by Amy Calder   A passion for Italian food a love of downtown are the impetus for Holy Cannoli owners Candace and Tom Savinelli and Mayor Nick Isgro to combine their culinary expertise and open a high-end Italian market on Main Street.   The market is expected to open in December in the former Barrels Community Market space next to...

By Bill Gelman   Francesca Gourmet Foods is now open in the New Bridge Landing at River Edge shopping center. The 6,000-square-foot space features a vast array of prepared foods from around the world — with a focus on classic Italian fare — made fresh daily, along with a selection of artisanal products.   Owner Keith Alliots, who name...

By Greg Morago   Tony Mandola's namesake restaurant has gone through changes in style, menu, location and name over three decades. The restaurant owned by Tony and Phyllis Mandola started out as Blue Oyster Bar when it opened in 1982. Then there was Tony Mandola's Blue Oyster Bar when it opened on Shepherd.   Then came the big mo...

by James Mulcahy   Think the perfect slice of pizza is a work of art? Well, PizzArte is the city's first combination pizza and art gallery – while you won't find preserved pies lining the walls, you will find that the space is a showcase for works fromNeopolitan artists. The second story of the building will be dedicated to established names...

by Phil Nerges   From the outside, I thought Federici's South looked like most other strip-mall pizzerias. Inside, I found something different. I entered to find comfortable, diner-style booths in one room, and in the back, a larger room with tables and casual décor. I sensed a different atmosphere, different from the rock-hard seating...

  WTI Magazine #31    2014 May, 22Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   Girotonno is the event for journalists, experts and connoisseurs of quality tuna. Chefs from all over the world will be in Carloforte, from May 30 to June 2, on the island of San Pietro (province of Carbonia-Iglesias) in the southwest of Sardinia, on the occasion of th...

by Jacqueline Cain   Bostonians get their own Serafina tomorrow when the newest venture from restaurateur Seth Greenberg (Mistral, Bastille Kitchen) and Sterling Group Management opens at 11 a.m., and it truly is Boston's own. The location at 10 High St. in the Financial District features an old-world-meets-new-world design aesthetic, and co...

The K-6 Lincoln School Home School Association's (HSA) first "A Day at the Piazza" event will feature a best meatball competition, kids cupcake wars and a multitude of activities and prizes from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.  The idea for the event was thought up by fundraiser co-chairs, Nicole Greco-Peepas and Paula Sules, who felt...

Lately we've been taken with a classic immigrant sandwich called the Muffuletta, which was created in the early 1900s at the Central Grocery, a famous Italian market in New Orleans. The word "muffuletta" originally referred to a round-shaped loaf of Sicilian sesame bread, which became the base for the sandwich now bearing its name.   Si...

by Jane Patton   Lexington Pasta, 962 Delaware Avenue, will be opening Pasta Garage Italian Cafe in early June, according to co-owner Lesme Romero.   "You will be able to come in, pick out your shape of pasta, your sauce and eat on the spot, while you watch us make the pasta in the back," he said. The restaurant will be open for lunch...