Di Palo, Eataly prima di Eataly
di Rosalba Reggio e Luca Orlando In principio era una semplice latteria, oggi – cinque generazioni e più di 110 anni dopo – è un grande negozio specializzato che vende e "racconta" il cibo made in Italy. A testimoniare la storia di questa famiglia italiana Luigi (Lou) Di Palo, pronipote del fondatore del negozio. Si presenta parla...
Mario Batali looks at NYC high life with tips for Time Out mag; DeGeneres, Fallon, Kimmel lead celeb Web listing
Mario Batali is giving New Yorkers "baking" lessons: the Italian superchef is writing a guide on the best places to eat in the city when you're stoned. The toking toque, one of a number of celebrities guest-editing sections for Time Out New York's first issue as a free publication, will oversee its music pages, which will highlight stoner rappers J...
Pastosa celebrates 50 years as Staten Island's 'Best Specialty Store'
by Pamela Silvestri Vincent D'Antuono Sr. threw a party Saturday to celebrate a series of milestones: Pastosa Ravioli just hit 50 years in business. It's also Vincent's 75th birthday. And, oh yes, the shopkeeper is quite thrilled over his store's 2015 Staten Island Readers' Choice Award wins in three categories: "Best Specialty Store,...
Il ristorante della settimana. "Casa Basso" di Westhampton, Long Island
di Matilde Cannavò Casa Basso, a Westhampton, non è semplicemente un ristorante, ma un pezzo di storia con una ripetitività quasi ciclica. Aperto nel 1928 da una coppia di genovesi, Luigi e Angelina Basso, nel 1957 il ristorante viene venduto dagli stessi proprietari, ormai in età di pensionamento, a Valerio Mondini di Villanova, provincia...
A New Pasta Destination Is Flourishing in Brooklyn
The agnolotti are having a good time, sliding around in saffron-streaked butter sweetened with honey. Pudgy and thin-skinned, each one is full of softly tangy sheep's milk cheeses. It's hard to say what's more delicious: Could be this, or could be the chewy malfadini in fat, crimped ribbons, tangled up with heaps of Parmigiano, buzzing sof...
Restaurant Review: Soho models little Italy
IF EVER there was an argument in favour of this elusive "rainbow nation", it is a black guy born in Lesotho and raised in Italy, who owns Gemelli - a popular new Italian restaurant in Jozi. He was destined to run this enterprise, as his name, Alessandro, attests. One of the things that makes the Gemelli experience exceptional is the f...
Trattoria Procaccini in Princeton Serves Up Tradition
My wife and I have been fans of the Gretalia Group's food ever since one of its restaurants, Osteria Procaccini in Kingston, started serving exquisite Neopolitan-style pizza in 2011. But something wasn't quite right about Gretalia's comfort-food-driven menu at Northend Bistro, which opened in 2013. A reviewer for The New York Times felt th...
The 10 Best Quotes from Daniel Boulud and Massimo Bottura at Identità New York
By Hillary Dixler This weekend top Italian chefs descended upon New York City for the annual Identità New York event at Eataly. As in years past, the Italian chefs were paired with prominent New York City chefs for demonstrations and multi-course dinners. On Saturday, Massimo Bottura of Modena's Osteria Francescana (currently ranked #3 in the worl...
A history of pizza in 8 slices
Pizza is everything. What should we have for lunch? Pizza. What should we have for dinner? How about pizza? What should we have for breakfast the next day? Definitely leftover pizza. One of the most popular foods in the world, pizza has become unique and variants have evolved based on culture and preference. There are so many variations, I...
Staten Island's best wine selection: Enoteca Maria, Bocelli among 2014 Readers' Choice Award favorites
By Lauren Steussy More than 11,500 votes were cast in the "Best of Arts & Entertainment" categories of the 2014 Staten Island Readers' Choice Awards. And your "Best Wine Selection" winner is: Enoteca Maria — 27 Hyatt St, 718-447-2777 — with 866 votes. Staten Island's famous kitchen full of Italian nonnas is also full of a...
Gala Italia. Previsto un grande successo per il 30mo anniversario
Mancano ormai poco più di due mesi al GALA ITALIA che il 19 febbraio prossimo, nella elegante cornice del Pierre Hotel di New York, celebrerà il suo trentesimo anniversario e, al contempo, il grande successo del vino italiano negli USA. Tale successo sarà l'elemento conduttore e trainante di questa celebrazione, che alla trentennale continuità di...
Fortina opening Downtown Brooklyn location
Acadia Realty Trust and Washington Square Partners, co-developers of City Point, announced that Fortina, the brainchild of chef Christian Petroni, has signed a 15-year, 4,612-s/f lease to bring "straight forward Italian food" to the 1.8 million-square-foot destination in Downtown Brooklyn. Slated to open in the Fall of 2016, Fortina will be ho...