Uncle Giuseppe's Italian Marketplace To Open In Ramsey Friday
Gourmet Italian grocery store Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace will host its grand opening Friday. The 50,000-square-foot location in the Triangle Plaza will open at 9 a.m. The store will feature a fresh seafood department, bakery, a gelato counter with chocolate fountains, a fresh cheese department, bread from Arthur Avenue in the Bronx,...
Lou Di Palo visits Via Umbria
Joining us on Tuesday, December 16th for one special evening from New York's Little Italy, meet Lou Di Palo, beloved owner of New York's beloved neighborhood food shop Di Palo's Fine Foods. Gastronome, food educator and now author of the fascinating book "Di Palo's Guide to the Essential Foods of Italy," Lou -- described as "one of the preeminent e...
Italian gastronomic traditions showcased in Washington
Washington is hosting Thursday and Friday two conferences on Italian cuisine by award-winning food historian and TV host Francine Segan as part of initiatives organized by the Italian embassy ahead of the food-themed Expo world's fair opening in Milan on May 1. Segan, a leading expert on Italy's culinary traditions, will be talking about t...
Erba stella can be harvested at any time
By Paul Barbano Italian food can have funny names such as spaghetti, plural of spaghetto, meaning string, twine, or manicotti from the Italian, plural of manicotto, muff or sleeve, because it is a sleeve stuffed with cheese. Penne pasta got its name because it looks like the quill or a pen. Orzo, meaning barley, because it looks like a...
La "fregatura americana" dell'olio d'oliva spacciato per italiano: parlano i produttori e importatori del 100% Made in Italy
di Beatrice Bondi Dopo l'inchiesta de La VOCE di New York pubblicata il 22 maggio sui falsi oli d'oliva Made in Italy, e la recente bocciatura alla Camera dei Rappresentanti USA di una misura restrittiva proprio sulle importazioni di olio d'oliva, continuiamo ad approfondire la questione e siamo andati a sentire cosa ne pensano al riguardo...
Capitol Hill food+drink | Italian Family Pizza coming to First Hill
One of 2016's big food and drink trends on Capitol Hill will also play out on First Hill. Seattle's Italian Family Pizza is slated to replace an exited check cashing business at the corner of Boren and Madison before the summer. We know, we know. Pizza is coming everywhere you look. But the project from Steve and Jennfer Calozzi is also pa...
Italian Immigrant's Dreams Become Sweet Reality
This is a story about a man and his gelato. Gelato is the Italian word for ice cream, and ice cream is a hugely popular treat among Americans. But gelato is not exactly ice cream. It is made with some milk instead of all cream which gives it less fat content, and it's churned in a way that infuses less air, which creates a denser...
Trenton’s Italian Peoples Bakery keeps it hot and fresh after 80 years
By Wendy Greenberg The corner at Butler and Hudson streets is bustling, perhaps one of the busiest in Trenton's Chambersburg neighborhood. Delivery trucks double park, customers angle for tight parking spots, and residents walk toward their homes with red, green, and white bags containing fresh Italian bread, most likely the signature two-...
Emmy-winning PBS chef to help kick off new community cooking classes at Cedar Crest
Meet Emmy Award-winning public television chef Lidia Bastianich, Thursday when she helps Cedar Crest College kick off its "Health Starts in the Kitchen" community cooking program. Bastianich, host of "Lidia's Kitchen" on PBS will talk about food's role in fostering strong communities, and how she's found success in a male-dominated industry at...
The Birth of a Global Wine Brand: Terlato Wines and Colavita Partner to Launch Colavita Wines
In an innovative collaboration, luxury wine leader Terlato Wines and leading extra virgin olive oil producer Colavita today announced a joint venture to create a collection of super-premium Italian wines. Under an evergreen agreement, Terlato will produce and market wines under the Colavita brand name for global distribution. The initial w...
Belleville opinion: Italian immigrant lives dream by opening business in The Lake
by Marie Strumolo It's time to spotlight some merchants in Silver Lake. The first on deck will be...drum roll please...Errico Violante. He started as a butcher's apprentice when he was 14 in Forino, a small town outside of Naples, Italy. He was the youngest in a family of seven children. In 1964 he left Italy and came to the Unite...
Local meat, Italian tradition for chef Joe Cicala's new salumi business
Joe Cicala's meat is ahead of schedule. But that doesn't mean it'll be eaten anytime soon. "This is perfect," says the chef, grinning as he gently thumbs a butcher-twined hunk of pork the size and shape of a beehive. We're standing close in a stuffy, funky-smelling curing room, an industrial walk-in where a few dozen culatellos, cut from the rear...