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The first time Marcella Hazan cooked a full Italian meal, she did it in Forest Hills, Queens. Hazan moved to New York with Victor, her Italian-born American husband, in 1955. She knew no English, but she taught herself the language by watching TV—especially Brooklyn Dodgers games—in their Queens apartment. It’s also where she taught herself to cook...

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I was about ready to pass along a tip I heard about the popular global chain of restaurant/markets, Eataly, possibly opening a Houston location, until my fellow Chron editors let out an audible gasp during a pitch meeting. Sorry, Eataly. I didn't know your game. What we know is that an "Eataly Houston LLC" was registered in Delaware in late June...

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It starts with a bite: a cherry still warm from the tree, a tomato sliced open on a cutting board, its scent filling the room. This is the Italian food the world falls in love with—not just for its flavor, but for its feeling. Because here, food isn’t engineered or anonymous. Each fruit or vegetable carries a story, a dialect, a region. This biodiv...

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Italian bars are not bars in the American sense: they’re not for cocktails (unless you’re having aperitivo, of course), and ordering a martini at 10 a.m. will earn you a look usually reserved for people who cut in line at the bakery.  Italian bars are more like the fast-beating heart of daily life, where espresso is fuel, the barista knows your nam...

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Today is World Lasagna Day. Lasagna is tipically Italian, of course: but who really owns this beloved dish, Naples in Campania or Bologna in Emilia Romagna? That question sparks an ongoing debate between the two cities. Some claim the original lasagna includes salami and ricotta, while others argue it was born with meat sauce and béchamel. Putting...

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  Culture drives Italy’s post-pandemic tourism boom A box from home: how southern Italian families keep their students fed - and loved - from afar Italian Anti-Mafia Commission and TikTok sign groundbreaking agreement to promote digital legality A high-tech Italian solution targets Europe’s illegal waste trade University enrollment on the rise in I...

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Since 1989, Valter Longo has dedicated his research to understanding the factors that contribute to overall health and longevity. About 20 years ago, Longo returned to Italy where he grew up, seeking to better study the practices that have helped regions like Sardinia become home to some of the world’s longest-living people. Longo is the director o...

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As early construction begins, the vision for the reimagined Little Italy food hall is coming into focus just months after its abrupt closure.  Tucked away in the European-inspired Piazza della Famiglia on Date Street–between India Street and Columbia Street–is a quiet corner. After it closed in February, the lively food hall that once occupied the...

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Cascina Don Guanella in Valmadrera is a social farming project aimed at welcoming, caring for, training and integrating into the workforce young people with difficulties and at serious risk of social exclusion. The initiative is inspired by the figure of Don Luigi Guanella, who lived in the area at the end of the 19th century. The Cascina is a soci...

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A new reality series shot in St. Louis’s The Hill neighborhood is making its debut this weekend at Hi-Pointe Theatre. The Italian food-based reality show, “Spaghetti Wars,” focuses on two family teams pitted against each other in a cooking challenge. The show’s creators told FOX 2 the show’s premise is “Family Feud” meets “The Sopranos” meets “Shar...

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