Italian Producers Rejoice After Strong Showing at World Olive Oil Competition
With an absolutely outstanding performance once again, Italy reaffirmed at the New York International Olive Oil Competition its leading role in the production of excellence. Italian extra virgin olive oils succeeded at the world’s largest and most prestigious olive oil contest gaining the highest number of awards, with 152 producers rewarded for th...
Una Pizza Napoletana Returns 9 Years After Saying So Long to New York
Anthony Mangieri is one of those rare sorts of the restaurant world known for devoting his life to a single noble pursuit: In his case, making the best pizza he can from the best ingredients he can get. He has chased this seemingly simple but elusive goal since 1996, when he opened his first pizzeria in his native New Jersey, followed by ever more...
Palizzata's Authentic, Northern Italian Cuisine
Uptown Kingston will welcome its newest restaurant, Palizzata, in May. Eschewing the chicken parm TexMex of Italian food, the family-owned establishment will serve up authentic dishes from northern Italy. “Palizzata” is Italian for “stockade,” a tip of the cap to both the restaurant’s culinary heritage and its historic location. The dine-in eatery...
A taste of Little Italy at Mangia in Orchard Park
Confession is good for the soul, or so they say. So I will share that when the first dishes arrived at Mangia, I emitted a quiet sigh of relief. After visiting so many Italian-American restaurants, the dominant strain of the area's "ethnic" eateries, I have developed red sauce fatigue. I've learned to expect average food in an average setting, made...
Husband and wife team call on their Italian-American roots as they present an innovative take on the cuisine at New York's Don Angie...
Husband and wife team, Scott Tacinelli and Angie Rito, let their deep Italian-American roots influence the menu in their latest venture together, as the owners of sleek new New York restaurant and bar Don Angie. Located in Manhattan’s West Village, Tacinelli and Rito have slapped a new spin on the Italian-American dining they grew up among here at...
Patrizia’s will give Queens another try when it opens on Grand Avenue in Maspeth
A widespread New York-based Italian restaurant and pizzeria is making its return to Queens with a soon-to-open location on Grand Avenue in Maspeth. Patrizia’s will open on the corner of Grand Avenue and 69th Place — the former site of a McDonald’s — sometime in the late spring or early summer, according to a spokesperson for the restaurant. While t...
Gargano brings generations of Italian cuisine to AMA supper series
Imagine dining by a shimmering pool under a starry sky as you enjoy a fine Italian dinner accompanied by wines selected to complement the cuisine. That is the memorable evening awaiting those who attend “Starry Starry Night,” which brings this season of the Albany Museum of Art’s Fine Art of Dining Culinary Series to a close. The cuisine will be...
Il Mulino Comes To Wainscott
This May, the Hamptons will add another Italian restaurant to its seasonal dining lineup: Il Mulino, the Italian brand with outposts in Las Vegas, Roslyn, Manhattan, Atlantic City, San Juan, Puerto Rico and South Beach, will open in Wainscott’s former Osteria Salina space.The restaurant space, which abuts East Hampton’s Georgica Pond, has been oper...
Grandma Pie Is the Pizza Style You've Been Missing Out On
One of life's great joys is discovering a dish that feels like an insider's secret. That’s just what tasting my first bite of grandma pie—a crispy, pan-baked pizza covered with a garlicky tomato sauce—felt like. To learn more about the quintessential New York specialty with deep roots in Italian American culture, I chat with resident pizza expert S...
Alimenti: a New York si celebra il ‘Cannolo Day’
Dall’Italia all’America, l’ode al Cannolo non conosce confini: ricotta di pecora freschissima, zucchero a velo, gocce di cioccolato e granella di pistacchio, tutto racchiuso in una fragrante cialda. Il Cannolo Siciliano è uno dei dolci più noti tra le specialità italiane e verrà celebrato sabato 28 aprile anche a New York. L’iniziativa è’ di Philip...
At Mani in Pasta, an Award-Winning Neapolitan Pizza Whiz Makes Roman-Style Pies
Mani in Pasta is the name. Translation: “hands in the dough,” and that is exactly where Giuseppe Manco’s mitts have been most of his 31 years. Manco is the pizzaiolo-chef and co-owner of this five-month-old East Village pizza restaurant, and his dough-making credentials are pretty impressive. The Neapolitan expat got started early at the family-run...
Il Vecchio Forno offers ‘pizza by the meter’ in Huntington
Could you eat a meter’s worth of pizza? Americans quantify pizza by the number of slices; Italians are more likely to assess the pie’s length, ordering pizza “al metro,” or “by the meter.” At the newly opened Il Vecchio Forno in Huntington, customers can order pizzas that measure a meter (39 inches) in length, a half meter or a traditional 12-inch...