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Since it opened just one year ago, La Bottega has become the local favorite of many Astorians and Queens residents alike who come for the excellent paninis, homemade soups, salads, pasta dishes, entrees, gourmet coffees and desserts. La Bottega has it all, seven days a week from 10:30 am until 10pm on weeknights and 11pm on weekends. Now they do a...

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by Silvia Rector   Imagine a big burrito made with Italian flavors and ingredients, rolled into a thin, flaky, stone-baked crust, and you'll get the idea behind the piada — the signature menu item of the new Piada Italian Street Food restaurant in Troy. Now think of an Italian restaurant that works like Chipotle Mexican Grill — where gu...

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Italian motorway and airport snackbar operator Autogrill has won a contract to operate 25 food and beverage outlets in Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport, the company said on Thursday. Autogrill expects to make around $1.2 billion in revenue from the 18-year agreement, through which it will sell food and drinks to travellers under brands including...

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By Riccardo Chioni Di passaggio a New York proveniente dal Fancy Food di San Francisco, il maestro pasticciere siciliano Nicola Fiasconaro ci ha incontrato al ristorante Felidia di Lidia Bastianich nella Upper East Side, dove all'ingresso un maitre si è fatto incontro dicendogli "il suo panettone alla crema di pistacchio è una delizia unica". La...

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The bay area is an eclectic mix of houses and people reflecting a unique blending of styles and cultures. Perhaps that's why this area was the chosen home for my Italian grandparents, uncles and aunts who came to America during the great Migration.   The different styles and backgrounds they brought with them grace our family heritage with p...

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Happy 50th Anniversary to Nutella! The hazelenut spread by Italian company Ferrero is celebrating half a century with Nutella food truck stops in 16 regions across the U.S., starting today with the greater metropolitan New York City.   The "Spread the Happy" truck tour offers free samples of Nutella, games and other entertainment. To celebra...

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Tonight's the night when Giada De Laurentiis finds out if people will not only like her California take on Italian cuisine but pay $68 for a 28-ounce bone-in Tuscan rib-eye.   Also of concern, how patrons pronounce her pasta dishes such as Spah-geh-tee and Boo-kah-tee-nee, which she helpfully phonetically spells out for the uninformed. &nbs...

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ALL HAIL the royalty of rich chocolate beverages. The owner of Brooklyn-based Dolce Vite plans to change her legal name to Princess Chocolatto, fusing her identity with the Italian-style hot chocolate that has become her life.   "My customers call me that anyway, so I figured I'd make the change," the popular Park Slope figure told the Dail...

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They're back! The Doko family, the original owners of beloved Tuscany Italian Bistro, have returned to Crowley bringing their authentic family recipes and excellent service back to town.   "Thank you for coming back," said Gary Green, who, along with his family, enjoyed fresh warm bread and mounds of homemade pasta, sauce and cheese Friday...

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Cento milioni di piccoli pacchi escono ogni anno dalle 35 linee di confezionamento che fanno di Besana, classe 1921, il più grande produttore e distributore italiano di frutta secca al mondo, presente da poco anche in Cina attraverso i negozi della catena Walmart.   Fondata dai fratelli Emilio e Vincenzo Besana oggi l’azienda – distrutta dur...

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