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While saddened that downtown Sarasota lost Made Restaurant last month, I'm thrilled the city's most famous dining district recently welcomed Trattoria Bella Napoli, just a half-mile stroll down Main Street. For those not fluent in Italian, the restaurant's name roughly translates to "Beautiful Naples Eatery," and it's the latest and greatest place...

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Miami's vibrant Wynwood district welcomes its latest culinary gem Sparrow Italia, an upscale Italian steakhouse that's redefining luxury dining in the neighborhood. The restaurant features a dramatic sunken dining room that creates an immediate impression, setting the stage for an unforgettable dining experience. "What we love is when guests arrive...

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Alba: surprisingly cosmopolitan for a town with a local population of just over 30,000. Welcome to Le Langhe, the only place in the world where you can rub elbows with Michelin-starred chefs, truffle hunters, wine producers, and local farmers.  Before UNESCO designated the Langhe, Roero, and Monferrato as World Heritage Sites, King Carlo Alberto of...

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Imagine opening a jar of Nutella, harvested from hazelnuts grown in the Garden State. That’s an ultimate vision of Rutgers University researchers working with a $170,000 research grant from Ferrero Group. The Italian-based company, which also owns Ferrero Rocher, announced the funds in November to be disbursed over a four-year span. That was in add...

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Remember Buca di Beppo? The casual Italian chain restaurant (or really, Italian-American) was known for its red-sauce style, with hearty menu items like lasagna, juicy chicken parmesan, and spaghetti and meatballs, as well as seriously big portions. Somewhat ironically, it wasn't dreamed up by an Italian at all. Founder Phil Roberts hails from cent...

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Picture this: a bustling weekend at Villa Roma in the Catskills, surrounded by the irresistible aroma of traditional Capuzzelle, a dish steeped in Italian American heritage and memories. That’s where our journey begins, as we savor this rare delicacy made from a sheep’s head, reflecting on its enduring cultural significance and the resilience that...

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January is National Soup Month, and for many Italians and Italian Americans paste e fagioli is a culinary icon. Evoking warm memories of childhood and bold, yet comforting flavors, homemade pasta e fagioli comes in many forms. In Italy, the most ancient versions date back to the Southern regions that made up Magna Grecia. There, pasta (called lagan...

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DOP (PDO) Pecorino Romano is the direct descendant of the sheep's milk cheese that was the staple food of the Roman Empire. The story goes that, over 2000 years ago in ancient Rome, the same sheep's milk cheese that we eat today was an important part of the daily meals and banquets of imperial palaces. In 48 BC, Virgil describes its nutritional and...

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While in general in the post-Covid tourism sector the first signs of decline are evident, particularly among Italian tourists, there is one specific category that continues to grow and does so in double digits: it is food and wine tourism. Highlighting this is the “Italian Food and Wine Tourism Report.” This new edition, the seventh in the Report's...

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Foodies across Acadiana have been anxiously waiting for the official opening date of Sarricas Little Italy in Lafayette, LA. Santi and Gina are natives of Italy & Columbia and have succeeded in bringing authentic Sicilian cuisine to Lafayette. The Sarrica’s prioritize the freshest and most authentic ingrendients by importing them straight from Sici...

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