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Hey, Mombo's! Mombo's Italiano! Trade the "A' in "Mambo" from the old Dean Martin song for another "O" -- as in, "Ohhh, that's good!" -- and you have Mombo's Italian, another in an ever-growing market on the local dining scene: the food truck. This one is owned and operated by Ward Crisp, an Ashland, Ky., transplant by way of Dayton, Ohio, who said...

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CiboDivino, an Italian market, will likely be a talker when it opens in downtown Dallas. So here's how you say it: CHEE-boh dee-VEE-no. It means "divine food" in Italian. Now you know.  The shop, expected to open the third week of August, sells house-made bread, Italian food, gourmet groceries and wine. It's essentially a bodega: a small market whe...

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Restaurateur Peter Coratti is looking forward to opening "a real pizzeria" and Italian restaurant with two of his nephews in downtown Howell.  They are planning to renovate and expand a vacant building in downtown Howell for Coratti's, a proposed Italian restaurant and bar that would feature indoor bocce courts. "We come from a family who loves to...

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Olive oil is an essential part of Italian-American food culture, and is key to Italy’s economic livelihood. It may be simpler to name the Italian dishes you’d find on the Sunday Supper table that don’t use the ingredient, rather than the scores of recipes that do. With a taste so purely delicious, it’s understandable why most Italian Americans grew...

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Ah, remember the days when a tomato collaboration meant Heinz' EZ Squirt ketchup for the movie premiere of Shrek? Green was for the ogre and purple was for Donkey, and true '90s kids can still recite the difference in flavor notes. For National Ice Cream Month, one of our favorite spots in the city for gelato, the Lower East Side's il laboratorio d...

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The back room at Carmine Lonardo's Specialty Meats & Deli is gleaming and quiet. The space where the Lonardo family normally cranks out 10,000 pounds of sausage a week hasn't seen a speck of meat since most of the Lonardo clan embarked on a two-week European cruise, leaving Carmine, the 54-year-old son and namesake of the shop's founder, and his wi...

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Oltre 70 ricette, tutte italiane, dall’antipasto al dolce, semplici e alla portata di tutti, per portare in tavola tutta la bontà della gastronomia italiana ma con la leggerezza del senza glutine. Ricette adatte alle famiglie: bruschette, pasta, zuppe, risotti, focacce e deliziosi dessert. Un’attenta selezione di ricette senza glutine che non precl...

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An iconic Bensonhurst sandwich shop is getting a second-coming this week. Residents of Sunset Park are set to become part of the Lioni Italian Heroes family as the Italian-American shop officially expects to open there on Thursday or Friday, the Brooklyn Eagle has learned. “We had been looking at Industry City and the area for about a year. The are...

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If you've got Italian on the mind, you're in luck. A new The Old Spaghetti Factory outpost has opened up shop at 1421 Waterfront. The Old Spaghetti Factory serves three-course meals with entrees including meaty mac and cheese, fettuccine alfredo and spinach and cheese ravioli. The new spot has gotten off to an uneven start thus far, with a three-st...

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In New York, near Skaneateles Lake, Marcia Cosentino found herself in an olive oil and vinegar shop for the first time.  “It was like walking into a wine barrel,” Cosentino said of the small store.  After tasting the olive oils and balsamic vinegars, Cosentino realized her love for them. “Now every city I go to, I visit the olive oil store,” she sa...

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