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By Domenica Marchetti   In 1858, Tuscan pastry chef Antonio Mattei opened up shop in the town of Prato and began selling crunchy, twice-baked cookies based on a centuries-old recipe. His original ingredients were flour, sugar, eggs and almonds or pine nuts from nearby groves. The soft, nut-studded dough was shaped into loaves, baked, sliced...

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by Susan Russo   Toast. It may just be the world's most gloriously humble and satisfying food. It can comfort — buttered toast. It can nourish — toast with peanut butter and jam. It can impress — garlic rubbed and olive oil doused toast with fresh tomatoes and basil. The latter, Italian bruschetta, (pronounced broo-SKET-ah) is not only one o...

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By Alan Snel The former owner of the Light Group is launching a new group of restaurants called Clique Hospitality, and is building its first restaurant at Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in western Las Vegas.   Andy Masi, with partners Brian Massie and Shane Monaco, is working with international chef Luciano Sautto on the new Italian res...

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by David Bauder   Cooking for family is fun for actress Valerie Bertinelli. Cooking for Betty White was intimidating. For the debut of "Valerie's Home Cooking," her new Food Network show premiering Saturday (12 p.m. EDT), Bertinelli invited co-stars White, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick from the now-defunct TV Land sitcom "Hot in Clevela...

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Being a third-generation Sicilian American, pesto sauces were not common in my family. Sure my grandmother had all the ingredients: fresh basil from the garden, good extra virgin olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano and pine nuts (a Sicilian favorite) from the local deli shop. But it just wasn't in the family tradition.   Curious, I tried it in lo...

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La torta scolpita più grande del mondo ha la forma dell'Italia, isole comprese. Ed è targata Milano. Domenica un giudice, Lorenzo Veltri, ha ufficialmente dichiarato il nuovo Guinness World Records: è lunga 16,46 metri, larga 13,94 metri, raggiunge nel punto più alto i 54 centimetri ed ha una superficie complessiva di oltre 244 metri quadrati. &nb...

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Meet at the Arthur Avenue Retail Market: 2344 Arthur Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458. Spend your Halloween feasting on history and trick or treat for cheese, salume, bread and cannoli! Join us for a walking tour of Little Italy in the Bronx (aka Arthur Avenue) where we'll introduce you to one of the very last enclaves of family owned food shops in New...

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by Whitney Filloon   This morning, the high-end restaurant guidebook gurus at Michelin unveiled their 2016 star rankingsfor culinary powerhouse Italy. In this 61st edition of the Italian guide, two new restaurants attain two-star status: Gourmetstube Einhorn, a hotel restaurant in Bolzano specializing in the cuisine of the German-speaki...

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di Dario Ujetto   Noi torinesi, gente strana e orgogliosa della nostra città fino al parossismo, oggi festeggiamo monsù tramezzino. Novant'anni fa, il triangolino isoscele di pancarrè soffice da farcire a piacimento non esisteva proprio. Ma dal gennaio 1926, da quando è stato inventato nel retrobottega del Caffè Mulassano di piazza Cast...

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Visitors to two popular Twin Cities museums will be able to grab a bite of Italian after enjoying a slice of history in the near future. The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) announced Wednesday it has struck a deal with D'Amico Catering, which will be the "official caterer" of the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul and Mill City Museum in...

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