NYC Food Truck Lunch: Italian Feast From Li-Sal’s Italian Kitchen
In the winter, you really need food that "sticks to your ribs", and it doesn't get any "stickier" than Li-Sal's Italian Kitchen. We had this lunch on Wednesday, and are still kind of full from it two days later. Li-Sal's Italian Kitchen is from Arthur Ave in the Bronx, a heavily Italian area known for its top-notch food stores and restaurants....
Bronx Pizzeria a success since it’s opening
A new pizzeria that specializes in customer service recently opened up on East Tremont Avenue, replacing another pizzeria at the same location. Last month, Bronx Pizzeria, a at 3579 E. Tremont Avenue, officially opened it's doors to the community, taking over Vito's Pizzeria, which was in business for just over a year. Bronx Pizzeria...
Campania pizza launching second restaurant at familiar Staten Island location
Coal-fired pizza is coming to Richmond Valley — the estimated time of arrival, according to co-owner Joe LaRocca, is about four months. Oh, and it's not just any coal-fired version of a pie: It's Campania's, a quickly expanding brand of restaurants with locations in Eltingville and Bay Ridge. Indeed, La Rocca and Paul Montella are the prop...
Timone’s: New York-Inspired Pizza Place Invades Morningside
Don't make the mistake of calling Timone's a New York-style pizza joint. Chef/owner Ron Eyester prefers the term New York-"inspired" pizza joint. Yes, its décor gives nods to the Big Apple. It has gritty brick wall paneling and paintings of iconic New York celebrities. Each booth represents a borough with tables featuring maps of one of them. &nbs...
The Wines and Grapes of Campania
Enjoy a selection of some of the most exclusive wines from the region of Campania. Learn about the different grapes, their unique characteristics and enjoy a paring appetizers demonstration prepared live by Louis Coluccio owner of A.L.C. Italian Grocery in Bay Ridge, the destination for serious but frugal Italian food purists. An event not to be mi...
Wine tasting and competition
Sunday, March 15, 2015 @ 3:00PM - Italian American Club of Mahopac Members: Bring your homemade wine to enter the contest! Join us at the Italian American Club of Mahopac for an afternoon of fun, food and tradition! Members: bring one gallon of your white or red homemade wine for the judging contest and, of course, to share...
Suffern Italian Chef Launches Own Web Store Food Line
Suffern chef/owner Marcello Russodivito says cooks are at a disadvantage when cooking their regional Italian dishes without using quality ingredients. So a natural progression for the affable chef/owner of Marcello's Ristorante was to launch a gourmet food line, Chef Marcello Gourmet Imports. The web store features pastas, gluten-free...
Luigi's Restaurant, a popular Syracuse tradition for 62 years, is for sale
By Don Cazentre Luigi's Restaurant on Valley Drive, one of Syracuse's oldest Italian restaurants -- and probably one of the oldest of any kind -- is for sale. A real estate listing posted this week shows an asking price of $750,000 for the restaurant and building at 1524 Valley Drive. Luigi's has been operated by Louis "Luigi" Savastino a...
Viaggio nella cucina italoamericana: Buca di Beppo a Times Square
Quando Buca di Beppo ci ha invitati a provare il suo nuovo ristorante, proprio nel cuore di Times Square, sapevamo che avremmo fatto un'esperienza diversa dal tipico ristorante italiano. Vista la location e il nome, e il tripudio di tricolori, stavamo entrando esattamente in quell'altrove affascinante della cucina italoamericana! Mi rendo...
Il cioccolato italiano alla conquista di New York
di Daniela Sapone Inaugurato il primo store newyorkese di Amedei, marchio nato dall'idea di Cecilia Tessieri, la prima donna nel mondo a ricoprire il ruolo di maître chocolatier Delle delizie di cioccolato completamente made in Italy. Amedei, l'azienda toscana fondata dalla maître chocolatier Cecilia Tessieri, ha inaugurato la sua...
Le Sirene Brings Tastes Of Southwestern Italy To Westchester
by Leslie-Anne Brill Larchmont, a man swept into the bar after driving up from Manhattan. "He's our Cheers customer," said the bartender, Olga (who splits shifts between Larchmont and Manhattan). He lives next to Caravaggio, one of the three Upper East Side restaurants (in addition to Sistina and San Pietro) where owners Gerardo and Cosimo Bruno m...
Italian Trade Agency & Italian Association Of Geographic Indication Consortia Educate Consumers In NY
by The Italian Trade Agency On Wednesday, Dec. 3, the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Association of Geographic Indication Consortia hosted journalists at Osteria del Principe to educate and promote Italian products. The Italian Trade Commissioner, Pier Paolo Celeste, executive director for the U.S., said, "The Italian Trade...