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Cheese lovers on the North Fork, rejoice! While Kate’s Cheese Co. in Greenport may have closed its doors, a new cheese and charcuterie shop is set to take its place this spring.  Salumeria Sarto, the name of the new Front Street spot, will honor former owner Kate McDowell by continuing to provide artisanal meats, cheeses and specialty sandwiches wh...

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From cannoli to almond biscotti, passing through cassatelle — semi-circular dough pockets filled with ricotta — we owe much of Sicily’s wonderful pastry culture to the creativity of cloistered nuns who, since at least the 13th century, turned the simple ingredients they could source locally into signature desserts.  As explained in a recent Aleteia...

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Get ready to round up some pasta! Spaghetti Western is coming to downtown Fargo. Fabrizio Di Gianni and his wife, Brighid Maguire, plan to open their Italian restaurant this spring (mid-April to early May) at 524 Broadway, a corner storefront that has housed restaurants or bakeries for many years. Di Gianni vows to fill the “void of pasta” in downt...

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If there's one thing Italians do not accept, it’s messing around with the culinary traditions which reflect our identity.  So it’s no surprise that food historian Alberto Grandi's theories on the origins of several iconic Italian foods, which in his view aren't really Italian but made-in-the-USA, have caused such a stir in Italy and made the nation...

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Family-owned and still going strong 100 years later is rare after decades of consolidation in the baking industry. The Rotellas understand they’ve gotten lucky with each generation’s dedication to carry on the family business.  “Some restaurants we do business with, it’s over by the second generation because they don’t have the same fervor and dete...

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Sad news for fans of The Old Spaghetti Works in Des Moines. The 45-year-old restaurant on Court Avenue permanently closed after business on Monday night. “Spaghetti Works will be closing its door permanently March 27, 2023,” a sign on the front door stated in all caps on Tuesday morning. “We appreciate the business and the regulars we all have gott...

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Pasta consumption in the world has doubled in the past decade, increasing from nine million tons to about 17. According to a report by the food industries association Unione Italiana Food on Istat data, nearly 2.4 million tons of Italian pasta (+5.2 percent over 2021) worth 3.7 billion euros (+31 percent) were exported in 2022. Namely, last year mo...

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Joe Bologna’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria has been a Lexington staple for 50 years, ever since Joe Bologna launched the restaurant in 1971. Bologna had honed his culinary skills working and managing other restaurants, cooking for as many as 3,000 when he worked as a cook in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam and later for some high-profile military...

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Stanley Tucci's got his fans eating pasta for breakfast. In a recently posted TikTok video, Tucci shared how he made a pasta casserole with leftovers. The 62-year-old actor said that he ate the dish for breakfast and prepared the homemade recipe at just 10 a.m. "Breakfast, brunch or lunch? Not sure but it was f'ing delicious. #foodtok," said the vi...

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The Italian Milling Industry Association (ITALMOPA) hosted nearly 50 Italian dignitaries and U.S. food industry leaders at a March 7, 2023, dinner to celebrate its Pure Flour from Europe program. Co-funded by the European Union, ITALMOPA's program promotes the superior quality, safety and versatility of Italian and European organic flour and semoli...

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