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by Marian White   If you haven't eaten at the North End restaurant Davide, you may have spotted it on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares back in 2011. But after 21 years, the Italian restaurant, located on Commercial Street, announced on Facebook that it will be closing its doors "in a few weeks."   Boston Restaurant Talk reports that...

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Bay Ridge has always had a small-town flavor — now it's getting a taste of the Village. Pasticceria Rocco — a 40-year institution in Manhattan's East Village famed for its cakes, cookies, and cannoli — is due to open a second location on Fourth Avenue between 94th and 95th streets next month.   The bakery's owners have run a kitchen for who...

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For thousands of years, peasants in Umbria and Tuscany cultivated fruit trees and family orchards. This way of life ended after the Second World War. The varieties in these regions were replaced, first, by generic fruit and, more recently, by fruit from other countries. Italian author and agronomist, Isabella Dalla Ragione will give a lecture at Mi...

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by Andrew Benjamin Tuscany, a region in central Italy, is well known for its culture and traditional foods. But you don't have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to taste the cuisine.That's because a Howard Beach deli is keeping the tradition of Tuscan food alive with hearty, home-cooked dishes. Tuscany Deli, a family-run Italian delicatessen, has been...

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Forget what the map says. "Italy didn't used to be a country," says Nick Haley provocatively. "It was kingdoms. Regions — each one practicing its own traditional cuisine. Each one staying within its borders."   But not Haley. The Zino Ristorante executive chef and co-owner likes to mix it up a little — it's one of the benefits of being a con...

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National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Chairman Joseph V. Del Raso, President John M. Viola and General Counsel Arthur J. Furia welcome the Regional Minister of Agriculture from Italy's Lombardy Region, Gianni Fava, to give the opening remarks at the "Feeding the Planet-Energy for Life" forum in Miami, Fla.

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It's early on a Thursday morning in March, and Alegretti's Bakery in Norridge is slammed with customers waiting eagerly in line to order the bakery's locally-famous pastries, doughnuts, and cookies before they run out for the day.   Alegretti's, first opened in 1947 by Tony Alegretti at the same Norridge strip mall where it still stands toda...

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di Giulia Cimpanelli Sua maestà l'arancino. Il re dello street food siciliano è conosciuto e diffuso in tutto il mondo. E se i siciliani ne rivendicano giustamente i diritti d'autore e discutono tra Est e Ovest sul suo nome (arancine a occidente e arancini a oriente), nel resto d'Italia e del mondo in molti cercano di copiarlo.   Ma nonosta...

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Come fall, a taste of Italy is coming to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Paolo Fronza and Matteo Alessandri, who previously co-owned Fellini Caffe in Rice Village, will launch a new restaurant in the Cafe Express space located in the museum's Audrey Jones Beck Building.   The casual eatery, called MFACafe, will boast Italian works of...

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by Grazia Solazzi   There is no better time than fall for visiting Italy. The weather is mild. It's low season, and autumn foliage brings some additional charm to the already captivating Italian countryside. Also, many of the food products that have made Italy famous are ready now: wine, mushrooms, truffles... Fall is perfect for a gastronomic to...

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