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If you’re day dreaming about visiting an Italian café, but a European getaway isn’t in the cards, it’s time to swing by Café Gran Milan in the outer reaches of Richmond. You won’t be disappointed. The Italian eatery may have an elusive location nearby the Pacific East Mall, but what it lacks in convenience, it makes up for with delicious eats and e...

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Robert DeLeo was working in southern Florida when an opportunity came up. At the time, he had no idea how a move to Charleston would change the trajectory of his life and career. He met his wife, Breana, shortly after settling in the Holy City to lead the dining concepts at The Restoration Charleston on Wentworth Street. Nine years later, the husba...

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Americans’ love affair with Italian food, wine, culture and art isn’t lost on Marzia and Nico Candelora. The husband-and-wife team of Italian restaurateurs opened their second Punta Gorda establishment—Fresco. Fresco is located at 321 Taylor St., next door to their full-menu Italian restaurant, Pizza Gorda, which opened in August 2020. Several doze...

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Nearly eight years since the inaugural mission to Italy by the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to scrutinize Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) control systems in Umbria and Tuscany, the Federal Register has at last announced the formal expansion of APHIS-recognized SVD-free zones. This paves the way for the export of Tuscany and U...

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I’ve been in on The Italian Sausage Company from the very beginning. I’ve written about their incredible collaboration with James Chang and one of their many specials. Well, they’ve done it again. Michelle and Joe Brancato are the couple who run everything from baking fresh bread, making their own Italian sausage, and even handling their own market...

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Liguria’s spectacular cuisine is often boiled down into just two internationally renowned players: focaccia and pesto. While they rightfully deserve their place in the spotlight, the fluffy and the basil-y often overshadow the rest of the region’s vegetable-forward, innovative dishes. Long before the country of Italy was unified, the port city of G...

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In 2004, partners and chefs Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli (aka “The Franks”) opened a charming Italian restaurant, Frankies 457 Spuntino, in Brooklyn’s historically Italian neighborhood, Carroll Gardens. It was a bold move for these culinary pioneers — Carroll Gardens was not well known, and Brooklyn hadn’t yet become cool — but they believ...

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The Consortium for the Protection of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO is set to make its presence felt once again at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York (June 23-25), the preeminent American trade expo dedicated to the food and beverage sector. This engagement is pivotal in advancing promotional campaigns aimed at driving demand for the illustrious ‘king...

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When Raffles Boston opened to great fanfare in the Back Bay in September 2023, a few venues at the luxurious property were not quite ready for guests. La Padrona, an Italian restaurant headlined by acclaimed Boston chef Jody Adams, was one of them. But the May 2023 opening has proved worth the wait. The two-story establishment offers a dramatic set...

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We are on our way to Portofino early, in an attempt to enjoy the candy-colored village before the inevitable crowds arrive. A relaxing, luxurious girls’ weekend filled with trofie al pesto and pansotti alla salsa di noci, stuffed anchovies, along with sips of barsotto to wash it all down, seems like just the thing to cure the blues brought on by a...

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