Taste and Pleasure: The Italian Slow Food Movement
Italian Cultural & Community Center. Houston, United States. Lecture & Workshop. Doors open at 6:30pmWednesday, March 30, 2016 - 7:00pm. Reception to follow presentation. Reserve your seat today: on Eventbrite.com or call 713-524-4222 Ext. 7 Join us at the ICCC for a lecture-workshop about the Slo...
First taste of Italic: New rustic Italian restaurant opening soon in downtown Austin
by Kristi Willis Italic, the Italian endeavor from the ELM Restaurant group (24 Diner, Arro, Easy Tiger), is just a few short weeks away from opening its doors at Sixth and Colorado streets, but the inspiration has been years in the making. Chef Drew Curren and Beverage Director Craig Collins met years ago while attending a two-mo...
Entrepreneur opens new Falcone's Pizzeria in Moore
by Michael Kinney J.P. Wilson is an entrepreneur in the truest sense of the word. The Norman native owns several businesses in a variety of fields. From running a photography company to being a magician, he stays busy.But that doesn't keep Wilson from always looking for a new business opportunity. That included stepping into the unpredictabl...
Highland Village chef Morris Salerno prepares for competition
Highland Village chef Morris Salerno basked in the limelight this year. He won a gold medal in the 2014 Expogast Culinary Competition in Luxembourg, was featured on the new reality show The Hungry Investors and has nearly completed his second cookbook. The Expogast Culinary Competition is considered the second most prestigious competition...
Via Emilia
More than 50 years ago, Alma Amadori discovered a case in her home in Ravenna, a province on the northeast coast of Italy on the Adriatic Sea. In this case Amadori found dozens of recipes, handwritten on onionskin paper. More than five decades and three generations later, those same recipes have helped make Via Emilia one of the most acclaimed rest...
Mi Piaci to Transform Into Cucina Neighborhood Italian
by Whitney Filloon Mi Piaci shuttered last month after two decades in Dallas, and now the Preston Center spot it vacated is poised to become another Italian restaurant called Cucina Neighborhood Italian. Construction permits were spotted in the window yesterday, posted right up alongside the landlord's lockout notice that ousted M...
Dallas' favorite Italian sausage-slinger turns 50
Jimmy's Food Store, Dallas' beloved ma and pa grocer turned Italian specialty shop, is now 50 years old. Their sausage and meatballs are the best in town — having them on the menu is a good get for virtually any restaurant. These folks have a complicated understanding of what Italians want. They have deep roots in Dallas, and they have been working...
Simply Italian great wines Americas tours 2013
Il 5 febbraio 2013, IEM (International Exhibition Management), società di servizi privata esperta nella promozione del vino italiano sui mercati internazionali, in collaborazione con la Camera di Commercio Italo-Americana del Southeast proporra' a Miami una tappa del Simply Italian Great Wines International Tour 2013. Organizzato all'interno del p...
New Galleria-area Italian restaurant nears completion
by Shaina Zucker Construction on the new Osteria Mazzantini Italian restaurant inside the new BBVA Compass Plaza at 2200 Post Oak Blvd. is making progress. The future Italian-style eatery is the brainchild of acclaimed Mockingbird Bistro Chef John Sheely and is slated to open mid-August. The restaurant will have about 150 seats, including 50 seat...
New Dallas dining district puts Italian and barbecue along Maple Avenue
Maple Avenue is getting a trio of restaurants that includes Kansas City-style barbecue and an Italian restaurant from Nonna owner Julian Barsotti. It's part of a $3.5 million development called the Maple Avenue Dining District that will buttress a residential development from Crow Holdings in the Oak Lawn neighborhood, including the restor...
Campisi’s Celebrates 70th Anninversary
In a world of instant Yelp reviews and here today gone tomorrow restaurants, what has kept Campisi's Italian restaurants growing for 70 years? Yes they have the freshest ingredients and mouth watering pizzas, but it's the family fabric that has been so important to them over the years. "If you come in, you're part of our family and we...
The Lucky Fig Food Truck Showcases Italian Fare From a National Food Star
Many Houstonians might not realize that there's a MasterChef winner in their midst. Luca Manfè won Season Four of the competitive cooking show in 2013. Now he's serving lovely, handmade Italian cuisine, even complex pasta dishes, right here in Houston from a food truck called The Lucky Fig. In some ways, it was remarkable that Manfè won on MasterC...