By Samantha NelsonThe owners of Armand's Pizzeria currently operate multiple sit-down restaurants and carryout- and delivery-focused locations throughout Chicago and the suburbs, but the very first was called Armand's Victory Tap when it opened in 1956. The chain's newest location, which launched in February, pays tribute to that legacy by serving...

by Liz Biro   When Mario Batali's handlers told me I had seven minutes, from precisely 12:06 to 12:13 p.m., to interview the chef while he was visiting Market District in Carmel Nov. 21, I thought, oh boy, what a prima donna. Maybe it was his Italian charm, but Batali won me over.   He's a nice guy, a fast friend taking extra time not...

by Matt Gross   There's this new restaurant you gotta try – no one knows about it yet. It's called Paradise, and it's Italian, real Italian, near the water in a little east coast port town a couple hours' drive from here. The dining room is spare and simple, with a lovely curved wooden bar up front, an antique espresso machine, and charming...

By Laurie Lucas It was only a matter of time before the man of many restaurants, Gary Romano, alighted in downtown Riverside.Except for his namesake Italian joint in downtown Redlands, Romano's six other eating places are in Riverside: one in Mission Grove and the other five in Canyon Crest, although his pizza place, Canyon Crust, is temporarily c...

di Roberto Natalini   L'esperienza di un importante chef italiano e il talento emergente di due giovani apprendisti chef si sono uniti per due settimane, collaborando in cucina nel ristorante Colosseo, al centro del quartiere italiano di North Beach. Andrea Fortuni e Gaia Mancini sono due studenti al terzo anno dell'Istituto Professiona...

by Dan Pires To me, The Nephew's Italian/American Kitchen, better known as simply Nephew's, is one of the Seven Wonders of SouthCoast. And, apparently, based on the number of automobiles parked outside of Nephew's on a recent Tuesday evening, there are a whole host of other folks that concur.   When we – my wife, Becky, son, Taylor, da...

Non deve stupire che un'Italia sempre sull'orlo della crisi politica sia invece in (relative) buone condizioni quando si guarda al suo export. Chi tra gli imprenditori nazionali si muove con chiarezza, coraggio e impegno sul mercato globale sa farsi valere, e i risultati si vedono. Anche, e forse soprattutto, in America, dove l'Italia è sempre più...

È record per il made in Italy alimentare sulle tavole delle festività di tutto il mondo con l'export di vini, spumanti, grappa e liquori, panettoni, formaggi, salumi e pasta per Natale che supera i 2,7 miliardi di euro, sulla base delle proiezioni relative al mese di dicembre 2013.   È quanto stima la Coldiretti nel sottolineare il successo...

The Turkish have kofte; the Brazilians almôndegas. Polish cooks make pulpety, the Swedes do kottbuller, and the Greeks fry keftedes. And you can find them all in New York City.   They're all meatballs. But nine times out of ten, when we talk about meatballs in New York, we're only referring to one. It's coated in red sauce and sits over brea...

Forget that Fratellini Ristorante Italiano is only six months old. It has an old soul. It's a faithful re-creation of Raoul's Italian Grill, which used to be just a mile down the road at the intersection of Theiss Mail Route and Louetta. A manager at Fratellini says the new place was started by the owner's sons. Like the original, it's dimly lit, l...