By Chiara Zaccherotti Quanto ha a che fare il cibo con la creazione dell'identità collettiva di un popolo? Tanto. Con l'aggiunta di un processo migratorio, poi, il fenomeno assume caratteristiche sociali ed economiche per nulla irrilevanti. Un po' come è accaduto agli italiani che a partire dalla fine dell'800 hanno lasciato la patria per attraver...
READ MOREL'Università dei Sapori di Perugia e l'International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes, prestigioso gruppo americano di college che annovera 50 sedi negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, hanno reso noto di aver firmato lo scorso 23 aprile un importante accordo di cooperazione nel settore della formazione gastronomica. L'accordo, sottoscritto...
READ MOREby Nicole Danna If you were to close your eyes and imagine a neighborhood café with a touch of Italian, you'd probably conjure something a lot like Pronto Café in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The room would be given an informal layout with a lunch-counter bar, exposed brick, weathered wood decor, and, of course, an artisan pizza oven. Locals wo...
READ MORENew York-based LDV Hospitality, in partnership with Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group and Quadrum Global, which has a Miami office, are opening an Italian restaurant in the Godfrey Hotel Chicago. Dolce Italian is slated to open in late spring at the Godfrey on Huron and LaSalle streets in River North. Dolce, which has locations in Mi...
READ MOREAccording to a news release, the New Jersey-based restaurant will open its second location in the area set to serve its customized Italian Roll-Ups, pasta bowls and salad bowls made with locally-grown and sustainable ingredients. The Downtown Silver Spring restaurant will feature the chain's signature "large tavola" (communal seating), stained conc...
READ MOREBy Matthew Schniper "So you would call yourself a 'product enthusiast?'" I ask. "Most Egg heads are," replies Molly Hamlin, elaborating on how she's attended the Big Green Egg company's EGGfests and even volunteered on her own time and food-dime to demo the ceramic cooker at local events. "You can do anything on them," she sa...
READ MORENo matter what the occasion, we always talk about Italian food...which seems to always end up in heated discussions about who makes the BEST lasagna!!!Basta! Now you can put your recipe where your mouth is and get bragging rights while doing a good deed for New Mexico's children. Our State is again #1 in the nation for child hunger and we thought a...
READ MOREA un passo dal trono, ma è lì. Massimo Bottura da oggi è lo chef del secondo miglior ristorante del mondo ovvero l'Osteria La Francescana di Modena. A decretarlo l'annuale premio dei 50 migliori ristoranti del mondo che si è svolto a Londra. Una sorta di Notte degli oscar alla ristorazione a Londra per The World's 50 Best , il premio...
READ MOREby Meagan NicholsA new Cordova restaurant is about to bridge the gap between the Bluff City and the boot of Europe, thanks to a few of Italy's native sons. Crazy Italians Restaurant, located at 1250 N. Germantown Parkway, suite 105, will hold its grand opening Monday, Oct. 19. Giampaolo Ongaro and Daniele Zucca are the co-owners and "...
READ MOREby Michael Klein The name is Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar and the wine list includes about 60 wines by the glass, but therein lies the rub. The liquor license for the contemporary restaurant - set up in the old Ajax Metal Works building next to the Fillmore in Fishtown and just across Delaware Avenue from the SugarHouse Cas...
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