On August 21, 2023 an exciting "Nostos," a return journey to discover territories at the crossroads of peoples, cultures, and traditions that have called the Mediterranean home in different phases of history will take place at Max Enoteca Trattoria in Cirò Marina, Calabria.  During the day long forum, Arcadians, Oenotri, Achaeans, and then Romans,...

Katie Parla always wanted to live in Rome. Growing up in New Jersey with restaurant-industry parents, she fell in love with Italian food at an early age and set her sights on the pasta capital of the world. “I decided as a teenager that when I grew up I’d move here and live here forever,” she remembers. “That was the one thing that I knew to be tru...

A restaurant in the Santa Monica residential neighborhood that imports ingredients and infrastructure from Europe to give its diners the best experience of Italian gastronomy. Italian food is renowned the world over for its fusion of flavours, the land of pizza, Neapolitan sauce and spaghetti mesmerizing locals and strangers alike with its culinary...

Eataly, the vast Italian food hall with four dozen locations around the world, announced Thursday that it would open a location at King of Prussia Mall in 2025 — a decade since word began circulating that it was considering the Philadelphia market. In a statement, Eataly said it had signed “a multiyear lease” with mall operator Simon Property Group...

For some of the best old-school deli sandwiches in North Carolina, visit Ferrucci’s Old Tyme Italian Market in Cornelius. This Italian market offers a world-class butcher shop, an Italian specialty food store, and catering all in one charming location. And the best part — the staff at Ferrucci’s Old Tyme Italian Market build some of the greatest-ta...

Hillsborough couple Joe Trani and Kari LaSpisa, owners of the Italian restaurant Basilico in Raritan, announced they are expanding and opening a second location. LaSpisa told Patch the second location will be coming to the Kingsbridge Shopping Center located at the corner of S Branch Road and Beekman Lane. The new space will be a brunch and lunc...

Although I was obsessed by all things Italian when I was a teenager and was lucky enough to visit several places in Italy, I never made it to Sicily. Then again, neither did I achieve my other youthful aspiration, which was to become an actress and land a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom “The Facts of Life.” Que sera, sera. Or “quel che sara, sar...

It’s opening week at a new restaurant from Di Fara Pizza. The Brooklyn pizza institution, known for making some of the city’s best pies since 1965, opened a sandwich shop at 1012 E. 15th Street, near Avenue J, down the street from its original location in Midwood. It’s called 1012 Kitchen, and it’s only open for lunch to start. The restaurant is a...

The average American eats about 20 pounds of pasta per year, and collectively as a country, about 5.95 billion pounds of pasta annually. I’m ashamed to admit how much I probably contribute to these statistics, but I’m blaming it on the fact that Columbus has some incredible Italian restaurants and trattorias.  In fact, an Italian restaurant in Colu...

After a brief closure, Nucci’s South has fired up its kitchen once again. It’s “business as usual” for the Richmond Valley pizzeria and Italian restaurant as of noon on Monday, Aug. 7, says its management. Nucci’s closed temporarily in late July as owner Paul Montella took a brief respite. Going forward, he said lunch specials and the regular menu...