pies made using Italian ingredients....
Seminario di vini italiani: poesia in una bottiglia
Join our new cultural enrichment course, an Italian wine seminar taught by Master Sommelier Craig Collins. Seminari di vini italiani: poesia in una bottiglia, will consist of four two-hour classes starting on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 with the last class being held on May 23, 2017. This course will introduce you to Italian wines in a detailed way, start...