Wednesday November 13 2024, 6 PM to 8 PM (Local time). IIC-NY 686 Park Avenue, NY. The aim of the event is to explore the adaptation of the Mediterranean diet outside Italy and how it changes when it comes into contact with other cultures. Professor Annamaria Colao, UNESCO Chair and professor at the Federico II University of Naples, defines this ph...
READ MORENovember 11, 14 & 17, 2024. 710 - Sansome St, San Francisco, CA. Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. STORIES OF EGGS AND FLOUR . A one-woman show by Gaia Mencagli. She travels in time and the space around her transforms. Between handfuls of flour, Gaia’s grandmother Rosa relives some of the most significant moments of her life, accompanied by mus...
READ MOREThe Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invites you to “Piatti all’Opera”. Join us at Bold Fork Books (3064 Mt. Pleasant St, NW. Washington DC) on November 19, 2024, at 7 PM, as Chef Rita Monastero explores how we can trace the evolution of Italian cuisine through the opera. Registration is required for this event, for a fee. Exploring the wor...
READ MOREA lot of things were different back in 1984. Ghostbusters was at the top of the box office, LeBron James was a newborn, and lift tickets were less than $15. But pizza was as popular as it is today, and a New Yorker named Henry Mann started selling it by the slice out of a small storefront at 1550 California Street, ten years before the D Line becam...
READ MORELasagna is a comfort food staple known for its hearty layers of pasta, rich meat sauces, creamy béchamel and melted cheese. The origins of lasagna can be traced to ancient Greece and Rome. The word lasagna is believed to come from the Greek term ‘laganon,’ flat sheets of dough made from wheat and water. These sheets were cut into strips and baked,...
READ MOREDue’ Cucina, a Seattle-based Italian pasta house, has opened in Dallas’ Lakewood Shopping Center. The company has four other locations, all in the Seattle area. We’re not sure how Due’ Cucina’s lone non-Washington state location found itself in Dallas, but we’re glad it did — we like this place a lot. The founders, Filippo Fiori and Davide Macchi,...
READ MOREWhen Alessa Cucina e Bar opened in The Penn District on Sept. 20, it brought more than just another Italian restaurant to Midtown — it delivered a fresh take on Italian dining that’s equal parts elegance and fun. The latest venture from Thomas Murphy of 212 Hospitality Group (of Juniper Bar and Bourbon & Branch fame), Alessa is the kind of place wh...
READ MOREJudge a radicchio by its cover, and you’ll find it to be pretty in pink, red, purple, yellow, white… But this beaut, beyond helping us eat the rainbow in the notoriously dreary cold seasons, contributes a bold bitterness to a number of preparations favored across the boot: raw in salads, sliced thin and stirred into risottos or soups, grilled, roas...
READ MOREOven 360 proudly announces the grand opening of its first U.S. location at 1711 Crooks Road, Troy, Michigan. Founded by childhood friends Remo Tortola and Lucio Franceschelli from Miranda, Italy, Oven 360 promises to deliver an unparalleled Neapolitan pizza experience alongside its renowned handmade gelato.Remo and Lucio, upon arriving in Canada, s...
READ MOREWorld-renowned Italian food hall Eataly is coming to West Palm Beach. Eataly, the global Italian marketplace and restaurant space, will join the shops and restaurants within the experiential neighborhood of CityPlace, located in the heart of the city’s downtown, in the fall of 2025. The brand has leased space at the historic Harriet Himmel building...
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