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Centro on the Square is readying to open its doors to downtown McKinney diners. The new McKinney restaurant is a concept from George Stergios, owner of Knife Steakhouse, and Brian Dunne, owner of Mexican Bar Company—both restaurants located at Willow Bend Mall in Plano. The duo, both being life-long restauranteurs, met through their neighboring res...

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WHEN IT SEEMED like the whole world was babying sourdough starters in 2020, Louisa Hays Tremonte was working to summit a different baking peak: the Italian rainbow cookie. A staple of Italian American bakeries across the East Coast and Midwest, the colorful stacked wonder takes three layers of almond-scented cake in red, white and green (yes, the c...

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You’ll need 300 grams of egg yolk, 200 grams of sugar, 80 grams of flour, and a litre of milk to make a good lemon cream —don’t forget the zest and a vanilla pod. That’s where you start to make the lingua di Procida, a delicate puff pastry rolled out by hand and baked in the oven, sealing inside all the fragrance of the island’s signature citrus fr...

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Another Bensonhurst fixture is saying goodbye. After decades in the neighborhood, Bari Pork Store, 6319 18th Ave., will be closing for good June 30. They are known as “King of the Sausage” and “The last real Salumeria on 18th Avenue,” with its meats and cookies, heroes and other Italian delicacies. Co-owners Tony Turrigiano and George Firrantello m...

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  The world’s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship is Italian With summer arriving, Italy’s love for gelato keeps growing, with new flavors Italy’s history finds new life on TikTok Summer 2025 tourism forecast: foreign visitors outnumber Italians for the first time Italy’s Coast Guard: protecting the nation’s waters for 160 years Moving out later: ho...

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Bari Pork Store, a staple of Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood since 1969, has been a beloved destination for food and goods straight from Italy. But now, the specialty store is closing for good, after its aging storefront weathered so many storms. "Twenty-eight years I've been coming here. This is like a family," said customer Peter Melendez. It...

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Get ready to eat your heart out at one of San Diego’s most anticipated foodie events of the year, Taste of Little Italy, happening June 17th and 18th. For two unforgettable evenings, the neighborhood transforms into an open-air dining experience where the streets come alive with the aromas of gourmet dishes, the rhythm of live music, and the buzz o...

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In Episode Two of Tucci in Italy, Stanley Tucci heads north to Lombardy. It’s a region that represents finance, manufacturing, and Milanese fashion, but Tucci is looking at what’s coming out of the kitchens. He visits Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, and the striking plains of the Pianura Padana, meeting the people helping to maintain Italy’s obsession wit...

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Located in Inman Park, family-owned restaurant Amore e Amore combines themed decorations with authentic Italian cuisine. The restaurant is owned by Giovanni Ferro and his wife Gale Parker. Ferro opened the restaurant with the goal of embracing his Italian culture through the food, as well as creating a family-friendly atmosphere.  “When you come he...

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For a sit-down Neapolitan pizza, Song’E Napule in Greenwich Village always delivers. The pizza comes out of the oven consistently chewy and light, with nicely charred edges, and you can pretty much always get a table—even at peak downtown bar-and-restaurant hopping hours.  The restaurant is bigger than it looks from the street, and colored in the s...

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