A new generation is rising to take charge of Pizza Amore as the Grand Island pizzeria adds a new North Tonawanda location later this month. At 13, Devon Perri was there when her parents, Dave and Diana Perri, started Pizza Amore Wood Fire, a quick-service pizza trailer key to the rise of Buffalo-area food trucks in 2011. She was there, two years l...

Because of the pandemic, I offer online fun, informal, hands-on, personalized and tailored made to my clients’ needs classes about healthy Italian cuisine, nutrition, culture and Italian etiquette. The idea of my lesson is to give you the flavor of true Italian lifestyle through food. Price can vary from 60-80 €, with a 10% discount for the readers...

It was the movie that added sex appeal to the gritty neorealist film period and made a star out of actress Silvana Mangano. "Riso Amaro" ("Bitter Rice"), featured women wearing daring shorts with ripped stockings tramping through water, girl-on-girl mud-wrestling, and Mangano's ample cleavage in everything from tight t-shirts to a negligee. The fil...

Land plus climate equals wine destiny. Together, these geographical qualities determine which grapes flourish and which struggle. However, while most Oregon winemakers appreciate their dependable regional varieties such as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, they’re still captive to a sense of curiosity and exploration, unable to resist experimenting with t...

With the way the world is operating, there's only so much you can do. It's hard to travel, there are no concerts, and it's still difficult to attend sporting events. So when in doubt, EAT! During the pandemic, my friends and I have been taking advantage of the tasty food that's offered at the Jersey Shore. Every Friday night we try to make reservat...

A UNESCO World Heritage site, the city of Ferrara in Emilia Romagna is worth visiting for plenty of reasons – not least of which is its peculiarly shaped coppia ferrarese bread. Coppia (ciupeta in dialect) means "couple," and the bread is made by cutting two strips from the dough, which are then rolled between the palms of one's hands so that they'...

Tucson natives Mat Cable and Devon Sanner had flirted for a couple of years with the idea of a culinary collaboration, and as luck would have it, the timing and circumstances that had never seemed right before came together last fall — at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, the two longtime friends will open Zio Peppe on East Tanque Verd...

The latest addition to Birmingham's restaurant scene opened its doors at Wednesday, as Italian restaurant chain North Italia opened its first Alabama location at The Summit. Executive chef Billy Sciacca, a 16-year veteran of the hospitality industry, will lead the kitchen at the new Birmingham location. Sciacca graduated from The Art Institute of H...

After a winter of takeout, delivery, and eating al fresco, Italian restaurants in the Bay Area will finally be able to invite customers to dine in. Yesterday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced that restaurants can resume indoor dining at 25 percent capacity. As long as health indicators remain the same, the city will remain in the “red tie...

In his 1624 poem La Secchia Rapita (The Stolen Bucket), Modenese poet Alessandro Tassoni writes that during a 1325 battle, Venus, Bacchus, and Mars stopped at a (still-operating) inn in Castelfranco Emilia La Corona. The Bolognese innkeeper was so enraptured with the nude goddess that he tried to replicate her naval in the form of a meat-filled egg...