Italian cuisine might be more closely associated with long, lazy sit-down lunches with multiple courses, stretching out over many enjoyable hours. But Italiy also excels at street food, a fact that's just been recognised in a new index published by travel site My Late Deals. Rome and Palermo were named as some of the top 20 street food cities in th...

Patrizia’s Italian restaurant is proud to celebrate its First Anniversary in Maspeth, the newest location in the dynasty of Patrizia’s restaurants run by the Alaio Family. With 13 popular locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, and New Jersey, Patrizia’s restaurants buzz with the joy of family, friends, and gustatory de...

Italy’s major cities count at least one world-famous piazza. From south to north:  Naples: Piazza del Plebiscito; Rome: Piazza Navona, Piazza Barberini, and Piazza di Spagna; Florence: Piazza della Signoria; Bologna: Piazza Maggiore; Genoa: Piazza de Ferrari; Turin: Piazza San Carlo; Milan: Piazza del Duomo; Padua: Piazza delle Erbe and Prato della...

She traveled from the narrow stoned streets of Bari’s Old Town to the highrises of Hudson Yards, New York City. After a ten hour journey from her home in Puglia, Italy, Nunzia Caputo ,61, an outspoken defender of pasta grannies, arrived at the Jarvis Center ready to show off Puglia’s orecchiette to the visitors of the New York Times’ Travel Show. F...

How absolutely magnificent was the Primo Mercato dining experience? Dare I say it was extraordinary? Yes, that’s the most accurate way to describe it. Nestled in the Mall at Short Hills, Primo Mercato is a market that combines sensational fresh food, a friendly bar and extensive wine list, and tasty live jazz music, all of which feeds the soul. (Th...

The Elm City is welcoming another Italian eatery, and Wooster Square will soon be known for more than just its pizza. Ventured by Naples native and former head chef at Anthony’s Ocean View, Giulio Laurentino hopes to provide city residents with fresh, homemade pasta and Neapolitan delicacies. The restaurant — called Pasta EATaliana — opened last We...

There are many kinds of Italian restaurants, from the pizza delivery joint to the fine-dining with $200 bottles of Barolo on the wine list, from ones who ladle on the red sauce to those who carefully recreate regional classics of the cuisine.  Everyone has their own spot on the Italian cuisine spectrum that means "good Italian restaurant" to them....

Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria IGP, Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP, Pecorino Toscano DOP, Asiago DOP and the Queen of Made in Italy, Nutella. What does that have to do with McDonald’s? “My Selection” is the McDonalds hamburger range invented and launched with the collaboration of former Masterchef judge Joe Bastianich, arrived this year to the thi...

I've been living in New York for several years now and my vision remains that of an Italian and an authentic Roman – who looks for his Bel Paese in the details – like my favorite ingredient, the artichoke. With my family’s blessing, I decided to take our Roman culinary tradition to the Big Apple in 2012. I already knew the city well enough because...

Of course there are secrets for Italian recipes you should follow if you want to make a bona fide Italian dish! In the  first part of this series, we looked at desserts. Now it’s time to take a closer look to  the rest of the menu! Are you ready? These are some rules of thumb to follow when choosing to prepare a basic Italian dish. If you happen to...