Above the doorway to the newest Amici Italian Cafe, prominently located at the corner of Flat Shoals and Parker roads, is emblazoned a slogan for the restaurant — "Pizza, Wings, Friends" — which sums up well the food and mood at this family-owned establishment. Mike Torino, the father of Amici founder and vice-president of brand developmen...
READ MORE04 Jun 2015 - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 528 Hennepin Ave, Suite 502, Minneapolis, MN 55403Italy's regional richness and diversity continues to be showcased in our series "Taste the Regions". Each time, native experts introduce us to a different Italian region presenting its history, geography and culinary traditions in an informal and fun format. &n...
READ MOREby Joy Summers 1) Khanh Tran is the pastry chef. The award-winning chef with the delicate hand and visually stunning desserts has left The Bachelor Farmer for this position. Her stunning panna cotta is destined to be the dessert of the summer. 2) You can order an entire pig. Every evening, the kitchen roasts a suckling pig, simply...
READ MOREIt's All Gravy is another way of saying, "it's all good, everything's alright." With the new Italian market in Nags Head bearing that name, it fits. And in this case, it isn't Southern gravy; it's South Jersey gravy. Dominic Polidoro, at 39, a gregarious chef with an engaging conversational style, traces the beginning of his culinary train...
READ MOREby Nelson Garcia Whenever you dig around a place as old as Patsy's Inn, you never know what you may find or whom. "I knew Chubby the original owner," Vincent Celentano, patron of the Italian restaurant for 72 years. "When we were kids like eight or nine, we'd come in here and he'd give us a meatball sandwich." Chubby was the...
READ MOREby Rachel Leah Blumenthal Fat Hen will open this spring inside of La Brasa's market space, helmed by L'Espalier alum Michael Bergin, according to a tweet from the Globe's Kara Baskin. (The name has been a long time coming: Fat Hen is also the name of the LLC behind La Brasa, formed back in 2011.) Though vastly different in concept...
READ MORESimona Faroni, co-owner of G.S. Gelato & Desserts, a manufacturer of authentic Italian gelato and sorbet, received the 2016 Enterprising Women of the Year award by Enterprising Women Magazine. This award is widely considered one of the most prestigious recognition programs for women business owners. To win, nominees must demonstrate th...
READ MOREAn old Italian saying is: "Once you start something, always finish." This was on full display Sunday as CIAO hosted its 26th annual Italian Pasta Dinner at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center. CIAO, or Charitable Italian American Organization, made sure there was enough of Italy's finest foods for guests to eat, while also trying to...
READ MOREL'Italian American Museum di Mulberry Street a New York segnala gli appuntamenti in programma per il mese di aprile. Si comincia da giovedì 11, alle ore 18.30, con la presentazione di un libro di ricette della cucina italiana tradizionale curato da Angel Marinaccio, nato e cresciuto a Manhattan da una famiglia composta da siciliani, calabresi, nap...
READ MOREThe famous American ad agency Victors & Spoils has recently been asked to "find a creative way" to sell broccoli. Broccoli is an Italian vegetable belonging to the cabbage family and very similar to cauliflower, despites its green colour. It is a vegetable full of vitamin C and dietary fiber, as well as with high anti-cancer properties. ...
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