For a taste of tried and true Italian cuisine and hospitality, you don’t need to head across the Atlantic to the shores of Sicily; one needs only to head on over to Il Vizio of Massapequa to experience a real taste of the old country, right in the heart of Long Island. In a day in age when there are almost more restaurant options out there than the...
READ MOREQuando Quintiliano nel riportare il giudizio di Asinio Pollione su Tito Livio e le sue virtù oratorie parla di quendam Patavinitas si riferisce probabilmente a un certo provincialismo che rende tipico l’eloquio dello storico; ed è proprio sulle caratteristiche del territorio, sulle qualità iper-local che fa leva Patavini, il nuovo ristorante incast...
READ MOREIt’s a fact: Lasagna is the best food known to man, a beautiful carb explosion of cheese, béchamel, and garlicky tomato sauce sandwiched between layer after layer of noodle. New York, being the mecca of Italian-American cooking that it is, has plenty of choices, but Grub decided to spotlight the best and brightest from a spate of old-school and new...
READ MOREWhen: Sunday, November 18, 2018 At 6:00 pm - Where: Eataly, 43 E Ohio St., Sunday, November 18, 2018, from 6:00 PM, Chicago, IL Presented on the occasion of Italian Cuisine Week in the World, University of Chicago Historian, Daniele Macuglia, will lead guests on a culinary journey to the Middle Ages. During the class, students will have the opportu...
READ MOREItaly is synonymous with good food, and yet Italian cuisine is often thought of abroad as little more than pizza and pasta. If you’ve spent any amount of time in the country, though, you’ll know every region has its own distinct cuisine. So in case you need an excuse to eat yet more delicious Italian food, here’s our guide to the best local dishes...
READ MORESo many new restaurant dishes are designed to smack you in the mouth with flavor. They have layers of fried things with lots of cheese and bacon, or they're spiced and sugared and smoked and charred so they get the pleasure centers of your brain busy and lit up. Which can be a fun trip. But no layered dish of bold flavors comes close to the depth,...
READ MORENostalgia triggered by the emanating aromas and distinct flavors of the kitchens and restaurants of our childhood can elevate a dining experience in powerful ways. One of the strongest memory-fueled Marin meals I’ve had in a long time was at Gaspare’s Pizzeria Ristorante & Bar in San Rafael, where the generous portions of rich, rustic dishes and Ne...
READ MOREMario Cimmino just introduced a kind of gelato unlike any in metro Phoenix. Sandwiched between four art galleries on each side, Gelato Cimmino opened in Old Town Scottsdale in mid-October. Right after summer. In a district rife with gelato and ice cream. An Italian dabbling in gelato for the first time. With some primetime overseas help, Cimmino ma...
READ MOREWhen: Sun, November 18, 2018 from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM EST - Where: Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 Ciao a tutti, It's that time of the year that all of you were waiting for...Pasta Night Competition is coming! The four Italian Student Associations existing in the Boston Area (i.e. from BU, Harvard,...
READ MOREBringing more than fifteen years of experience from Washington D.C. under the same name, Sette Osteria opened in the Wynwood Arts District in late May. It is an authentic Italian restaurant and bar with an open kitchen, soft tones, and high ceilings leading way to a sophisticated casual feel. “We wanted it to be updated because Wynwood is about mi...
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