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Summertime calls for easy recipes that evoke happy memories and delicious flavors while providing the nutrients we need to keep us living our best lives. Scallops, called capesante in Italian, are made up of 80% protein and are low in fat. Eating them in this recipe will transport your mind to the Italian seaside while helping you to feel fuller lo...

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Spressa delle Giudicarie DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) is one of the oldest cheeses of the Alps and one of the most recent to receive DOP status within Italy. Definitive approval was only obtained on 26 January 2004, when it was entered the Register of Protected Designations of Origin, which protects its quality within Italy and Europe. Spr...

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When is a cheese not what it seems? When it’s a fake parmesan. Italy’s renowned parmigiano reggiano, favoured for finishing off bowls of pasta and rocket salads, is one of the most counterfeited cheeses in the world. Now its manufacturers have found a new way to hit back against the lookalikes: by adding microchips.  The move is the latest innovati...

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One of the most dynamic places on the Las Vegas Strip has to be Eataly. The expansive marketplace in Park MGM features a shop area that faces toward the Strip, with gelato, espresso, bakery and wine service counters, and a wall of wine along one wall. On the elevated level are numerous counters serving up a variety of quick-serve food like pizza, p...

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Biondi Biscotti will bring Italian food and fun to Penn Township on Saturday. The cafe, located off of Route 130, will celebrate its second year of business at its second annual Italian Festival, featuring food, desserts, music and children’s activities. The event will run from 3 to 7 p.m. Louis Biondi, owner of the Italian cafe, began making and s...

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Bavaro’s, one of the top Italian restaurants in Tampa, is expanding with a brand new location in Clearwater. Construction has officially begun on the Clearwater Beach location in Mandalay Plaza (458 Mandalay Avenue), confirms Dan Bavaro. The founder and owner of the restaurant took to Facebook to express his gratitude for the continued support of h...

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A new Italian restaurant, Vicini Ristorante and Wine Bar commemorated its opening on August 16th, featuring a menu of authentic Italian family recipes by local Chef Lucio Bedon, who has worked at prominent restaurants between Los Angeles and Italy for two decades. Bedon’s father worked as a fisherman, and many dishes are inspired by the chef’s fami...

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As any stand-up comedian will tell you, certain foods are funny. Not apples, not lamb chops, not string beans. But comedians always get a laugh at the mere mention of bananas, chickens, hot dogs, beans, bagels, and, of course, meatballs. Just say, “And what’s with meatballs?” People start to giggle.  Meatballs, however well loved, have never had an...

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There are 20 glorious sandwiches on the menu at Francolini’s, which opened to much fanfare at 3987 Tchoupitlouas Street in mid-July — 14 of them hot, six cold. There are sandwiches piled with prosciutto cotto, mortadella, salami, capicola, prosciutto di Parma, speck, hot and sweet soppressata, and rare roast beef. There are sandwiches stacked with...

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Ferraro Foods, one of the country’s largest specialty distributors of food and foodservice supplies to pizzerias and Italian restaurants, announced plans for a significant expansion of its Napoli facility in Cheshire, Connecticut – the company’s third major growth initiative announced in as many months. Napoli, a specialty brand of high-quality imp...

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