If you're in Florida this Spring Break 2015, and you're looking for great pizza -- make that great Michigan pizza -- why not check out Erbelli's Gourmet Pizzeria, Italian Bistro & Pub? Erbelli's owner Greg Erb opened up his first out-of-state pizzeria last December in Bradenton, Florida, and business has been "pretty good" so far, he said. &nb...

Fendi has opened its first store in Miami's Design District, unveiling a new concept in collaboration with architect Johanna Grawunder. Pietro Beccari, chairman and chief executive officer of the Rome-based firm, underscored the brand's and store's links with design and art.   To wit, the new 5,400-square-foot, two-story unit is decorat...

Doris Italian Market & Bakery has just started construction on a new location in North Palm Beach. The new store marks its sixth and largest since the specialty supermarket chain opened in Hollywood in 1947.    Located at 11239 U.S. Highway 1, the 22,000-square-foot store is slated to open during late September of this year i...

The Italian Club's upcoming benefit for its historic cemetery will emphasize headliners much more than it will headstones. Prominent Tampa names like La Russa, Lazzaro and Capitano embellish tombs at the Italian Club Cemetery, while a comedy skit with Joe Capitano Sr. — its former president — takes center stage.   The Italian Club annua...

By Kristine M. Kierzek Vincenzo Betulia serves eggplant caponata to every customer in his restaurant. It's a replacement to butter, and part of his rustic, traditional Italian approach. More importantly, eggplant caponata is a daily reminder of his grandmother, who packed margarine tubs of it for his lunches. Betulia opened his first restaur...

By Tamara Lush Marcella Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, died Sunday. She was 89. Hazan died in the morning at her home in Florida, according to an email from her son, Giuliano Hazan, and posts on Facebook and Twitter from her husband and daughter-in-law.  ...

This project is the result of 15 years of Franco Valli's work as a manager for an artist, promoting and developing his career up to positioning him on theinternational art circuit in Europe and in the last two years in the United States, focusing on the city of Miami after realizing the potential of the city, appreciating its cultural gro...

Annual Welcome Reception & Luncheon - Saturday, November 21st from 1-3 pm - Ticket Price: $45.00 all inclusive. Honored Guest: Consul General of Italy in Miami, The Honorable Dott.ssa Gloria Bellelli   Please join us to welcome our new Consul General of Italy in Miami, Dott.sssa Gloria Bellelli, as well as o...

If you have ever wondered about the history of the U.S. shrimp industry, then you need to meet the Versaggi family. The family's first generation pioneered offshore shrimping after introducing powerboats and adopting new equipment, and developed new markets for shrimp in New York City. The second generation developed a large fleet of cutting-edge...

La Gelateria della Musica is known in Italy for strange and popular ice cream concoctions like Bread, Butter & Jam, Bud Light-flavored and Chocolate Bacon. For a while, you couldn't find anything like it outside Italy. That is until Fabio Brigliadoro, the owner of the La Gelateria chain and chef behind flavors, decided to open up his first...