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Only in New York could an Italian-American mayor find a piece of the minuscule mountain village his family left a century ago just steps from City Hall.   Mayor de Blasio frequently grabs lunch at Pisillo Italian Panini shop on Nassau St. , which Antonella Silvio opened in November 2012 — the same month de Blasio was elected mayor. She...

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WTI Magazine #63    2015 June, 27Author : Berardo Paradiso      Translation by:   This past November, Eataly and the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) launched the contest initiative "Short Food Movie at Eataly," an extension of the EXPO Milan 2015 "Short Food Movie" program themed "Feed Your Mind, Film Your Planet." Our IACE student...

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By Brian Maccready   The former SBC location in Branford has a new use, and if you're a fan of Italian cuisine and brick oven pizza you'll love this news. Burrata Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria opened on June 30 at 850 W. Main Street, according to its website.   The Branford Seven reports that the same owners have opened Burrata...

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by Liz Biro   An uncommon take on Italian food lands in Fountain Square in early September, or maybe as soon as late August. Restaurant Pioneer, at the crossroads of Shelby Street and Virginia Avenue, features the food of northeastern Italy and its Alpine neighbors Austria, Germany and Switzerland.   That means homemade bratwurst...

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by Syd Kearney   Emmy Award-winning cook and author Giada De Laurentiis is bringing her "Happy Cooking" book tour to Houston Nov. 14. Joined by a moderator on stage at the Cullen Performance Hall, De Laurentiis will share her inspiration for her latest cookbook and then take questions from the audience. De Laurentiis is the host of thr...

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  WTI Magazine #73    2015 November 27Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   Italy's food culture is known the world over for being particularly tasty. For many study abroad students, the allure of a hot pizza on a night out, a steamy cappuccino on a morning walk, or some delicious tiramisù with...

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By Karen Peterson   The sign on North Guadalupe Street says "Pizzeria da Lino" and I've passed it a hundred or a thousand times without guessing that Lino's serves more than pizza. In fact, this small, intimate and cozy place is a trattoria – an informal Italian eatery serving pizza and pasta, certainly, but more besides.   It's...

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by Danya Henninger   When Luigi Fiorella was 19 years old, he left his parents' farm in Foggia, Italy, to try his luck in the New World. He gathered his savings, booked passage on a transatlantic ship, and landed in Philadelphia in 1892. Like many other Italian immigrants in South Philly, he began working as a butcher.   In 1904, he p...

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By Caroline Lee In an Adirondack-style building on Central Avenue, where Truman's Restaurant used to be, Mia Lucci's, a new restaurant, makes wood-fired pizza and other casual food. Traditional Adirondack-style buildings are made with materials from the environment in which they are found, and they are designed to bring serenity to the surrou...

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Italian-American Foodways: Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Italian American Review Italian and Italian-American food has a long history in the homes, markets, and restaurants of the United States. For many immigrants, the hunger and food shortages associated with la miseria (literally, "misery") were a primary motivation for emigration, and...

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