Un premio all’Italia al Summer Fancy Food Show
Quando nel 1994 Filippo Berio, uno dei produttori di olio d’oliva più noti in Nord America, inviò all’esposizione di Chicago alcune casse del suo prodotto, dovette attendere quasi quattro mesi prima di ricevere una lettera che ne certificava la qualità e mostrava interesse alla commercializzazione negli USA. “A quel tempo non c’erano mail e cellul...
"Fiasco" Opens on Arthur Avenue
Despite the sophisticated experience that comes with classically Italian restaurants like Enzo’s and Zero Otto Nove, my parents only visit so many times a semester. To compensate, I typically wind up with Italian-American comfort food from Michaelangelo’s. Usually, I’ll down too many glasses of wine and order lobster ravioli in vodka sauce. However...
Brooklyn’s ‘Tramezzini’ Opening Sandwich Shop on East Houston
Two Smorgasburg vendors are setting up shop, side by side, on East Houston Street. Last week saw the arrival of Wowfulls, the snack shop specializing in, you guessed it, waffles. This week comes word that fellow Instagram-ready cohort, Tramezzini, is up next. No, not Trapizzino, which just debuted on Orchard Street last month. A tiny sign above the...
Carm’s like coming home to mom’s homemade Italian
Where have I been? I’m reprimanding myself for overlooking this gem of a restaurant on Freemans Bridge Road in Glenville. There it has sat, family-owned for 46 years, cranking out pizza, catering parties and serving top-notch Italian-American fare. Don’t you make that mistake.
Zia Esterina Opens Thursday From the Most Famous Pizzaiolo in Naples
Italophiles and pizza nerds, get ready: Zia Esterina is opening on Thursday at 112 Mulberry Street, the pizza fritta and fried calzone spot from Naples very own Gino Sorbillo. He’s one of Italy’s most public food figures, an Italian TV regular whose reputation was enhanced when he defied the Camorra when it allegedly torched his restaurant. And he...
Celebrate Pasquetta at the Our Lady of the Snow Sagra della Pizza Chiena (Pizza Rustica Festival)
Monday, April 17th @ 6 pm Our Lady of the Snow Hall - 410 Graham Avenue - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211 This Easter Monday, come celebrate Pasquetta (Little Easter) with the Our Lady of the Snow Society at the Sagra della Pizza Chiena in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Bring your family, your friends and your own pizza rustica (pizza chiena) so we can a...
Whitestone’s Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices kicks off a sweet new season
Warmer weather and sunshine means business at this popular Whitestone sweet shop.nJessica Taylor and her mother, Marybeth Morgenbesser, have owned and operated Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices of Whitestone at 12-48B Clintonville St. for nine years. “[My mom] has built such a good relationship with the community,” Taylor said. “She asks everyone who com...
Italia verso presenza record a Summer Fancy Food Show a NY
Con oltre 300 aziende partecipanti dall'industria agroalimentare, un padiglione italiano interamente rinnovato e un premio dedicato alla qualità e all'innovazione, l'Italia si prepara a registrare una nuova presenza record alla prossima edizione del Summer Fancy Food Show, il maggiore salone americano dell'agroalimentare che si svolgerà a New York...
Italy Comes To Long Island With Italia Vera At The Nassau Coliseum
A taste of Italian lifestyle is coming to Nassau Coliseum in September, and tickets for the event go on sale Friday. Italia Vera: The Ultimate Italian Lifestyle Festival will land at the Coliseum for one day only on Sept. 9, but with two sessions: one at 12:30 p.m. and one at 5:30 p.m. The event will transform the Coliseum into a slice of Italy, fe...
Russo’s New York Pizzeria opens soon at the Fairfield Town Center
A new location of Russo’s New York Pizzeria will open in April at the Fairfield Town Center, 28610 Hwy. 290, Cypress. The eatery specializes in authentic, hand-tossed New York pizza as well as Italian pastas, salads and soups. The new 2,500-square-foot restaurant will include 70 indoor and 24 patio seats. It will offer free deliver services within...
Italian restaurant pioneer to take over famed SoHo bar space
Pino Luongo, a pioneer in popularizing Tuscan cuisine in America, is branching out to Soho. Luongo, who runs the successful Morso on East 59th Street, has signed a lease to launch an eatery in the former Milady’s bar space at 160 Prince St., at the corner of Thompson. The 1,850-square-foot restaurant is expected to open in the fall. The deal was br...
Mario Batali, American Chemical Society Weigh in on the Science of Pasta
Like any good Italian, my mother, Victoria Perritano, made her first batch of pasta dough as young bride newly married to her Italian groom. She learned the technique from her mother, my grandmother. Pasta making has been a technique and tradition lovingly passed down in Italian families for generations. In fact, renowned chef, restaurateur and coo...