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by Rita Esposito Watson   Perhaps because our grandfather and his brothers ran a pastry shop in Connecticut, after moving back to Boston I became addicted to North End cannolis. When growing up, Grandma taught us that any argument could be settled once people sat at the table, ate grandpa's pastry, and drank her demitasse.   Once in B...

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  WTI Magazine #69    2015 October, 2Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   One of the many pleasures of living in Italy is getting to experience its famous food culture firsthand. Students can learn how to cook fresh pasta in one of JCU's many Italian cooking classes, sip an authentic espresso during a coffee-shop study session,...

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by Molly Reitter   It's a tale of two restaurants. One side is redolent of a corner New York City pizza joint, with bright red walls, black-and-white checkerboard flooring and a walk-up counter. It is vibrant, busy and extremely aromatic. The other side is like walking into a secret; think drippy candles in Chianti bottles and Fran...

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by Robin Garr   Mmm, mmm, Tortellini! Who doesn't love these little stuffed pasta rings? Artfully rolled into small rounds, their Italian name stems from "torta," naming them as "little cakes," a moniker that doesn't actually make much sense since there's nothing very cake-like about them.   If you want descriptive food words, try the...

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By Steve Barnes   Starting next week, the seven restaurants owned by Clifton Park-based Mazzone Hospitality will be offering "Angelo's Tour of Italy" menus, presented in partnership with the Italian Trade Commission and Italian Ministry of Agriculture.   The menus, available at a different Mazzone restaurant each week from Monday (1/23) through...

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464 S. Main Street, Downtown Los Angeles. Portofino Cucina Italiana is a small, intimate restaurant, yet elegant and easy going. Neapolitan Diego Ortoli chose a not-so-obvious location. Downtown L.A. is in fact the main business district of the area during the day and a populated nightlife spot in the evening. This means different crowds at differ...

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By Ann Marie BushA scene from a 1970's movie — and some extra money won at an area casino — led Topekan Gary R. Constantino back to doing what he loves — cooking Italian food. Constantino's bright green, red and white Italian eatery on wheels can be found parked in downtown Topeka during lunch Monday through Friday.   Fabiano's, which serve...

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Mike Zummo of Annadale opened Bella Giornata Luncheonette in St. George after 15 years of cooking Italian food in various Staten Island kitchens.   "I worked for everybody else my whole life and this opened up and I jumped on this," Zummo says. His luncheonette/breakfast den is located across from borough hall and opened about 10 months ago....

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By Jim Harger GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Veteran chef Christopher Perkey is planning to open "Osteria Rossa," a new Italian-themed restaurant on the ground floor of the Kendall Building being renovated in downtown Grand Rapids.   Perkey said he plans to open the 100-seat restaurant at 16 Monroe Center NE by December. With a bar on one side and a di...

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Con una media di 13 chili per persona, sono gli Stati Uniti il Paese al mondo in cui si mangia più pizza. E negli Usa si registra un record mondiale dei consumi di pizza con una quantità che è quasi il doppio di quella degli italiani, che si collocano al secondo posto con una media di 7,6 chili a testa.   È quanto emerge da una analisi della...

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