by Craig Jones   Pasta and Suds, and interesting combination. Sure it's a car wash...but look a little closer. How about a wax...and lunch? Not as strange as it sounds. Spring is a boundless time of year. Everything is starting to turn green, and my garden is starting to sprout.   Of course, the downside to spring is that there is an...

After twenty-five years as the Director of the US Information Office for the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano, the official entity for the King of Cheeses in Italy, Nancy Radke is handing over her veritable crown to two successors, Danielle Caponi Bolla and Federico Bolla of Ponte PR & Marketing.   Radke's agency, Good Food Cr...

Friday, September 25, 2015, 10am The Italian Academy 1161 Amsterdam Ave (south of 118th St.) New York, NY 10027 Organized by: Columbia University in collaboration with: Italian Cultural Institute Free and open to the public. Registration required: www.italianacademy.columbia.edu   Maurizio Martina Italian Minister of Agricultural, Fo...

by Al Mancini   In a town full of flashy celebrity chefs, it's easy to overlook some of the corporate executive chefs who run large, quality local restaurant groups from a little further behind the scenes. Brian Massie has long been one of those chefs.   For years he helmed kitchens at many of the restaurants within the Light Group em...

by Brandon Baker Fourteen years after the opening of the original Sabrina's Cafe at 910 Christian St., husband-and-wife owners Robert and Raquel are taking their winning brunch and dinner formula over the bridge to Collingswood, Camden County.   Robert De Abreu, 47, told PhillyVoice the duo had been approached to bring their restaurant to C...

by Daniel Gerzina "Cooking with a traditional heart and a modern hand." That's the phrase that chef Sarah Grueneberg and her team constantly reiterate, a question that they ask of themselves about every dish they present, dishes that Grueneberg says she "cooks from a soulful place."   It's what they hope will be recognizable to everyone who...

By Sheryl Julian At Molinari's, a friendly new restaurant in Adams Village in Dorchester, don't expect small portions or those delicate Northern Italian specialties so trendy right now. Owner Jeffrey Cincotta's roots are of the red-sauce, abbondanza ("plenty") variety. Plates here are heaping, as if you were at Nonna's table.   That's where...

In Texas l'Anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti si arricchisce di nuovi appuntamenti. Da questa sera fino al 30 marzo, il Dance Salad Festival ospiterà una rappresentazione dello "Spellbound contemporary ballet". Per l'occasione, la compagnia italiana rappresenterà per la prima volta negli Usa una nuova coreografia di Mauro Astolfi, fondat...

di Stefano Vaccara   "Dove c'è Barilla, c'è casa". A un italiano venuto a vivere negli Stati Uniti da almeno venti anni, questo fortunato slogan pubblicitario sussurra al cuore ogni volta che, davanti agli scaffaloni della pasta di un supermercato, vede spuntare quelle scatole blu notte con la scritta ovale rossa. Ah, c'è la Barilla! E per u...

The sixth season of the Style Network reality television show Giuliana and Bill debuted in July, and an early episode includes a trip to Washington, DC, to scout spots for a forthcoming location of RPM Italian, the starring couple's Chicago-based restaurant.   For those unfamiliar with red-carpet coverage, celebrity news, or reality televisi...