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Four Seasons Orlando is hosting an Italian Festival. Executive Chef Fabrizio Schenardi, who hails from Turin, Italy, will welcome Italian guest chefs in partnership with the Italian Food Style Education (IFSE) Culinary School and the Region of Piedmont in Italy. The Resort first partnered with IFSE in October 2016.   Ravello will be host to two inc...

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Get a chance to meet chef Mario Batali — and feast on a buffet dinner of a few of his recipes. Batali will host a culinary demo and book signing at 5 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando. The menu includes beet salad with baby spinach and goat cheese; chilled pea and scallion soup; cheese tortellini with kale p...

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Pizzeria Roberti keeps it old-school Italian with New York-style pizza, meatballs the size of tennis balls and a red sauce your Italian grandmother would approve of, all in a small neighborhood joint in east Orlando. What I would try a second time: Roughly the circumference of a large orange, Pizzeria Roberti’s rice ball ($5) was a sizable appetize...

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded 8 Honorary Fellowship Awards for the year 2017. Recipients include Italian architect Mario Cucinella and architect Giancarlo Mazzanti, winner of the 2016 edition of the Next Landmark contest sponsored by Floornature. The Honorary Fellowship Award is an annual award for architects who are not US...

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From April 4 to 7, Ceramics of Italy will bring one of the largest international contingents to Orlando, Florida for the 28th edition of Coverings. Organized by Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) with support from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, the Ceramics of Italy pavilion will feature 76 booths and over 1...

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By Heather McPherson   Piazza Rialto is an interesting find in west Orange County. The restaurant is nicely designed with a large main dining room centered around a bar. The room is voluminous yet it has cozy, intimate niches.   The décor has a casual elegance vibe that makes it destination for date night or family supper. And the spa...

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I first visited Siro Urban Italian Kitchen last spring. The kitchen at the Orlando Marriott World Center hit everything out of the park, but service lacked finesse and timing.   Chef Alexia Gawlak — an alum of Luma on Park, Primo and The Ravenous Pig — has taken over the kitchen so a second bite was in order. Siro's rustic decor is stil...

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Spoleto - My Italian Kitchen is now open in East Orlando. It's the first U.S. location for Spoleto, which has more than 380 locations in Brazil, Mexico and Costa Rica. Two additional Orlando locations are scheduled to open later this year, one at the Florida Mall and another in Winter Park, said John Velasquez, president of Spoleto USA.   "T...

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Pasta fans were quick off the mark on Monday, as Olive Garden sold out of its exclusive unlimited dining passes in less than two hours. The US restaurant chain offered 1,000 customers the chance to snap up a $100 pass that will allow them to eat as much as they like between 22 September and 9 November, for its never ending pasta bowl promotion. &...

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Just when he thought he was out, Stefano LaCommare was sucked back into the very world he walked away from last year. Well, sort of. LaCommare no longer runs his once-bustling namesake trattoria in Winter Springs, but his daughter Antonella Paradiso, his son Leonardo, and Antonella's husband, Francesco, felt the call of the wild restaurant world, a...

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