Line your dinner table with an Italian feast of fried calamari, fresh pasta and tiramisu. Nunziata Pisani, better known as Mamma, is sharing culinary secrets with her new cookbook, Cookin with Mamma. The eighth of nine children, Pisani grew up in a small village outside Naples, Italy, called Contursi. She helped her family on a dairy farm with...

by Claudia Baroncelli   Lets paint a picture: it's the weekend, its cold, dark and wet outside, you're alone, in your comfy pants, binging on Netflix, with absolutely no intention of leaving the house, and you're content. But all that's missing is some delicious comfort food to top off the perfect scenario.   And don't lie; I know we'...

by Denise Neil Italian chef Lidia Bastianich is one of the rare food celebrities who has a restaurant close enough for Wichitans to visit regularly. Her Lidia's Kansas City at 101 W. 22nd St. in Kansas City, Mo., serves homey Italian dishes in an upscale setting.   Bastianich, 68, is also a television star and cookbook author, and she's mak...

CittĂ : ChicagoPaese: STATI UNITIPeriodo di svolgimento: 01/04/2013 - 30/12/2013Descrizione: La Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest intende organizzare una missione del settore agroalimentare a Chicago. Le ditte italiane coinvolte saranno ditte Lombarde, Laziali. Toscane e Siciliane. Gli operatori coinvolti saranno importatori, distributori...

Jack Mancini has reincarnated his namesake restaurant not far from the original he ran for nine years. He created a contemporary Italian menu with executive chef Claudio Sandri including crudo, antipasti, pizza, pasta and secondi that are artfully composed.   There's also mozzarella pulled at tableside and served with heirloom tomatoes and p...

By Sandra Fischione Donovan   Chef Matt Cavanaugh and his wife, Andrea, searched areas in Moon, Findlay and North Fayette for possible restaurant venues near their home in Crescent. But nothing seemed suitable, until he was urged to look at a Lawrenceville property.   "We fell in love with the brick," says Matt Cavanaugh of the Butler...

Da Roma a Houston in una Big Night all'insegna del Cinema e del Gusto. Un evento dai sapori e profumi tutti italiani. Condito dai racconti delle star che svelano i segreti del loro successo anche in cucina, e dalle immagini in mostra di un grande Paparazzo come Rino Barillari.   Un evento preparato con ingredienti scelti, sequenze e costumi...

Diners in Mequon were taking Salotto Zarletti's tagline of "a place to gather" seriously. They crowded into the bar; they filled the tables in the dining room. Waiting until the same day to make a reservation meant I could dine quite early or quite late.   A couple of weeks in at chef-restaurateur Brian Zarletti's new restaurant, and it look...

by Megan Rogers   An Italian treat made at the Mallozzi Family's Villa Italia Bakery in downtown Schenectady, New York is now being sold in gourmet markets across the United States. The Villa Italia Torrone, all-natural almond nougat, is the first product the bakery is selling nationally. "It's exciting for us," says Bobby Mallozzi, ow...

Owners of The Rio will open their third restaurant concept, RARE Italian, Thursday in Old Town Fort Collins. Construction lasted just two and a half months on the prime piece of Old Town real estate, 101 S. College Ave., resulting in a space that has been transformed, at least partially, for the new restaurant.   Previous tenant Ingredient...