After the success of Angelina’s Kitchen in New Springville, the mother-son team of Angelina and Vincent Malerba will continue to expand their brand, with plans to open a 5,500-square-foot eatery in The Boulevard, a new shopping center being built in New Dorp. “Angelina’s Kitchen has been incredibly successful since we opened two years ago. People l...
READ MOREGood food is chemistry: the mixing of tastes, textures, temperature, and a little mystery. The recipe for friendship is much the same say chefs Jonathan Stranger, who grew up in Chandler, OK, and Fabio Faviani, a celebrity chef from Italy. "I think it's a great fit," says Faviani. "I like this guy a lot. I like him!" They met each other at a confer...
READ MOREIn the heart of downtown lies a true taste of Italy: Mambo Italiano, a seven-time winner of town's Best Italian Restaurant. Offering an unforgettable dinning experience, Mambo's features Italian with a twist: modern interpretations of Italian classics, elevated to an extraordinary experience. A locals' favorite, its hand-crafted dishes utilize loca...
READ MORELe Fettuccine Alfredo sono uno dei piatti di pasta più diffusi negli Stati Uniti e hanno rappresentato un vero e proprio simbolo della cucina italiana per diverse generazioni di americani. Ancora oggi si possono trovare nei ristoranti oltreoceano - sempre meno - e tra gli scaffali dei supermercati, come sugo pronto oppure in confezione con la pasta...
READ MOREThe owner and master gelatician of Gelato & Co., Stefano Franceschi visited LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch Jan. 15 to attend the grand opening of his first gelato coffee bar in the United States: Gelato & Co. Cremeria Italiana. “We import the best ingredients from Italy,” said Franceschi, listing pistachios from Sicily, hazelnut from Piedmont and coffee...
READ MOREWhen Duff Goldman and Buddy Valastro are in the kitchen, it's pretty tough to say who's really the batter baker. In an effort to determine the true king of cakes once and for all, the two celebrity pastry chefs will go nose to nose in Food Network's new series, "Buddy vs. Duff." The network announced Thursday that the "baking brawl" between two bro...
READ MORECraving Italian food? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable Italian restaurants around Minneapolis, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture when cravings strike. 1. Punch Neapolitan Pizza Topping the list is Punch Neapolitan Pizza. Located at 802 Washington Ave. SE in P...
READ MOREFlipping through the channels the other night, I ended up watching Lidia Bastianich making meatballs on her Italian cooking show. Lidia’s homey recipes and thick Italian accent reminded me of the Italian side of my family. When I was very young, my parents drove us from our home in Queens to visit relatives in Brooklyn once or twice a year. My moth...
READ MOREThe local owners of a new Italian restaurant going into the old Paterno’s location at Appalachian Power Park announced Wednesday that their new restaurant will offer three different dining concepts with lots of fresh pastas, sandwiches, soup, pastries and bread, along with a few beloved dishes from the restaurant it is replacing. During a walkthrou...
READ MOREAlessio Vullo, the executive chef at Nando Milano, was needless of introduction. Having never seen the man, I caught him walking by the kitchen door in his dark chef coat abound by an air of comfort and work. "That’s the chef," I thought. In the past year, Nando Milano has become the first place I’d recommend to visiting gourmands who look for goo...
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