by Whitney Filloon   Mi Piaci shuttered last month after two decades in Dallas, and now the Preston Center spot it vacated is poised to become another Italian restaurant called Cucina Neighborhood Italian.   Construction permits were spotted in the window yesterday, posted right up alongside the landlord's lockout notice that ousted M...

  WTI Magazine #34    2014 June, 11Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   Fruit is the real star of this recipe which, although very simple, is exquisite and perfect for a tasty summer aperitif. This should hardly be called a "recipe"; you just assemble three ingredients: apricots, fresh goat cheese and nuts. The result is ext...

When Peter Affatato left Eric Scheffer's Savoy in 2002, he wanted to open the now-closed 28806 Deli to bring a taste of New York to West Asheville. That restaurant closed, but Affatato, who lived in New York for the first 21 years of his life, hasn't lost the taste for the deli-style sandwiches and prepared salads he sold there.   In mid-Jul...

by Gina Columbus   The Cake Boss is making a strategic southern move in New Jersey. Carlo's Bakery, a family-owned bakery featured on TLC's "Cake Boss," will open another location 11 a.m. Saturday in the Marlton Square Shopping Center at 300 Route 73 North in the Marlton section of Evesham, according to a news release.   A ribbon...

I was fortunate as a child to experience many old world traditions from Abruzzo. My family arrived later to the United States than most Italian Americans. My father came here in 1956 and my mother followed him in 1958. My sisters and I were born in New York.   However, our home was a step back into time, a time of simplicity and of old world...

Kings' Shops has announced Solimene's Italian Restaurant is open through March 2015 as a surprise addition to the center. It is located across from The Three Fat Pigs Restaurant. This is the same Solimene's Italian Restaurant that was owned and operated by the Aiona family of Waimea.   Read more   Source: http://www.hawaii2...

Takeout was a really bad idea.   With the car smelling like a pot of simmering red sauce, driving from West Duluth to downtown with lasagna and a luscious porchetta sandwich sitting next to me was exquisitely painful. If I wasn’t on the interstate, I would have pulled over and tore into that lasagna in a most unlady-like way.  ...

The kitchen at Fiola on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Northwest D.C., is bustling. Chef Fabio Trabocchi and his team are busy preparing for the restaurant's second Passover Seder. But unlike many traditional American Seder spreads, Chef Trabocchi's does not include gefilte fish, brisket and potatoes.   His menu is influenced by the Jewish com...

by Allan Lengel   Domenica Marchetti, a former Detroit News reporter, has made a name for herself with her food writing. Now comes this: Serious Eats -- a highly regarded website that Time magazine once ranked #17 of the 50 Best Websites-- has named Marchetti's book, "The Glorious Vegetables of Italy," one of five essential Italian cook...

by Michael M. Shapiro   For Pete Elefante, owner of Zita's Ice Cream and Italian Ice in New Providence, working at Zita's is a dream job. "Even though Zita's is now 15 years old, I'm only at the beginning...I want Zita's to be one of those places that's around for 50 years, where people who have moved away have to stop by to get their i...