Vinitaly raises a glass to southern wines – and the spirit of collaboration – at Italian Wine Week in New York
Vinitaly International joined wine trade and press professionals this week in New York for the Italian Trade Commission's VINO 2015 Italian Wine Week & Convention, a series of seminars and tastings celebrating the wines of southern Italy. "Vino is back!" announced ITC's Trade Commissioner Pier Paolo Celeste, referring to both the growi...
Exclusive Interview: VIA VAI Executive Chef Owner Antonio Morichini
By Loraine Stupakoff After completing culinary school in the Peidmont region of north Italy, Antonio Morichini started his career in a restaurant in the seaside town of Chiavari in Liguria (northern Italy), the Lord Nelson Pub. There, he worked with the freshest fish and the traditional food of that region. Antonio returned to his...
First Taste of Mamma Guidara’s, the Nomad Hotel’s Red Sauce Throwback
Some nights, New York seems like one giant Italian restaurant, with an infinite strand of pasta connecting everything and everybody. It's hard to get that vision out of your head if you spend a night at the just-opening Mamma Guidara's, the red sauce spot that's taking over every Sunday evening at the Nomad Bar in the Gramercy Park neighborhoo...
Pasta is king at Italian-American Festival in Watkins Glen
Maria Scuteri prepared 72 pounds of pasta Saturday for the 34th Italian-American festival, despite an afternoon rainstorm. "I was surprised by how busy it got," Scuteri said, eyes wide, as she helped prepare sauce for another busy day. Scuteri, of Watkins Glen, was working with her family at Scuteri's Cannoli Connection with around 20 oth...
Gluten-Free Italian Restaurant Risotteria Opening UWS Outpost
by Emily Frost The West Village-based Italian restaurant and bakery Risotteria, which describes itself as a "gluten-free heaven," is opening a new outpost on Amsterdam Avenue this spring, the owner said. The new restaurant is under construction on Amsterdam Avenue at West 78th Street, taking the space of Westway Food Market, the c...
Santina
by Christina Izzo The adage "Rome wasn't built in a day" has soothed the worried brows of empire builders for centuries—but not the crew behind Major Food Group. Patience might've worked for those Romans, but in its breathless, rapid-fire expansion—eight restaurants in six years—the Italian-American food juggernaut has tapped more readily...
The ‘Sophia Loren’ Is New York’s Most Elegant New Sundae
Chefs use all sorts of inspiration for dishes. It might be something as simple as an ingredient they want to feature, or a painting that prompts a new style of presentation. For a new dessert at Leuca, the brand-new Italian restaurant in Brooklyn's William Vale hotel, chefs Andrew Carmellini and Jason Casey went with something a little more concept...
New York presenta SINA Fine Italian Hotels
L'ENIT di New York ha ospitato la presentazione dell'offerta SINA Fine Italian Hotels ad operatori turistici, agenti di viaggio e giornalisti, rappresentanti delle più conosciute e stimate organizzazioni dell'industria turistica Americana come Virtuoso, American Express Traveler, MAPTA, Valerie Wilson Travel, Liberty Travel e dei Media che, anche n...
The Greatest Thing I Ever Ate: Il Porchetta In Alidoro, New York
by Tom Greaney Alidoro, on Sullivan Street in New York, is a place famed for rude service as much as it is for Italian sandwiches. On my first visit I walked in, it was unusually empty; I stepped up to the counter, stood there for 5 minutes until the grumpy sandwich man casually walked over to me and muttered "No bread." Other tim...
Lo chef che agli americani parla il linguaggio del gusto, con accento romagnolo
By Maurita Cardone Ci sono tanti motivi per cui si può decidere di fare il cuoco. Per Fausto Ferraresi è stata la voglia di viaggiare. "Ricordo un pomeriggio ozioso dopo la fine delle scuole medie, a chiacchierare sul dondolo con un amico. Ci chiedevamo cosa volessimo fare. Il meccanico? No, non è per me. L'elettricista? Nemmeno. O il liceo per po...
Salami is key to Soldano spin on stuffed peppers at Casa Antica
By Andrew Z. Galarneau Calogero Soldano was a teenager when his father Jack opened Casa Antica, an Italian restaurant in Lewiston. "I was still in high school," Calogero Soldano. "I was the little kid looking over the counter in the restaurant, always watching and learning." He noticed that customers were "always asking for p...
Consuntivo 2014. Successo dei vini italiani negli Usa
Ad appena un mese dal GALA ITALIA, che il prossimo 19 febbraio celebrerà il suo trentesimo anniversario ed il successo del vino italiano, il presidente dell'Italian Wine & Food Institute, Lucio Caputo, ha fatto un bilancio dell'anno che si è appena concluso. Un anno che Caputo ha definito di transizione fra una crisi economica che, almeno negl...