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Tavola offers an Italian dining experience through a local lens in Charlottesville, Va. Chefs Dylan Allwood and Michael Keaveny source ingredients from nearby farms and purveyors, listed on the menu. Dishes include house-made pasta with a Bolognese sauce of local beef and pork, and pan-roasted sea scallops with beet-leek risotto. Wine director Pris...

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Spaghetti cacio and pepper (pecorino romano cheese and pepper), like carbonara and amatriciana, has now become one of the symbols of Italian cuisine. It is prepared using D.O.P (protected designation of origin) ingredients. Pecorino romano is called cacio to distinguish it from pecorino produced in other parts of Italy. Most pecorino is produced o...

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The days are becoming long and hot, and it’s finally time for a vacation. Where do you choose to go? Is it to swap city life for the countryside views, wine glass in one hand and gelato in the other? Is it to meander through cobblestone streets soaking up the surrounding history while the man down the street plays a familiar Dean Martin tune on his...

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My dad, Sal was a great cook. He loved food and worked with it every day, starting out selling produce down by the Hoboken waterfront with his brother Anselmo and their "three-legged (lame) horse " and cart. Later on he worked as a greengrocer and as a deli man. He even grew food in our tiny backyard garden--especially tomatoes. When his customers...

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Pianta, one of Tastemakers Food Hall’s original tenants, is branching out of Brookland. Come July 1, the vegan, Italian-style sandwich shop will begin running the kitchen at New Deal Caféin Greenbelt. The owners will happily continue to operate their stall at Tastemakers. “We’re excited about the growth,” said Leah Curran Moon, who owns the busines...

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Many thanks to our dear friend Giuseppe Marrone, executive chef and proprietor of Acqua Restaurant (21 Peck Slip) in the South Street Seaport, for generously donating food to the Order of Malta’s monthly Bowery Outreach Walk, a grassroots charitable initiative organized by DM Francesca Tempesta to help feed the homeless. A man of great compassion a...

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Fante’s Kitchen Shop, located in Philadelphia, PA, will host cookbook author Elisa Costantini on May 19. Costantini will be signing her latest cookbook, “Italian Moms: Spreading Their Art to Every Table and Italian Moms: Something Old, Something New.” According to Fante’s, in her new book, Costantini includes 150 Italian-themed recipes inspired by...

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Not ready to say goodbye to spring, Los Angeles? Stop by our marketplace this Sunday, May 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for our Mercatino di Primavera!  Get to know producers and enjoy complimentary tastes of our favorite spring ingredients!  During this market-wide event, you’ll have the chance to meet and greet local farmers and producers and explore...

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Many new restaurants have opened in Liberal in the past few years and recently, one restaurant announced its return to the Liberal area.  Napoli’s Italian Restaurant, which was in Liberal for a few years back in the early 2000s on U.S Hwy 54, recently announced its reopening, this time in the Landmark building.  “We started in Texas and slowly move...

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• Tell us about your place: “We are a family business,” said Sarah Whiteaker, who owns Sammio’s Italian Restaurant on Raeford Road with her husband, James. Drew Faircloth is the head chef. They bought the business from relatives and are celebrating their 10th year as owners. It was previously owned by Louis and Roni Frangos, who own the Sammio’s in...

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