What's the next best thing to a trip to Italy this summer? Bringing a premium example of authentic Italian culinary excellence right to your table. Today, Italy's Pasta Rummo, family-run for six-going-on-seven generations, announces its national availability at all Whole Foods Market stores across the U.S. The award-winning, innovative pasta brand...
READ MOREVinzo’s Italian Grill and Pizzeria is a testament to the enduring love affair between Orlando’s food lovers and the exquisite flavors of Italy. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Vinny Essa, the owner and founder behind Vinzo’s, as he shared his inspiring journey, mouthwatering creations, and his vision for the future. Mr. Vinny Essa is a rest...
READ MOREThe Ferrero Group is strengthening its presence in the world of quick-service restaurants with a series of innovations under the Nutella brand. After launching partnerships with McDonald’s and La Piadineria in 2017, now it’s the turn of KFC and Burger King, which will add some new ice creams and sweet-bakery products with Nutella toppings to their...
READ MOREMidway through an almost absurdly indulgent Mediterranean Diet tour of Italy’s Campania region, I had an inconvenient thought. What if, just for a day, I and the half dozen Americans with whom I’d been feasting on prosciutto and buffalo mozzarella, were to experience the Mediterranean Diet the way it was observed by clinicians back when they first...
READ MOREThe North End is getting a brand-new hotspot tomorrow. Umbria will open at 250 Hanover Street with a menu of Italian classics and dry-aged meats in a chic new multi-level space.Owner Frank DePasquale is reinventing Umbria, which was a Boston nightlife staple for over 20 years downtown. The DePasquale family is bringing the concept back to their ho...
READ MOREJust about six months after opening its first location in the Buckhead Village development, Italian restaurant Yeppa & Co. is already gearing up for its second act. The restaurant comes from Pietro Gianni and Stephen Peterson, the duo behind popular metro Atlanta restaurants including Storico Fresco, Forza Storico, as well as Pachengo’s, set to ope...
READ MOREWhile there are plenty of dessert shops around the Grand Canyon State, there’s just something so special about popping into a mom-and-pop shop for a treat. Not only are you supporting a local business but usually these hidden gems offer something you can’t find elsewhere. Take, for example, Dolce Vita Gelato and Grocery, a family-run gelato shop in...
READ MOREOn a mauve-smeared morning in the wine-producing Langhe Hills of Piedmont, where soft grey mists hang in vine-strung valleys, I’m striking out into woods with a young female trifulau (truffle hunter), Marta Menegaldo, and her Lagotto Romagnolo pup, Luna. With the snap of hazel twig underfoot, and the raspy chatter of a magpie above us, we follow Lu...
READ MOREPiccola Cucina has five restaurants: three in New York City, one in Ibiza, Spain, and one in Red Lodge, Montana, population 2,200. Red Lodge anchors one end of the spectacular Beartooth Highway and is a gateway community for Yellowstone National Park. Visiting the park requires driving through Beartooth Pass, which, at over 10,000 feet, closes for...
READ MOREPasserella, one of Houston Food Finder’s best new restaurants of 2022, has opened a second location. The new spot is located at 6011 Washington, near the roundabout and away from the street’s heaviest traffic. It features the same menu as the original at The Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Cypress, so guests can enjoy the same great Italian and Italian-...
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