By Susan Hiland   A pasta and meatball dinner will be served next month to help out the local community. The Unico National Solano Chapter, which is one of the largest Italian-American service organizations in the U.S., will provide a dinner Oct. 17 to help raise money for charities in Solano County, according to an announcement for the...

By Cheryl Baehr   Our server at Randolfi's insisted that we try the sweetbreads Parmesan, and we were exceptionally glad we heeded her advice. Of course sweetbreads aren't bread and they aren't particularly sweet, as I imagined the father behind me telling his perplexed five-year-old — instead, they're the delicate glands from the thymu...

By Jason DeRusha In a low-profile, strip mall surrounded by Eden Prairie corporate headquarters, D'Amico's Campiello Restaurant has been quietly creating great Italian food for more than twenty years. "It's an institution," executive chef Chris Dmochowski said.   "D'Amico has a really good knack for running really good restaurants, a...

Italy is among the world's largest producers and exporters of olive oil. The olive harvest (la raccolta delle olive) is currently under way, and, after last year's unfortunate season, 2015 seems to be yielding a much more positive balance for Italian producers. But what's so special about this natural food product? Well, for years, scientists and n...

by Greg Bischof   Nearly 14 years ago, Zapata's Mexican restaurateurs traveled north from Shreveport to carved out a wedge of business in Texarkana, Ark. And now some Italian restaurateurs are doing the same.    Verona, a soon-to-be Italian fine dining restaurant, recently took up residency at 212 East Broad St.—the for...

For the first time, an Italian market founded 98 years ago in San Francisco is expanding its line of specialty products nationwide, including the Dayton area. All three Dayton-area Dorothy Lane Market stores are now offering select AG Ferrari Foods products, including several jarred pestos; Taralli crackers, a traditional cracker from the Pugl...

di Riccardo Chioni   La seconda giornata dell'edizione invernale del Fancy Food Show che chiude oggi al Moscone Center di San Francisco ha fatto registrare un nuovo record di visitatori a questo mega mercato che mette in vetrina decine di migliaia di specialità alimentari e bevande provenenti da 35 paesi. Il padiglione italiano, con le sue...

From the moment you turn off busy Hanover Street in the North End and into the alley, you know you're in for a treat. A sign reading "Fresh Artisan Breads " hangs on an old fire escape. Open the glass door at the end of the lane and the heady smell of fermenting yeast and flour rises up the stairs. Who knew a trip to a bakery could end up being a f...

During my travels, it always amazes me that certain restaurants stand above others. Parma Pastavino and Deli, located on 759 Washington Blvd. in Las Vegas, is one of those eateries where families love to sit back in one of their comfortable lounge chairs and partake in some very tasty cuisine. It's almost like relaxing in your living room. I didn'...

Promuovere negli Usa uno stile vita sano, e promuovere i prodotti agroalimentari italiani che consentono una vita sana. E' l'obiettivo di "Authentically EATalian", iniziativa del ministero dello Sviluppo Economico (Mise) che porta, fino a ottobre, sulle tavole americane e nelle manifestazioni sportive, in particolare a Miami e Los Angeles, la cucin...