Pomodori pelati con l'immagine del Duomo in copertina, pasta "Sorrento", biscotti "Nonni" sono alcuni esempi di prodotti italiani venduti negli Stati Uniti, che italiani non sono affatto. Mentre lunedi' si aprono a Washington i negoziati sull'accordo di libero scambio con gli Stati Uniti, l'industria agro-alimentare italiana lancia l'allarme sul fe...

By Tamara Lush Marcella Hazan, the Italian-born cookbook author who taught generations of Americans how to create simple, fresh Italian food, died Sunday. She was 89. Hazan died in the morning at her home in Florida, according to an email from her son, Giuliano Hazan, and posts on Facebook and Twitter from her husband and daughter-in-law.  ...

La National Restaurant Association ha previsto che nel 2014 il numero di ristoranti in America dovrebbe corrispondere ad un cifra intorno a 990,000.La stessa fonte prevede che, nello stesso periodo, il settore del food service rappresentera' un fatturato totale pari a $ 683.4 miliardi, circa il 4% del prodotto nazionale lordo USA.   Compless...

Solunto bakery, a Little Italy landmark since the late 1960s, will undergo a major renovation that will bring house-made gelato, wood-fired pizzas and fine dining to the India Street space.   While the family-run business was sold about six years ago, it remained a bakery and casual eatery in recent years, but owner Antonino Mastellone, a pr...

Restaurateurs, Mehdi /Susan Rouhani, and Bob Candice proudly announce their achievements. Talayna's Italian Restaurant was founded in 1964 by the previous owner and has been owned and managed by Mehi and Susan Rouhani for the past 30 years. They are known for their Pizza and Italian cuisines.   Additionally, they offer catering, banquet faci...

by Silvia Simonetti   Italian cuisine is recognized and appreciated all across the globe. From extremely simple to more refined dishes, what makes the real difference are the genuine ingredients of our tradition.   Yet there was a time in the - not so distant - past when they couldn't be found abroad, due to their cost and perishabili...

A new restaurant franchise is making its way to the Central Georgia area, serving up fast food Italian to diners. Italian-American fast casual restaurant Fazoli's chain plans to open restaurants in Macon, Warner Robins, Athens, Augusta, Columbus and Savannah.   C&P restaurant company, a 100 restaurant group based in Macon has signed a si...

by Daniel Gerzina   There will be some more changes at Cocello very soon. Brendan Sodikoff's Italian reconcept of Dillman's that opened last year in River North will discontinue reservations (the last date available is June 6, according to OpenTable) and close for a few days at a very soon but undetermined date in order to become an Italian...

by Candice Woo   Caffé Primo, which has locations throughout Los Angeles including the Sunset Strip, downtown LA and Santa Monica, opens its first San Diego restaurant today in the East Village at 1330 Market Street, in a 5,469-square-foot space at the based of the 13 & Market building that includes a large wrap-around patio which seats...

by Claudia Astarita   The city of Parma, known abroad for its delicatessen, was nominated among the gastronomic creative cities for the Unesco list. This category includes a variety of resourceful municipalities, but only eight experts in food and none of them (before Parma nomination) was Italian.   The other cities are Popayan (Colo...