A Culinary Roman Empire’s Next Conquest? Manhattan.
For decades, people in search of the best food in Rome have found their way into the arms of the Roscioli family. Atop a network of wine cellars between the ancient Jewish quarter and the Campo de’ Fiori flower market, descendants of Marco and Franco Roscioli run four businesses, each outstanding in its field: a bread bakery, a pastry shop, a wine...
Alba Accanto Brings a Taste of the Amalfi Coast to Manhattan
Less than a year after launching Italian restaurant Cucina Alba, New York-based Prince Street Hospitality has introduced Alba Accanto next door. Both the restaurant and new cocktail bar are situated on the ground floor of the Heatherwick Studio-designed Lantern House condo building in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighborhood. To juxtapose its urban lo...
NYC ‘Pizza Alliance’ created to slice City Hall’s efforts to crack down on coal-, wood-fired ovens
Don’t let them take our dough! A new alliance has formed to fight New York City’s edict targeting famous pizzerias that bake their pies in pollutant-spewing coal-and-wood-fired ovens. Lobbyist and self-described pizza fanatic Brad Gerstman said Wednesday he’s created the “New York City Pizza Alliance” with fellow lawyer Nina Marinaro and pie makers...
NYC threatens pizzerias with coal, wood-fire ovens to cut carbon emissions
New York City may soon force pizzerias to pay thousands of dollars in renovations to keep their coal and wood-fire ovens over environmental concerns with air quality, according to a report. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has drafted new rules that would require pizzerias with coal and wooden-fire ovens installed prio...
Italian food awards USA 2023: the winners
The Italian food innovation is once again the protagonist at the Summer Fancy Food Show 2023, the American largest trade show dedicated to the food sector. Italianfood.net, the Food Group’s international project, organized the fifth edition of the Italian Food Awards USA, dedicated to the most innovative Italian F&B products launched in the past tw...
Fake Made in Italy is worth 120 billion euros
The value of counterfeit Made in Italy food products in the world rises to 120 billion euros, with the United States classified as the country where counterfeit Italian products register the highest turnovers. This is the alarm raised by agrifood organizations Coldiretti and Filiera Italia on the occasion of the most important world trade fair even...
Bayside Historical Society hosts TV chef, best-selling author Lidia Bastianich
Reserve your spot now and meet the beloved, Emmy-winning TV chef, best-selling author, and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich in person at a special event hosted by the Bayside Historical Society on Thursday, June 29, at the Castle in Fort Totten. “A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich” (part of the ‘Author Talk at the Castle Series’), will take place fr...
Summer Fancy Food: Emilia Romagna attending with record-breaking products
The Food Valley of Italian Emilia Romagna region is taking part in the Summer Fancy Food Festival in New York, the most important trade fair dedicated to quality agri-food from all over the world. The regional administration was represented at the fair by the president Stefano Bonaccini and by the councilor for agriculture Alessio Mammi. A great re...
Italian cuisine is a candidate for the UNESCO world heritage list
Italian cuisine is officially a candidate for inclusion in UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. The Italian Ministry of Agriculture and the Italian Embassy in the United States, with the support of the Italian Trade Agency, have identified the Summer Fancy Food Show 2023 as an opportunity to give value to this candidacy. Italian cuisine,...
"An Italian emotion" to conquer the Big Apple
Grana Padano, the most consumed DOP cheese in the world will participate in the 67th edition of the Summer Fancy Food trade fair to be held at the Javits Center in New York from 25 to 27 June. The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest agri-food trade event in the United States. With the latest and best food & beverage specialties, the Summer Fancy...
This Maximalist ‘Unusual Italian Restaurant’ Showcases How Italian Food Is Consumed Around The Globe
Formerly a pasta factory and then an Italian grocery, this Brooklyn shop is now home to Café Mars, an unusual Italian restaurant that’s looking to expand what the definition of what an Italian restaurant actually is. And no, it has nothing to do with outer space. Nestled in the historically Italian neighborhood of Gowanus, the location of Café Mars...
The Vullo family serving the valley for over half a century
Between Utica and Oneida, where Route 5 rambles through the fields and farms of the Mohawk Valley, The Black Stallion restaurant in Vernon treats travelers, neighbors, foodies, and friends to authentic Italian American cuisine with a contemporary flare yet a traditional touch. When Vernon Downs opened in 1953, horses who were no longer required to...