‘Crazy for Italian Food’ based on Italian-American experience
by Roberta Saddan Although the farm-to-table concept may be one of the hottest trends today, it was the only way to eat in the New York City of the 1930s. For the many immigrant families in a new world, the dinner table was the center of family life. Cookbook author Joe Famularo shares the details of his childhood in Crazy fo...
First Look: The Iconic Caffe Dante Reopens as Dante
by Kelly Dobkin The gist: AvroKO's Linden Pride worked closely with Caffe Dante's previous owners to restore this legendary space to a new-found glory. Reopening as Dante, the storied Greenwich Village space has been given a facelift as well as brand new menus. The space: Maintaining much of the old-world feel of the 100-year old...
Parmesan Pete's Launches Little Pete’s Italian Food Truc
Parmesan Pete's, an award-winning Italian restaurant created by chef and owner Peter Della Rocca, is now serving up a little bite of Brooklyn—on the go—with the launch of Little Pete's Italian food truck. Little Pete's offers up four generations of Brooklyn-style cooking, including traditional sandwiches; meatball and chicken Parmesan; sau...
Gli chef italiani a New York, con il mestolo dalla parte del manico
Se la cucina è una componente fondamentale della nostra identità e della nostra cultura, allora i nostri grandi chef e ristoratori possono a tutti gli effetti essere considerati ambasciatori d'Italia nel mondo. E se a dirlo è il Console generale d'Italia a New York, non può che essere vero. Francesco Genuardi ha introdotto così l'appuntamento di ie...
A Sneak Peek at Eataly Downtown's Ambitious Bread Operation
When the new Eataly Downtown opens next month, it will have a little taste of something that no other location has — bread from countries other than Italy. Every location of Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's Italian food emporium has a theme, and New York's second outpost on the third floor of 4 World Trade Center will be going all out with bread....
Celebrating Life, Italian Style
By Preeti Singh As cloudy skies gave way to a bright sunny day early Sunday morning, more than a dozen merchants, dressed in white or red aprons, started to organizetheir displays on long tables set up along Arthur Avenue between Crescent Avenue and 187th Street. A smorgasbord of Italian foods, from wheels of parmesan and provolone, slabs of...
Restaurant Notes: Italian-centered Bellini’s Bistro opens near Kleinhans
Bellini's Bistro has opened in a longtime restaurant space a few steps away from Kleinhans Music Hall. The building at 350 Pennsylvania St., across the street from the hall's backside, was formerly Prospero and Coda. Owners Susan and Mike Navarro opened not quite two weeks ago, offering a compact, Italian-centered menu, and a selection of wine...
Taste of Italy comes to Marblehead, Sept. 28
On a crisp autumn morning, the dew drips from bunches of grapes on the hillside vineyards in Chianti Classico. It is here where some of the world's best wine begins, and where Lia Banville, founder and president of Banville & Jones Wine Merchants, spends time when she is not at her import office in New York City or her home in the Canadian prov...
Il Volto Santo, da Manoppello a New York
di Antonio Bini Soltanto fino a 10-15 anni fa non erano molti a conoscere il Volto Santo, custodito dai frati cappuccini a Manoppello (Pescara), nell'Italia centrale. Poi alcuni studiosi tedeschi hanno affermato che quel velo finissimo, in cui è impressa una immagine inspiegabile, viva e sofferente, sia da identificare con la leggendaria V...
Quanto Basta Set to Open
It’s been a long time coming, but chef Tim Grandinetti’s homage to his Italian great-grandfather is finally ready. Quanto Basta Italian Eatery & Wine Bar will open March 5 at 680 West Fourth St., just a block away from Grandinetti’s first restaurant, Spring House Kitchen, Restaurant & Bar. Both restaurants are partnerships with Lynn and Lyn...
Enoteca Maria thrives on Staten Island with its soulful take on Italian comfort cuisine
by Michael Kaminer This nonna's got balls. They're palle di joe ($14), beef testicles that are sliced, baked in oil and vinegar, and served on greens. I didn't have cojones to try them at Enoteca Maria, the Staten Island joint that's become a sensation for its rotating cast of grandmas in the kitchen. But almost everythi...
An Italian Thanksgiving Feast with Theresa
by Emily Kluver Anyone who thinks their Thanksgiving tradition of roasting a turkey and mashing potatoes is complicated should talk to Theresa "Terry" Scotto-Spinelli. This lifelong and well-known local around Carroll Gardens knows a thing or two about holiday feasts. Many days, Scotto-Spinelli can be found working in Scotto Funeral Home,...