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by Alan Morrell   Carpani's Italian Seafood Grille started as a sort of culinary therapy for owner Mario Tartaglia. He had sold his three other local restaurants to care for his wife, Lena, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died in 2004, and three years went by before Mario realized it was time to move on, which is when he opene...

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by Lenora Lake   The children of Al Noto Sr. just thought they were helping their parents. Never did they imagine that, 40 years later, they would be the ones carrying on a tradition. Now, Noto's children and grandchildren are preparing for Friday's 40th anniversary of the Feast of St. Joseph, a traditional Italian luncheon, started by...

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We live in the golden age of Brussels sprouts. Momentum has been building for years—remember the startling majesty you experienced the first time you had a plateful of them sauteed in rendered bacon fat?—and we finally seem to have reached the apex of the curve.   In recent months, I've had amazing versions everywhere from Pub & Kitchen...

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Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, famous for its delicious, handmade subs, reopens its Hockessin location under new management. The award-winning sandwich shop will be returning to its original address at 120 Lantana Square, Hockessin, DE 19707. To celebrate the grand reopening, Capriotti's in Hockessin will be giving away 100 free 9" Bobbies to the first...

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By Sue Kidd   Three choices of cannoli. Let that sink in for a moment. That's an offering for which many Tacoma pastry hounds have dutifully waited. And now it's available at the edge of Tacoma. Dolce Si, a Sicilian-style bakery and gelateria, opened Monday at Point Ruston, the development that spans Tacoma and Ruston,...

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By Beth De Bona Agatha "Aggie" Libassi Westerhoff was working as a nurse in Washington, D.C., when she established a reputation for baking delicious traditional Italian cookies. Westerhoff embraced the popularity, though perhaps didn't expect she would be known as "The Italian Cookie Lady" years later.   "Come Christmas, all the doctor...

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by Kim Ode   When troops from Minneapolis began returning home after World War II, they discovered they missed one thing about Europe. Sliding into booths at the Casino Cafe on North 7th, they'd ask owner and chef James Graziano if he could make them a pizza. Graziano had begun his cooking career while in the service, feeding troops goi...

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By Hailey Eber   Read almost any article on healthy eating and it will tell you: If you want to clean up your diet, cook at home and don't eat out. Wily restaurant chefs are using unhealthy tricks that you can't even fathom to make their food taste great.   But chef Marco Canora is out to change that. "There's a lack of transpare...

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by Dan Gentile Prostitution has different connotations around the world, but there's only one place where it's inspired a sauce. That place is Italy and the stuff is puttanesca, which translates roughly to "lady of the night."   Some sources call the sauce Roman (The Oxford Companion to Italian Food), but it's more commonly associated...

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Even greater news: You can get the deal of a lifetime at a number of the city's top Italian restaurants in downtown Manhattan neighborhoods such as East village, Noho, Tribeca and Financial District starting tomorrow, June 26th when the first ever Italian Dine-Out kicks off! We're talking delectable, authentic Italian food for incredible prices thr...

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