Joe Faro’s business cards call him Tuscan Brands’ “chief food taster,” but that modest moniker doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of a career in which he’s built, not one, but two, wildly successful Italian food empires. Chapter one of that entrepreneurial life was Joseph’s Gourmet Pasta and Sauces in Haverhill, which grew into the largest produc...

Per il terzo anno consecutivo Lidia Bastianich è la testimonial d’eccezione per la Calabria, capace di galvanizzare l'attenzione della Stampa e degli stakeholders che contano durante l'evento al Jacob Javits Center di Manhattan. Al suo fianco in rappresentanza degli chef calabresi Nino Rossi, che ha ottenuto da poco una stella Michelin. Intorno a l...

Workers and ownership scurried around the new Andiamo Restaurant Monday afternoon putting the finishing touches on a multi-million dollar project that has been in the works for months. Located in the three-story Horizon Building at 102 West Silver Lake Road, Suite 1, the Italian eatery is set to open Wednesday, Feb. 6. Dominic Vicari, an operating...

In continuation of its commitment to promoting health and wellness in people's everyday lives, today Transamerica Center for Health Studies® (TCHS) released its Healthier Traditions: Italian Cookbook to facilitate healthy eating habits year-round, which is now available for users to download online for free. This marks the fourth edition of the TCH...

È il piatto icona della cucina italiana secondo gli statunitensi, mentre in Italia quasi nessuno lo conosce. O meglio quasi nessuno lo chiama così. Le Fettuccine Alfredo sono un concentrato di golosa cremosità: sottilissime tagliatelle fresche all’uovo, mantecate con generosa dose di burro (“doppio burro” o “triplo burro”, addirittura), Parmigiano...

The film Moonstruck could not be a more appropriate choice for a starry, frigid-though-windless night at the shadowy Bay View hideaway Santino’s Little Italy. On the flat screen TVs, that is. Cher and Nicolas Cage (with a wooden hand!) make googly eyes at each other amid the backdrop of Brooklyn Heights brownstones. Sadly, the Puccini-et-al soundtr...

Wedged somewhere between New Year's and Valentine's Day is a very special but little-known holiday. Feb. 5, 2019 marks the 12th annual World Nutella Day and if you're a fan of the chocolatey-hazelnut concoction you might be excited to know that there are ways to score some free Nutella to celebrate this sweet holiday. Here's how to get free Nutella...

Amy Jo Pedone, owner of Valenza Chocolatier, sits in a 400-square foot studio that she calls the Cioccolato Lab at The Hood Kitchen Space in Costa Mesa. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, one of her busiest times of the year yet she’s not haggard, she’s downright bubbly. But she’s a very different person than she was in the spring of 2007, attending a fa...

Comfort, a civilized ambience, attentive service, generosity of spirit. It seems such virtues once associated with good restaurants have been replaced by cramped, naked tables, ear-shattering noise, a “who-gets-what?” attitude and portions of food the size of a shoe polish tin. Indeed those virtues that once distinguished the joys of dining out are...

Cibo Divino Marketplace, a West Dallas favorite for grab-and-go Italian eats will open a new spinoff in Downtown this spring. Cibo Divino Centro will debut at 2001 Bryan Street facing the DART rail on the ground floor of Bryan Tower, according to CultureMap. Most of the items that made its Sylvan Thirty outpost popular will make the trek to Downtow...