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by Giorgio dell'Orefice   In Italy, 273 food products are certified as PDO (protected designation of origin) and PGI (protected geographical indication). No other country in Europe can boast such a high number.   Adding to 523 PDO and PGI wine labels and 39 geographical indications of spirits and alcoholic beverages other than wine, w...

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by Don Treeger   People ask Joe Santos all the time for the recipe for the star bread at his Italian Bread Shop. But even if he could give it to you – it's mostly in his head, and he measures flour and sugar by the the scoopful relying on look, feel and experience – yours wouldn't turn out right at home. The dough would never get the ri...

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Two of Washington D.C.'s most respected chefs are using their global expertise and connections to better cross cultural relations through food and dining. Recently named "the next big thing" in the culinary world by Elle Spain, award-winning culinary duo Amy Riolo and Luigi Diotaiuti are known for telling the whole story behind food and reclaiming...

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Chef Walter Martino known as the "Million Dollar Chef" has chosen Miami to launch his first ever restaurant called Kaori by Walter Martino to a restoration project due to open in the heart of Miami at the end of the year that will take place during the international contemporary art fair Art Basel Miami.   Kaori is the latest creation by Ita...

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By Isla Binnie   The home of Parma ham, trumpeting the benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet, is urging consumers not to get into a prosciutto panic after a warning that processed meat can cause cancer. Italian food and farming groups responded indignantly to the World Health Organization (WHO) report that put cured meats, such a...

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By Jim Holland Running a successful restaurant, Michelle Peregrine believes, is like planning a party at your house every day. "It's a lot of details," said Peregrine, who knows quite well about pulling off such festive events as owner and manager of Botticelli's Ristorante Italiano in downtown Rapid City for the past 16 years.   "If you c...

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Montville-native Rossella Rago of "Cooking with Nonna" fame is making moves in the food industry.   The latest was an exclusive cooking demo Saturday at Mario Batali's Eataly in New York City, a spot where only the elite can turn up the heat. Rago and her grandmother Nonna Romana presented a traditional Pugliese menu in a program called "Pri...

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Barbetta è il ristorante italiano più antico di New York, ed è ancora di proprietà della stessa famiglia che lo ha fondato nel 1906. L'idea iniziale venne a Sebastiano Maioglio che decise di investire nei pressi di Times Square. Apparteneva ad una famiglia piemontese ben nota e decisero di provare l'avventura americana.   La New Yo...

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Though San Francisco has only been kept in the national spotlight because Richard Sherman's rant at the end of the Seahawks victory over the Niners, here is a little about the long history of Italian restaurants in San Francisco, the most 'Italian' of this country's cities.   San Francisco is an interesting case. Along with New York and New...

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Highland Village chef Morris Salerno basked in the limelight this year. He won a gold medal in the 2014 Expogast Culinary Competition in Luxembourg, was featured on the new reality show The Hungry Investors and has nearly completed his second cookbook.   The Expogast Culinary Competition is considered the second most prestigious competition...

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