If you’re in the mood for top notch Italian food, the new Vaticano Restaurant in Fort Erie will most definitely scratch that itch. But be warned: this Italian restaurant is extremely Italian, like, to an almost comical degree. While having dinner with my wife there recently, we heard Dean Martin’s ode to pizza pies, That’s Amore, not once, not twic...
READ MORENestled beside the Ink Block apartments in the South End, coastal Italian restaurant Bar Mezzana is the kind of neighborhood restaurant everyone wishes they lived close enough to walk to. “This area we’re in all used to be under water, so our menu really invokes the ocean and the coast,” said Heather Lynch, who owns Bar Mezzana along with her husba...
READ MOREChinotto is a citrus fruit originally from China, exclusively grown on the Ligurian coast, in the Savona area since the end of the 19th century. These small, uniquely fragrant fruits, used to be sold candied and preserved in maraschino, after having been kept under a sea water brine for some time. At the beginning of the 1930s, the first chinotto s...
READ MORE„E’ stato un iter lungo e complesso, tra burocrazia e certificazioni, ma tra pochi mesi Salsa Natura il laboratorio artigiano di via Portapuglia (titolari Paolo Granelli e Alberto Grobili), specializzato nella produzione di salse che, in questi ultimi anni, ha acquisito sempre più vasti spazi di mercato in Italia, presso catene della ristorazione,...
READ MOREReady for all your gelato dreams to come true? On Saturday, July 14, we're hosting our first-ever Gelato Festa. Come join this sweet event to discover our variety of creamy artisanal Italian gelato and all the ways you can pair it. From 2-5 p.m., explore our marketplace which will feature stations spread across the entire store offering frozen fav...
READ MORELess than a month ago, Wynwood gained an outpost of the 15-year-old Washington, D.C.-based Italian restaurant Sette Osteria. The eatery serves a robust selection of house-made pastas, pizzas, and larger entrées, along with dozens of wines. "Wynwood is full of young professionals and visitors who yearn for delicious food," says Iraklis Karabassis, f...
READ MOREFrom July 11 until August 15, join us every Wednesday for an Italian breakfast, happy hour live music in Madison Square Park. This summer, we're joining forces with Madison Square Music, a free live music concert series located in Madison Square Park in the Flatiron district. To accompany the open air concerts, we're bringing our two of our favorit...
READ MOREThe awarding ceremony of the Italian Food Awards USA 2018, the most innovative Italian products presented in the USA trade show Summer Fancy Food 2018, took place yesterday at the Javits Convention Center (River Pavilion) in New York City. The second edition of the Italian Food Awards USA was organized by Italianfood.net, the international B2B inte...
READ MORENel film a cartoni animati “Ratatouille” che narra le avventure di un topo parigino con la passione per la gastronomia, il “cattivo” di turno, rappresentato dal perfido critico d’arte culinaria Anton Ego, si redime, alla fine della storia, dopo aver assaggiato un piatto i cui sapori lo riportano magicamente alla sua infanzia francese e alle perdute...
READ MOREEvery so often I get a little extra excited about a new restaurant or market, for one reason or another. Like in this case, when I imagine I am jumping up and down, clapping my hands like a little girl and totally embarrassing myself. That’s because soon I may be driving by Monte’s Fine Foods every day, a project that longtime Portland chef Steve Q...
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