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by Emily Smith   It hasn't been the best summer for famed restaurateur Sirio Maccioni, who, we've just learned, spent a month in a hospital in Tuscany, Italy, following a fall at his villa in the picturesque hillside town of Montecatini Terme. But the fans of 83-year-old Sirio, who include Spain's former king Juan Carlos, Woody Allen, Rudy...

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By Michael Fitzgerald   Mary Risso, the "Foccacia Queen" who baked cookies for neighbors and her mailman, has died. She was 98. "Her personality was sweet," said Risso's daughter, Marie Dremelas. "When you met her for the first time you said, 'My gosh, where has this woman been all my life?'" And then Risso gave you homemade pasta sauc...

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By Paul Barbano Italian food can have funny names such as spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, meaning string, twine, or manicotti from the Italian, plural of manicotto, muff or sleeve, because it is a sleeve stuffed with cheese. Penne pasta got its name because it looks like the quill or a pen.   Orzo, meaning barley, because it looks like a...

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by Silvia Donati   California olive oil producers are hard at work these days, with the olive harvest season currently under way. An unprecedented production of 4 million gallons of extra virgin olive oil is estimated for this year's harvest, almost double what was produced last year.   A sign that the California olive oil industry is...

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  WTI Magazine #82    2016 August 19Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   This is a refreshing, easy, fast and healthy recipe. It is summer in a bowl: savory and sweet at the same time. As improbable as it might sound, this combination is delicious. It is prepared with watermelon, celery, Taggiasche olives and quartirolo chee...

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By Michele Parente Tracy Borkum was in a panic. "No, it's too soon!" the owner of Cucina Sorella cried out when she saw me come in to the restaurant. Borkum's long-awaited high-profile Kensington eatery had opened only a few days before, so yes, it was too soon to review it.   I assured her that I was there more as an excited civi...

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In the 1920's, a group of Italian American farmers in the San Francisco Bay area ventured south to the little town of Castroville (near Monterey) to plant a crop that was then regarded as a rare exotic - the artichoke. Today, still more than 85% of all artichokes grown in the United States come from these same plantings. Why artichokes and why Cast...

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di Beatrice Bondi   Dopo l'inchiesta de La VOCE di New York pubblicata il 22 maggio sui falsi oli d'oliva Made in Italy, e la recente bocciatura alla Camera dei Rappresentanti USA di una misura restrittiva proprio sulle importazioni di olio d'oliva, continuiamo ad approfondire la questione e siamo andati a sentire cosa ne pensano al riguardo...

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by Alice Levitt   In September, few traces will remain of the Shelburne Road KFC. The fast-food counter and plastic tables where the ghost of Colonel Sanders once flitted will be replaced by a brick interior and 25-foot maple bar. Fountain drinks will give way to 15 local microbrews on tap, plus Vermont liquors and wines.   The man be...

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The Christopher Oliver Agency is launching a campaign to promote the grand opening of Allen's newest authentic Italian restaurant, Roman Cucina. Christopher will be working with Roman Cucina proprietors and brothers, David and Giovanni Roman, to spread the word throughout Allen, Fairview, Plano, McKinney, Lucas, Parker, Murphy and surrounding areas...

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