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By Samantha Bakall   Southeast Portland's Burrasca, the rustic Tuscan food cart from Florentine native Paolo Calamai closed at the beginning of the year with plans to eventually reopen as a brick and mortar restaurant.    After five months of waiting, the food cart, one of The Oregonian's top 10 of 2014, is finally moving towards...

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There's a brand-new white Whirlpool refrigerator in Cara Nicoletti's apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ms. Nicoletti, a butcher, a baker and the creator of the literary food blog Yummy Books, is grateful to her landlord for the appliance.   Its predecessor "was gross and old and didn't have any shelf space, and I'd been asking for a reall...

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by Jill Arnold   Have dough, will travel. That could well be the motto of Joe and Shelly Forte, who have been steering their mobile wood-fired pizza oven all over South Louisiana for months now. The couple started Dat'z Italian, their traveling pizza business, about a 18 months ago.   They work regular jobs during the week,...

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By Shelby Hodge   New York-based celebrity chef Rocco Dispirito was just one element that wowed the throng of 800 who turned out at Houston Design Center for the 11th International Risotto Festival. Italian music and wines played backdrop to the coterie of chefs who whipped up tantalizing versions of the Italian specialty.   While gue...

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by Craig Laban   Thanksgiving can be predictable when it comes to the drinks. Pinot noir. Zinfandel. All-American choices. But as a nod to this year's Italian American-theme menu from chef Joe Cicala, we've decided to suggest a splash of Italian flavors, too.   For example, why not loosen up the aunts and uncles with a cocktail m...

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by Dominic Armato Matthew Carter, who helms the kitchens at Zinc Bistro, the Mission and the House Brasserie, will be opening an Italian restaurant in Scottsdale in fall 2016. The as-yet-unnamed restaurant is a collaboration between Carter, Brian Raab (Carter's partner at the Mission and the House) and Mark Drinkwater, who will be returning t...

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by Hannah Carroll   Two things are very important to Vincent Sebastian; his family and his pizza. Naturally, his downtown Ocean City restaurant,Vinny's Italian Pizza & Grill, pays homage to both. The menu features authentic pies, pasta, subs and salads made from old family recipes and the highest quality ingredients, such as im...

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On June 27, Following an article that recaps new studies showing the benefits of olive oil and nuts on prostate cancer, organic olive oil producer Bellucci Premium recaps the findings. According to an article on NPR, even small changes in an individual's diet can have beneficial health effects. The article mentions a report by the JAMA Internal Me...

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by Ethan Fletcher   Word broke a week or so ago that Forli restaurant in Alamo was closing, with the owners making way for another Italian restaurant that was bringing in an accomplished chef, this according to SF Eater. Well, I was able to track down one of the new owners, who gave me some details.   David Waitrovich is opening the r...

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The great American Italian restaurant has changed in style probably more than any other genre of restaurant over the past several decades.   Even as recently as 50 years ago, the term "Italian restaurant" conjured images of red and white checkered tablecloths, carafes of middling chianti, and a red sauce-heavy menu with classics like chicken...

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