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I had pizza on the brain, but not in my belly, after the troubled recent inaugural edition of the Fort Lauderdale Pizza Festival. Like other attendees who felt short-sliced, I wound up hankering and hunting for cheesy goodness in the aftermath. Such is the power of pizza. It is America’s ultimate communal comfort food, the stuff of teen sleepovers,...

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A taste of Italian lifestyle is coming to Nassau Coliseum in September, and tickets for the event go on sale Friday. Italia Vera: The Ultimate Italian Lifestyle Festival will land at the Coliseum for one day only on Sept. 9, but with two sessions: one at 12:30 p.m. and one at 5:30 p.m. The event will transform the Coliseum into a slice of Italy, fe...

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On Sunday, April 9, chefs David Uygur and Justin Holt at Lucia, which is normally closed on Sundays, will share their tiny kitchen with Sprezza chef Ryan Ferguson. There are only two seatings for the dinner, which is likely to fill up fast. “We thought it would be fun to get together and cook with someone else who does Italian,” Uygur says. “We dec...

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There are two things that Italians do better than anyone else: pasta and sauce. And while we Americans can re-create all the homemade pasta and classic Italian sauces we want at home, there's one technique that you can only learn in Italy, and that's how much sauce you should add to your pasta. I learned this tip firsthand while eating countless pl...

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Production of certified buffalo mozzarella cheese from the southern Campania region will have to comply with stricter rules to meet growing demand from foreign and remote countries. The decision was announced by the director of the protection consortium, Pier Maria Saccani. The new regulation of a business that has reached €500 million in sales inc...

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A new location of Russo’s New York Pizzeria will open in April at the Fairfield Town Center, 28610 Hwy. 290, Cypress. The eatery specializes in authentic, hand-tossed New York pizza as well as Italian pastas, salads and soups. The new 2,500-square-foot restaurant will include 70 indoor and 24 patio seats. It will offer free deliver services within...

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Caterina Ceraudo, 29 years old, was recently awarded the Michelin Chef Woman Prize 2017 thanks to her amazing job at her restaurant Dattilo. Caterina’s story is a very interesting one. She is the youngest of three children of Roberto Ceraudo, a forward-thinking entrepreneur who decided to set up a green company, 100 percent sustainable. Roberto Cer...

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The owners of Pizzeria Verita on in Burlington plan to buy two adjacent restaurants on St. Paul Street, including the venerable Italian eatery Trattoria Delia, which has been in business for 24 years. The deal is expected to be completed next Monday, Verita co-owner Leslie McCrorey Wells told the Burlington Free Press. The deal was first reported b...

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Pino Luongo, a pioneer in popularizing Tuscan cuisine in America, is branching out to Soho. Luongo, who runs the successful Morso on East 59th Street, has signed a lease to launch an eatery in the former Milady’s bar space at 160 Prince St., at the corner of Thompson. The 1,850-square-foot restaurant is expected to open in the fall. The deal was br...

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Are you looking for a weekend gateway and wondering where you can go? Enough of the hustle bustle of the city. Why don’t you get the taste of sea therapy? Yes, salt water, breeze, sand and food; this is the combination that can melt anyone’s heart. And if you want a perfect combo of all the above-mentioned things, visit South Florida. Don’t you thi...

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