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By Aleese KopfSouth End residents soon will be able to grab a bottle of wine in their own backyard.The Town Council granted a special exception Wednesday to allow a new Italian wine store to open on the first floor of the BankUnited Building at 2875 S. Ocean Blvd. The new Cento Vini store totals 611 square feet and will feature exclusive Italian wi...

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by Jordana Rothman   You've probably heard of Tony Mantuano: The James Beard Award-winning Chicago chef behind the legendary Spiaggia, Bar Toma, and Terzo Piano. Mantuano recently expanded to South Beach, putting down roots inside the new Redbury Hotel on Collins Avenue.   Here, he tells us about his first Miami venture, the Italian L...

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The 2014 Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco closed last week, following a three-day exhibition of more than 80,000 hand-crafted, artisan foods and beverages from more than 1,300 exhibitors from across the U.S. and around the world. Now on its 39th edition, the Winter Fancy Food Show is the West Coast's largest showcase dedicated to the latest...

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A special edition of La Piccola Cucina's Cultural Culinary Experience for Children will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel of Houston from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22.   According to a Italian Cultural and Community Center news release, "La Piccola Cucina is a program dedicated to children 5 to 12 years old, aimed at teaching the I...

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Discover your inner chef and Italy's incredibly diverse culinary landscape to create your own 3 course masterpiece! Six classes introduce the distinct and exciting cuisines of 6 Italian regions. Each class lasts 4 hours. You will cook in a newly equipped kitchen at the Dante Alighieri Society in Kendall Square, Cambridge, and enjoy your meal in int...

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Columbus Foods has broken ground to expand its existing Hayward, Calif., salame curing and processing facility by an additional 55,000 square feet.   Set to be completed by July 2015, the new building will boast drying capacity for 23 million pounds of salame for the company, a venerable San Francisco Bay Area institution that has been bring...

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by James Pasto   In the first chapter of her excellent and enjoyable book "Gravy Wars," Lorraine Ranalli states that the term gravy is "unique" to South Philly Italians. By "gravy" she means what most people call "sauce" — that tomato-ey stuff that goes on pasta.   I met Lorraine a few years ago when she was at a reading with Lisa Cap...

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Joe Bastianich, the restaurant owner and star of MasterChef and Restaurant Startup, is taking his business back to the old country with the launch of his new Italy-based production company.   Bastianich, who unveiled his venture to global broadcasters at international television market MIPCOM in Cannes this week, tellsTHR his goal with the n...

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A Tex-Mex restaurant in Uptown Park won't be the only new restaurant created by Lasco Enterprises' decision to open Anejo in the space previously occupied by Arturo's Uptown Italiano. Now longtime Arturo's general manager Shanon Scott is setting off on his own to open Sud Italia Ristorante, which will take over the space currently occupied by Frenc...

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What’s going into the first floor of the former Windsor Hotel has long been a source of speculation. Nearly a year ago, we reported that Macchialina, a Miami-based Italian restaurant, would set up shop on the corner of Broadway and Walnut streets. Then, rumors circulated that the restaurant wasn’t coming.   Now the restaurant partners, Micha...

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