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At Capella Pizzeria, more than just the inspiration for the dish comes from Italy. The ingredients do, too, as well as the training to make the authentic wood-fired pizzas. Because of that, owner Mehmet Ozbey said he hopes the restaurant — located at 4700 U.S. 280 in the Inverness Village Center — will “feel like a little corner of Italy” for every...

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It is probably thanks to the distiller Antonio Benedetto Carpano, who created one of the first types of vermouth in Turin in 1786, that the beloved aperitivo was born, even though the habit of drinks before meals as we know it today began to spread only in the second half of the 18th century. Aperitivo is a huge part of Italian culture, a moment to...

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The staff behind Green Russell wants to breathe some new life into an old corner. Last week, Bonanno Concepts opened Salita, a new Italian cocktail lounge, in the former Lou’s Food Bar space at 701 Grant St. in Governor’s Park. It will be staffed with the beverage team from the former Larimer Square bar, which closed on the last day of 2022. “We’d...

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Basil is used to treat worm infections, warts, intestinal gas, kidney problems, fluid retention, and stomach spasms. Insect and snake bites are also treated with it. Basil is sometimes used by women before and after childbirth to encourage blood flow and to begin the flow of breast milk. The Italian super-power herb is so popular in the U.S. that H...

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Admittedly, it’s nothing like the golden, pillowy, dimpled focaccia you associate with the name. This delicacy is something entirely different, unleavened, hardly even focaccia at all in the traditional sense of the word. Yet it is the most decadent version of them all. If you’ve never been to Liguria, specifically to the area around Recco, you’ve...

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Four million Italian immigrants arrived to America’s shores during the “Great Arrival” from 1880-1920, and they moved across the country in all directions to earn money for their families. Immigrants headed to New Orleans to work on sugar cane plantations, others stayed in NYC, filling factories and construction sites, many moved west to Cleveland,...

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Open softly for a few months, Caffè della Volpe is bringing the experience of an authentic, old-world Italian café to Berwyn, writes Caroline O’Halloran for SAVVY Main Line. All the offerings — including breakfast and lunch sandwiches, baked goods, salads, smoothies, and gelato — are made on-site from scratch. “There wasn’t a place that married the...

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One of my favorite questions to ask business owners is how they came up with the name of their company. Sometimes, the reason is clear. Other times, it seems completely random. With The Black Italian, it might seem obvious — but when I caught up with owners Anthony and Paula Hunter, they told me the name of their restaurant in the Highlands isn't a...

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The history of cereals goes hand in hand with that of Humankind, especially here, in the Mediterranean basin, where they have always been part of our food triad. Along with olives and the vine, and the products they’d give us – bread, olive oil and wine – cereals have been true staples of Mediterranean culinary culture since time immemorable and th...

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MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village, especially the blocks between Bleecker and West Third, is one of the city’s greatest restaurant rows. Around 3 p.m. or so, it begins to crowd with eager diners who patronize dozens of dining establishments and honky tonk bars, and as you stand in their midst you’ll see falafels, smash burgers, banh mi, slices...

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