Another new restaurant is arriving in the heart of Fort Greene. Fradei, an Italian bistro located at 99 South Portland Avenue, will have its “soft opening” on Thursday, December 20. A new sign for the restaurant recently went up on the awning, after weeks of interior work. The name is a play on an Italian slang word for the word brothers. The space...
READ MOREFor the first time ever in all of Eataly's history, we are introducing a new concept in Las Vegas that no Eataly has ever done before: Cucina del Mercato. Literally meaning “kitchen of the market,” Cucina del Mercato is our first open counter-to-table concept. It is comprised of six different fresh counters where you can eat what you shop and shop...
READ MOREWe are on the terrace of Hotel La Costa in the 13th century hilltop village of Montefollonico, situated about 100 kilometres south of of Florence. George, along with his wife Linda and their daughter Whitney, are our wonderful hosts of Cook in Tuscany, a week of gourmet cooking classes run by local women, fine dining and excursions. We step inside...
READ MOREOn the night before Christmas, some people are preparing and decorating Christmas cookies, while others are readying a “roast beast” for the oven. But for Italian-Americans, cooking up the right supper can be a bit fishy. While the precise origins of the tradition are not clear, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, also referred to as La Vigilia, honors...
READ MORERadicchio (roughly translated in UK English as chicory and known in American supermarkets as radicchio) is a typically autumnal produce and a true favorite of Italian cuisine of the Fall. Particularly loved in the North, it is grown and consumed very much in all Northern regions, but is greatly associated with the North-Eastern part of the country,...
READ MOREThe interior looks ready to host a restaurant scene from a movie set in the 1930s or ’40s. Small white tiles line the floor of the dining room, a decorative trim in black tracing the edges. Tin ceilings are overhead, wooden booths along the sides. On the walls of Lombardo's Restaurant are scenes, painted in 1933 by an artist who is said to have tra...
READ MOREE' alto un metro e mezzo, ha un diametro di 115 centimetri e pesa 332,2 chili. E' il panettone più grande del mondo - come certificato dal Guinness World Records - realizzato a Milano dal maitre chocolatier ed ex-allievo del Capac (la scuola di formazione di Confcommercio Milano) Davide Comaschi, oggi direttore del Chocolate Academy Center Milano....
READ MOREJoshua Pollack, the owner of Rosenberg’s Bagels and Famous Original J’s Pizza, has started serving subs from a new deli space in the Cole neighborhood. Lou’s Italian Specialties will hold its grand opening on Tuesday, December 18. While there’s no space inside the little corner shop to sit and eat chicken parm or Italian beef sandwiches, customers...
READ MOREFazoli’s, America’s only elevated QSR Italian chain, announced today the signing of a multi-unit deal with new franchisees, Impact Hospitality Group. In addition to acquiring two existing locations in Columbia, South Carolina, the group also has plans to develop five additional restaurants in and around the Columbia area over the next few years, wi...
READ MOREL’american dream è più vivo che mai. E il segreto è sempre quello: basta volersi rimboccare le maniche e darsi da fare». Dario Pisoni, classe 1981, di Arcene, ristoratore in Oregon nella Willamette Valley, porta a casa un importante riconoscimento, di quelli che arrivano dal basso (probabilmente i più preziosi), dai clienti che utilizzano OpenTable...
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