Rome is marking Maritozzo Day December 1 to celebrate the typical cream-filled Roman bun that brightens breakfasts or morning coffees everywhere across the Italian capital. On December 1, storied Roman pastry shops and bars will offer their take on the traditional pastry, also feting "alternative vegan or gluten-free maritozzi" or apparent oddities...

Judi Stanley knew exactly what her next step would be after selling her successful Pascone’s Ristorante in Bar Harbor, Maine, after a 25-year run. She would open a new Pascone’s Ristorante in Florida, and bring fine dining, regional Italian-style, to the Bradenton-Sarasota area. Splitting their time between Bar Harbor and their home in Lakewood Ran...

E' il terzo anno che Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione ripropone il progetto promozionale della Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, coordinato dalle nostre rappresentanze diplomatiche. Negli USA la data prescelta coincide con il Thanksgiving. Ecco perché essa e’ stata anticipata alla settimana che va dal 12 al 18 Novembre...

There are five reasons to consider Italian food and the Mediterranean diet as economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, says Professor Carlo Alberto Pratesi. The Professor of Marketing, Innovation and Sustainability at Roma Tre University, who is currently in Sydney for the third Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, has identified th...

Pasta e Basta is an Amherst restaurant with two personalities. The first floor is given over to a casual pizzeria space where one orders at the counter, while the second and third floors are set up for bistro-style dining. Those upper floors also feature an open kitchen where one can watch the culinary goings-on; both also offer tables with fine vi...

Negronis, Italian wine-by-the-glass, and old-school martini glasses have hit NW Portland in the form of Bar Rione, the new casual bar from the folks behind red sauce hangout Piazza Italia. In February, the Portland Mercury broke the news that the Pearl District restaurant would open a bar in the space next door, a sort-of waiting room for the resta...

La Puglia è stata al centro della programmazione della Settimana della cucina italiana nel mondo che a Miami, in anticipo rispetto alla programmazione ufficiale, si è svolta dal 12 al 18 novembre. La rassegna è stata articolata in una serie di eventi che hanno spaziato da seminari a masterclass con la chef Cristina Bowerman, da degustazioni di cibi...

The life of Philadelphia filmmaker Robert Patriarca has been measured in cannoli. So, his audiences may find it hard to believe the 28-year-old Frankford native didn’t actually consume the Italian pastry until he was 14 years old. “We grew up without cannoli in our household,” he recently confided, while sitting amid copious amounts of the tube-sha...

Chef Missy Robbins landed yet another review today for her pasta-centric restaurant Misi— this time a far more glowing one from Times critic Pete Wells, who crowned the Williamsburg Italian hit with three stars. While most of the buzz since the restaurant’s debut has focused on Robbins’ pasta making, Wells says that Misi should instead be viewed as...

Carlo Mirarchi takes a brief pause from his lunch to start rifling through his phone. “You want to see something crazy?” asks the chef and co-founder of Roberta’s and Michelin two-starred Blanca in Brooklyn. When he turns the phone around there isn’t anything that wild—just a picture of the indelible Roberta’s sign. The scraggly red font had come t...