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A bakery in Bay Ridge is celebrating nearly 15 years of business, and its signature chocolate cake continues to be a big hit. At Little Cupcake Bakeshop all the cakes are handmade. "No machines are making anything here," says head baker Salvatore Lobuglio.Lobuglio says he and his family used childhood memories as inspiration to open the Bay Ridge s...

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The Italian American Studies Program of Loyola University Chicago, together with Casa Italia, is pleased to sponsor a special workshop: "Cooking up the Past. Recovering Family Tradition". Led by Michele Fazio, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of English, University of North Carolina, Pembroke. Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 7:00 Pat Casa Italia, 1621 N 39th Ave,...

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Da alcuni anni a Los Angeles fioriscono le gelaterie italiane, introducendo cosi’ nuove abitudini culinarie ai residenti. Il gelato e’ sempre esistito anche qui, ma la consistenza, il sapore e la cremosita’ italiana e’ solo nostra. Fare un buon gelato e’ un’arte! Nel distretto Art e Design di West Hollywood – Los Angeles, nella sede di un complesso...

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The eleventh-annual Taste of Italy , an evening of authentic Italian food, wine, and entertainment to benefit the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA), will take place on October 12 in downtown Los Angeles. For one evening, the heart of historic downtown Los Angeles is transformed into a charming piazza, where 2,500 Italophiles join celeb...

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Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian food? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around San Francisco, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to venture when cravings strike. 1. Capo's by Tony Gemignani. Topping the list is Capo's by Tony Gemignani. Located at 641 Vallejo St. (o...

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While every season has its charms in Italy, autunno (autumn) is one of my favourite. In early autumn, the weather is still warm, and the cities and the beaches are not as full of tourists. Then as late autumn comes the trees change colour and the temperatures start to cool down. Generally speaking, that is! Whatever the weather, there is always a w...

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When extra-virgin olive oil arrived in American kitchens around 1980, a set of myths came with it. You can’t use it for everyday cooking. You can’t use it for deep-frying. You must hoard your best stuff and bring it out only for occasional drizzling. Not one of those turns out to be true: Olive oil is an excellent all-purpose cooking oil, but at th...

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Ok, we know what you are thinking: Italians are obsessed with pasta. That’s absolutely true! Every Italian eats almost 60 pounds of pasta per year…way too much! Pasta is the common thread in each of Italy's 20 regions. Here you find a beginner’s guide to Italians’ favorite food.  FRESCA OR SECCA. It is our staple food, a cultural heritage! The name...

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Caffe Dei Fiori opened it's doors in November 2014. It is the creation of owner and executive chef Daliso Gulmini who was born and raised in Bologna, Italy, one of the great culinary capitals of the world. Chef Gulmini's desire is to remain as authentic to his native country, yet interpreting it through his own unique vision and palate. Sourcing hi...

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It’s been more than a decade since acclaimed chef Angelo Elia opened his second upscale location in South Florida. Since then, he has grown a mini contemporary Tuscan chain — Angelo Elia Pizza, Bar, Tapas — as a casual offshoot in step with the nation’s less fussy dining trend.  But now, more than two decades after founding his flagship Casa D’Ange...

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