The Italian Trade Commission is pleased to collaborate this year on the upcoming International Day of Italian Cuisines at the International Culinary Institute organized by itchefs_GVCI.   Today, the Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Grana Padano (Consortium for the Protection of Grana Padano cheese) is a proud supporter of this event, sp...

di Mario Platero   Potrebbe essere il testo di una canzone di Giorgio Gaber: San Siro, il tram numero 15 per Corso Vercelli, la Pizzeria Da Gino che ha lasciato il segno indelebile per la bontà della pizza nel ricordo di un teenager americano che ha passato la tarda infanzia e prima adolescenza a Milano.   Ma neppure Gaber avrebbe pot...

Sanfratello's Pizza, a family-style restaurant that originated in Chicago in the 1960's, is expanding to the Valley. On January 17, 2015, Sanfratello's will open its first Arizona location, a take-out and delivery at 857 Warner Rd. in Gilbert, AZ.   Sanfratello's is well-known for their signature product, a thin crust "party cut" (square cut...

Who knows the ancient secrets to producing artisan gelato? Find the answers at any of 11 worldwide campuses of Carpigiani's Gelato University.   Whether online or in person, gelato maestros at Gelato University take you back 14,000 years in the study of why artisan gelato tastes so incredible while having less fat, less air and smoother ice...

Italian pasta continues its march on international markets (+ 3.6% in volume and €2 billion in value in 2014), but the obstacles are multiplying and the producers have requested and obtained the establishment of a Control Room for their product, sanctioned by a ministerial decree signed by the Ministries of Agriculture and Economic Development. Th...

by Angela Accomando   Have you ever stumbled upon a really great restaurant a little off the "beaten path?" Francesca's Italian Family Restaurant in Earlville is just that kind of hidden gem. With your first step inside, you are immediately transported from a small, farming community to a Sicilian trattoria.   Photos and artwork...

by Natalie Micale   Rita's Italian Ice is now open in Lincoln and it's the first store in Nebraska to offer Italian ice custard. The store's franchise is owned by the Malone family from Crete, Nebraska. Mike and Elynn Malone say they tried the store's hallmark item, ice custard in Kansas when they were visiting their daughter and loved...

I think that I've found one of my new favorite places to eat in Buffalo. Belsito (originally Salumeria Belsito) has just about everything to make me feel at home, mainly through the owners' passion for food, their dedication to NYS craft beers, and even their love of animals.   Belsito has been open for a couple of years now, but to tell you...

Cancelled due to a conflict with the Santa Fe Opera, this special dinner event is back on the front burner. So, what happens when New Mexico's foremost olive oil expert collaborates with the Osteria d'Assisi's acclaimed executive chef? The answer: a special event menu to die for at the Osteria d'Assisi in Santa Fe on Wednesday, September 16 at 6pm...

Nell'ottica di rafforzare la sua espansione sui mercati extraeuropei, Conserve Italia ha stretto un'alleanza commerciale con Colavita, azienda molisana che detiene la leadership assoluta di vendite di olio extravergine di oliva italiano in America.   L'accordo prevede che Conserve Italia utilizzi per la commercializzazione del pomodoro a mar...