Eataly Pasta Night
Ready for all of your pasta dreams to come true? Join us on Wednesday, January 26 or Sunday, January 30 for an Eataly Pasta Night! Here at Eataly Dallas, we carry pasta throughout our store and restaurants. This Pasta Night is an evening to eat, shop, and learn about all the pastas we make ourselves, and some of our favorite artisanal pasta di gra...
Elm & Magnolia brings fine dining to Old Town Spring
Owning a restaurant requires a lot of passion and sacrifice, Maria Macri said, adding that she and her husband, Joe, have put a lot of both into Elm & Magnolia—a restaurant, bar and event venue the couple owns in Old Town Spring. Maria, an outgoing New Jersey native who grew up working at her father’s restaurant, and Joe, a reserved former Manhatta...
Italians of Sunnyside holds historic presentation at Historic Arkansas Museum Jan. 19
Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 6 - 7 p.m. in the Otteneheimer Theater, Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E 3rd Street, Little Rock, AR. They came looking for the promised land. They found a nightmare. And they built it into a new life. This is the story of the Italians of Sunnyside. Lured from Italy to buy parts of Sunnyside Plantation, instead they were litt...
A Texas team comes up with a COVID vaccine that could be a global game changer
A vaccine authorized in December for use in India may help solve one of the most vexing problems in global public health: How to supply lower-income countries with a COVID-19 vaccine that is safe, effective and affordable. The vaccine is called CORBEVAX. It uses old but proven vaccine technology and can be manufactured far more easily than most, if...
Pasta Paradise at Eat’Italian Restaurant in Greenbier
Pasta. I mean, what’s not to love? And at Eat’Italian, the restaurant located in the heart of Greenbrier that’s been around for less than a year, pasta is all over the menu. As it should be. Word on the street is that the food at Eat’Italian is quite good, so I made my way up to the town 45 minutes north of Little Rock for a pasta-filled lunch. Fir...
Ambrosia of Puglia
Let us transport you to the gorgeous region of Puglia through this olive oil tasting! When: Tue, February 1, 2022 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM CST - Where: ICCC Houston, 1101 Milford St, Houston, TX 77006 We will discover a nearly unknown land, Puglia, through one of its most precious fruits: extra virgin olive oil. This will be an opportunity to learn...
Farewell to Charlotte Piazza
It is with heavy hearts that the Tontitown Historical Museum (THM) Board shares the passing of our co-founder Charlotte Piazza. We truly have Charlotte and her husband, Henry Piazza, to thank for having a museum at all. Charlotte was born and spent her early years in Kansas. She and Henry visited many small-town museums as they traveled through her...
The Oklahoma Restaurant With Italian Roots That Date Back To The Early 1900s
Pietro “Pete” Piegari came through the gates of Ellis Island in 1903 with his family after traveling across the Atlantic from San Gregorio Magno, Italy. They settled in Krebs Oklahoma, a coal-mining community at the time. After a coal-mining accident at the age of 21, Pete took an interest in growing beer and perfected his own brand called choc® be...
First Look: Tarantino’s Cicchetti Bar and Record Lounge in Deeper Than Deep
Peter Tarantino refers to his new Italian food restaurant just across from Fair Park, south of Deep Ellum, as “in the Twilight Zone, deeper than deep." If you only ever visit this area in the fall for the fair, or after a show at Fair Park, it might be time to rethink that plan.Tarantino’s Cicchetti Bar and Record Lounge is the latest addition to a...
Review: Aldo’s Ristorante Italiano one of the best Italian restaurants in San Antonio, staging a comeback after terrible review in 2017
It took a pandemic to make me appreciate Aldo’s Ristorante Italiano. Last year, when restaurant dining rooms reopened at 25 percent capacity May 1 after more than 40 days gone dark, I posted up at a corner table at Aldo’s to chronicle the reawakening. I saw worry lines framing tired eyes peering over surgical masks. I saw waiters and customers in...
Taste of Italy Houston returns back in person
The Italy-American Chamber of Commerce of Texas announced registration is open for the Taste of Italy in Houston. The event connects over 500 attendees from every segment of the food and wine industry with buying power and decision-making ability. All the main Texas based brokers, importers and distributors will be present. In the years passed, key...
Iconic Italian fashion brand eyes Austin as emerging ‘luxury center’
Austin’s shopping scene continues to go upscale. Prada plans to set up shop in Austin, following fellow Italian fashion house Gucci into the Capital City. Prada, an iconic retail brand known for its high-end handbags, shoes, and clothing, is targeting Austin as part of a three- to five-year expansion in the U.S. “We are underinvested in the U.S.,”...