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The menu at Convivium Osteria in Brooklyn, N.Y., has a lot of enticing choices. There’s braised artichokes in extra virgin olive oil with garlic and mint, and first courses include Sardinian pasta with housemate Berkshire port sausage in tomato sauce with pecorino as well as homemade tagliatelle with beef and veal ragu sauce. For the main dishes, t...

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Another one of our guests of honor attending the Authentic Italian Table dinner, June 3, at Terra restaurant at Eataly is good friend of the chamber Richard Gussoni, the honorary Italian consul for Dallas/Ft. Worth and and founder and CEO of one of the most successful high-end catering and events planning companies in the state of Texas — Culinaire...

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Jon Snyder, owner of Il Laboratorio del Gelato, has been approached countless times about franchising his gelato and sorbet business based in the Lower East Side. Snyder, who deals mostly in wholesale, has always refused. Until now. Upper Montclair is now home to the first franchised Il Laboratorio del Gelato location in the United States, which of...

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Beneath the Kimpton La Peer Hotel, down an echo-filled stairwell, Michael Fiorelli is deeply focused on dinner prep. This subterranean, stainless steel workstation isn’t where the Olivetta chef expected to be before the pandemic started, but he’s more comfortable than ever cooking food like this: coastal Mediterranean cooking with Italian overtones...

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Ammazza Caffé, an Italian-inspired restaurant in Eastern Williamsburg just west of Graham Avenue, marries consistent quality with affordability. For that, it’s been included lately among the batch of local restaurants to get on the Michelin’s Bib Gourmand list. An under-the-radar spot, a visit there last week confirmed that it deserves those Michel...

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Even as teenager, Francis Asti knew what he wanted to do with his life. The aspirations he listed in his Maryland high school yearbook include receiving a culinary arts education and owning a restaurant. The 30-year-old, who has been working in the food business for half his life, owns Asti’s Italian Steakhouse located at Grand View Golf Club, an 1...

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La Divina Italian Cafe, 3535 Perkins Road, is joining the Capital Area Animal Welfare Society in hosting "Gelato Love for Dogs: A CAAWS Fundraiser" from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. June 6. The cafe will give free gelato for every $5 donation to CAAWS, plus it's donating 25% of all of its proceeds during that time to the animal welfare society. This also inclu...

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The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast will present on June 9th, The Authentic Italian Table: Food Design Night, the one-of-a-kind event taking place in different Italian design showrooms, in the heart of the Miami Design District. Even if it will be a smaller edition compared to the past due to the ongoing situation, the event will be a u...

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The promoters of Pomodoro San Marzano dell’Agro Sarnese-Nocerino DOP are sponsoring a contest to familiarize the public with their product. The winner of the contest will receive a dinner for two valued at $250 at a high-end Italian restaurant in Chicago featuring San Marzano DOP tomatoes. San Marzano DOP tomatoes are known as the “Crown Jewel” of...

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Agritalia has been recognized by Whole Foods Market as a winner of the grocer’s ninth-annual Supplier Awards, taking home the honor of Supplier of the Year with Special Recognition. The Whole Foods Market Supplier Awards distinguish 42 companies that raised the bar in 2020, including local, regional, and national brands across all product categorie...

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