The Best Pizza in San Antonio
Maybe San Antonio doesn’t offer a singular pizza type with trademark touches like the burned blisters of a pizza napoletana, the foldable perfection of a New York pie or the knife-and-fork dive of Chicago’s deep dish. But even without a signature style, our city is still a pizza kind of town. After all, the Alamo City pizza scene includes a spot wh...
Taste of Italy: The largest trade fair devoted exclusively to authentic Italian food and wine in the U.S
On Monday, February 25, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas will be hosting the 5th annual Taste of Italy trade fair and food and wine festival in Houston, the largest trade fair devoted exclusively to Italian food and wine in the U.S. One of the highlights of this year’s gathering is sure to be the Prosciutto Master Class (see details belo...
Cibo Divino’s Popular Grab-And-Go Italian Eats Expand From West Dallas to Downtown
Cibo Divino Marketplace, a West Dallas favorite for grab-and-go Italian eats will open a new spinoff in Downtown this spring. Cibo Divino Centro will debut at 2001 Bryan Street facing the DART rail on the ground floor of Bryan Tower, according to CultureMap. Most of the items that made its Sylvan Thirty outpost popular will make the trek to Downtow...
Sorriso Modern Italian Kitchen officially open in Waterway Square
Italy came to The Woodlands on Thursday night with the opening of Sorriso Modern Italian Kitchen and its partner bar and lounge, Como Social Club Poolside Terrace and Bar. Guests feasted on truffle cavatelli, roast suckling pig, herb and sea salt-crusted beef sirloin drizzled with red wine caramel sauce under the twinkling lights of Waterway Square...
Restaurant of the Year Macellaio Proves Lightning Can Strike a Neighborhood Twice
In early 2018, nearly eight years after opening their cult-favorite Dallas restaurant Lucia, David and Jennifer Uygur announced that they would open Macellaio, Eater Dallas’s 2018 restaurant of the year. From the moment the doors opened, Macellaio became an instant classic thanks to its deeply involved menu of charcuterie offerings, fresh breads, a...
True Italian Taste campaign and IACC Texas host seminar for Italian food and wine producers featuring U.S. food and wine experts
We are pleased to announce that on Sunday, February 24, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas will be hosting a seminar for a group of visiting Italian winemakers, food producers, and Italian-focused food and wine trade distributors and importers at the Hilton Post Oak hotel in Houston’s Galleria district. For this year’s seminar, the chamber...
A menu built on friendship: restaurant partners opened Osteria with a high five
Good food is chemistry: the mixing of tastes, textures, temperature, and a little mystery. The recipe for friendship is much the same say chefs Jonathan Stranger, who grew up in Chandler, OK, and Fabio Faviani, a celebrity chef from Italy. "I think it's a great fit," says Faviani. "I like this guy a lot. I like him!" They met each other at a confer...
Gelato & Co. opens first store in United States
The owner and master gelatician of Gelato & Co., Stefano Franceschi visited LaCenterra at Cinco Ranch Jan. 15 to attend the grand opening of his first gelato coffee bar in the United States: Gelato & Co. Cremeria Italiana. “We import the best ingredients from Italy,” said Franceschi, listing pistachios from Sicily, hazelnut from Piedmont and coffee...
Houston Chronicle features Taste of Italy and AweSomm competition 2019
We’ve got a whole bunch of awesome sommeliers in Houston. In fact, there’s even an informal wine study group called AweSOMM. The participants, all in the retail or restaurant wine trade and trying to achieve their formal sommelier certifications, have in the past couple of years volunteered at the Taste of Italy Houston event sponsored by the Italy...
M’Tucci’s brings a touch of Little Italy to ABQ’s West Side
M’Tucci’s Italian Market & Pizzeria is the type of neighborhood spot you’d expect to find in New York’s Little Italy or Boston’s North End. Behind the narrow storefront, with its sign bearing the colors of the Italian flag, cured meats hang from the ceiling and flour-dusted loaves of bread crowd the racks behind the counter. The small restaurant, w...
A Famed D.C. Chef Brings Italian Fare to The Woodlands
The Woodlands just welcomed new destination for Italian fare Sorriso Modern Italian Kitchen headed up by a notable Italian-born chef. The new eatery located in the Westin hotel at 2 Waterway Square Place offers “spectacular” views of The Woodlands Waterway and Waterway Square. EDG Design dreamt up the restaurant décor of neutral tones, leather, and...
Bolognese Pasta Is Headed to Downtown Food Hall Understory
Fast-casual Italian is rounding out the roster at downtown’s forthcoming underground food hall Understory. Mona Fresh Italian Food will move into a 525-square-feet section of Understory, serving up a five-step menu. Diners can choose between pasta, panini or salad, then add Bolognese, prosciutto, meatball, burrata, and more toppings and garnishes —...