We made it down to Colorado Springs on our late summer trip to Colorado earlier this year. After going through the Garden of the Gods and subsequently checking into our hotel, the historic Antlers Hilton, we decided we'd better start thinking about getting something to eat for the evening. We thought about German food, but then I found an...
READ MOREby Stephanie Saltzman Giada De Laurentiis fills a lot of roles: TV personality, Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef, mom, Italian accent coach, California girl next door, and shiny hair exemplar. In between all of that, she sat down with us to discuss her beauty routine (spoiler: it involves olive oil), style icons, and the hairstyle that now make...
READ MOREOltrepassata la porta a vetri che dalla 23esima strada consente l'accesso al grande magazzino il mondo si trasforma. Dalla straordinaria varietà di colori e nazionalità che caratterizza New York si passa infatti a un ambiente familiare, colmo di marchi storici, prodotti tipici regionali, grandi eccellenze nazionali: è il mondo di Eataly, oggi...
READ MOREBy: Adam Lapetina Italian food in America has been undergoing a bit of a renaissance in the last few decades, and completely without da Vinci's help -- everywhere you look, you can find some good old-fashioned red gravy adorning, well, just about anything chefs can get their hands on. And chefs can get their hands on a lot of stuff, turns...
READ MOREAfter a random meeting through a mutual friend, chefs Gabe and Katherine Thompson hit it off -- as you may have surmised from the joint last name. Shortly after meeting Gabe, Katherine was approached by her former colleagues Joe Campanale and August Cardona; they were opening a restaurant and wanted her to be the executive chef. She had no...
READ MORENorthwest seafood meets the Mediterranean at Little Italy in Coos Bay. Generous pasta shells overflow with juicy crab meat, spinach, ricotta cheese and creamy tomato sauce; and are smothered in melting mozzarella. Fresh salmon is perfectly grilled and served with creamy Dijon mustard and capers, alongside a beautiful salad. Mouth-watering cioppino...
READ MORETrying to keep up with new Italian restaurants in Southwest Florida is virtually impossible, as it seems every month brings new pizzerias, osterias and trattorias to an already crowded Italiano scene. Inevitably, marinara fatigue sets in and you find yourself avoiding dishes ending with the words parmigiana, piccata and puttanesca. The cur...
READ MOREBy Leslie Albrecht There won't be a statue of an old man with an enormous moustache holding a "sad-looking pizza" at the new Italian restaurant opening on the corner of Eighth Avenue and 11th Street, the co-owners told DNAinfo New York. The team behind Pastificio Flora say they plan to destroy that outdated stereotype at their eat...
READ MOREby Ann Brown If you can't tell it's fall by the 90-degree weather, just step into a grocery store for sure signs of the change of season. Many food companies and stores themselves are filling the shelves with autumnal flavors. Biscotti baker Nonni's has introduced two perfect-for-dipping-in-your-coffee limited-edition holiday fla...
READ MOREBy Sarah Fritsche This is your friendly reminder that the new incarnation of Michael Mina's Test Kitchen, Little Italy, debuts this Saturday night (October 31).As Inside Scoop reported last month, the Italian American-themed menu will be a tribute to the rustic Italian immigrant cooking of chef Adam Sobel's grandmother and the Sunday famil...
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