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by Judith Hausman   There's an Italian restaurant at each of the four corners in Eastchester where you'll find Casa Brusco - but it's trying to set itself apart. "There's no chicken parm here - we're trying to move away from the Italian-American cliché," says general manger Diana Buonsignore. Chef Alberto Ricci comes to Casa Brusco from seve...

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A Pennsylvania-based Italian ice franchise with more than 600 stores in 23 states opened its first Minnesota location in Eagan this month.   Rita's Italian Ice is made of ice and fresh fruit and available in 65 flavors. The company also makes cream ice (they frown upon calling it ice cream), frozen custard, milkshakes, custard cakes and gela...

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The Premio dei Premi is the most important and coveted Italian award established by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers by courtesy of the President of the Italian Republic where every year the innovative excellence of the Made in Italy is awarded. As far as the award "Barilla per i Giovani" is concerned, the actual support given to the educ...

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There is something to be said for being in the right place at the right time. During our visit to Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, we looked out our window and discovered we were almost sitting on top of MortadellaBo, a one-of-a-kind, four-day festival celebrating mortadella.   Much of Piazza Maggiore, the public square in the...

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Since founding Vermont Salumi in 2011, Peter Colman has wanted to make a cured salami. But until recently, the Italian-born, Vermont-raised meat man has stuck to fresh sausages — salty, savory pork tinged with pepper or wine and packed into natural hog casings. They're fantastic, but cured they are not.   Though Colman had worked under Itali...

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Tomatina, a casual, chef-inspired Italian restaurant, is celebrating the opening of its seventh Bay Area location on December 16 from 5-7pm at 401 South B Street in San Mateo, California.   Tomatina will be joined by Greg from the popular 99.7 NOW Fernando and Greg Morning Show, who will be playing music on-site and helping to give away fres...

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By Heather Hoch It's pretty much a rite of passage in Phoenix to get a mozzarella, tomato, and basil sandwich from Pane Bianco. Chris Bianco's little sandwich shop on Central Avenue between Indian School and Camelback roads offers only three sandwiches every day, after all, and that's one of them.   While the aromatic basil and juicy local...

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Quante volte a passeggio per una capitale straniera – a migliaia di chilometri di distanza dal nostro Paese – è capitato di imbattersi in una gelateria dal chiaro "retrogusto" italiano? Un nome (spesso infarcito di storpiature) che inneggia alla tradizione tricolore e ci fa sorridere, un'atmosfera che attinge agli stereotipi più comuni sul Belpaese...

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Kansas City has become a "hot spot" for guest chefs and food artisans the past three to four years. Buddy Valastro, Ferran Adrià, Dario Cecchini, John Besh, Rachael Ray, Roberto Donna, Bryan Voltaggio ... The list is endless and I can go along for five more paragraphs to be honest with you.   This past week another chef passed through K...

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by Lauren Steussy   Ralph's Italian Ices is getting a new look, just in time for its busy warm-weather season. This year, visitors to the famous frozen treat shop's flagship location on Port Richmond Avenue will be greeted by a bright new mural directly across the street, painted by Port Richmond's own Kwue Molly.   Molly, now an...

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