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On this week's show, we'll explore the immense influence that Italian foodways had on the development of New Orleans cuisine. We'll time travel through the years of the family-operated Uptown gem, Pascal's Manale. This history, which is now immortalized in Poppy's new book, The Pascal's Manale Cookbook, focuses on two Sicilian immigrant families, t...

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From the time she was 7 years old, Judi Stanley knew she wanted to open a restaurant. While living in San Francisco, a relative had taken her to see the original film, “Moulin Rouge.” “I came home and I said, “Daddy, I’m going to open a restaurant one day,” Judi Stanley said of her father, Michael Klein. “He said, ‘No daughter of mine will ever be...

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Pasta lovers don’t need to fly to Italy to get their fix of pasta and garlic bread. Ohio’s Trumbull County Italian Food Tour maps out some of the best places for Italian food in one of the state’s major Italian communities. In the late 1800s, Italian immigrants started to settle in Mahoning Valley in Northern Ohio. Now, Trumbull County is honoring...

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A new Italian eatery, offering pizza, beer and more, has made its debut in the neighborhood. The fresh addition, called Rotolo's Craft & Crust, is located at 9250 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 130. According to its website, the business, which has four locations in Louisiana in addition to the one in Frisco, is a spinoff concept of Rotolo's Pizzeria and...

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Woodburn residents; prepare to fall in love because Fazoli’s is making its Oregon debut and bringing the best breadsticks you’ve ever tasted to 105 Arney Road in Woodburn on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Fazoli’s – America’s largest elevated QSR Italian chain – is committed to delivering delicious Italian food, including its famous signature breadsticks, at a...

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In the area of Valtaro and Valmagra, mushroom picking is a custom that has been passed on for many centuries. Borgo Val di Taro and its valleys became famous all over the world for their porcino mushroom in the late nineteenth century, when many emigrants took this product with them and word spread on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Every year autumn and winter, with cold weather and abrupt temperature changes, bring in the flu, forcing us to spend four to five days in bed under the blankets waiting for the fever, cough and cold to go away. To fight these symptoms and recover fast, we can start with a healthy diet, bringing to the table tasty foods - comfort foods - rich in vi...

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Starbucks’ new Italian bakery and café, Princi, has already made its U.S. debut in Seattle and Chicago. Now, it’s coming to New York. The counter-service restaurant, which sells coffee, food, beer, wine, pizza, and dessert, will be opening its doors in Manhattan’s Theater District on October 25. Princi, from Italian artisan baker Rocco Princi, has...

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A little more than two years after the Settepani family announced its restaurant rebranding, the new rendition of Bruno's has officially arrived on the Staten Island dining scene. The bakery and restaurant are located at 1650 Hylan Blvd., Dongan Hills; 718-987-5859,PasticceriaBruno.com.  "We are a family-owned business for over 45 years," said Fina...

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A slice of cod placed on julienne-sliced vegetables, served in a squid ink broth and topped with a sprinkling of powdered seaweed and sea urchins. The dish that the Modenese chef Massimo Bottura created to pay homage to jazzman Thelonious Monk, reminds me of Malevič’s Black Square painting and  makes me think that, if art were to enter Bottura’s -...

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