They Started Making Mozzarella at the Farmers' Market. Now, These New Yorkers Have Their Own Restaurant
Little Italy of Scottsdale started when Brandon and Michele Gioffre, New Yorkers who moved to Arizona with their three daughters in 2019, were in search of a taste of home.When the Gioffress went out, they weren’t finding their favorite East Coast-style Italian dishes nor could they track down some ingredients to cook at home. Michele asked family...
The 10 Naples Italy Foods You Won’t Want To Miss On Your Next Trip
From pasta to pizza, Italian cuisine is appreciated (and copied) the world over. But did you know that, of the best-known dishes, a lot are Naples Italy foods? That’s because some of the most beloved Italian dishes have roots in the region of Campania. Where Is Campania Italy?If you’re looking at Italy as a boot, Campania can be found just above th...
Rao’s: New York’s Legendary Family-Run Italian Restaurant
There’s something about New York. It has been a lively melting pot of cultures over several generations thanks to the migrants who inhabit its boroughs. Those two factors – drawing the most driven migrants and blending of cultures – have created a thriving food culture that is an essential part of the city. Perhaps the best representation of this i...
A “Pittsburgh institution” prepares to shutter after 48 years
Gabriel Fontana has been hammering, stitching, and buffing shoes for nearly 75 years. He was 35 and a recent Italian emigrant when he took over his brother-in-law’s Forbes Avenue shoe repair store in the 1970s. Back then, times were good for the trade he’d honed since boyhood. “It was a very busy time, and I was packed,” Fontana recalls. “At lunch...
Rare Wines. Whites that need time. Two wines from Campania and Alto Adige
Lapio meets Castel Tirolo. We offer a journey between two great white wine territories in Italy. On one side we are in one of the best cru of Fiano di Avellino, specifically contrada Arianello where there was once a so-called "neviera" : a well where snow was gathered to store food. From this area, today comes a spectacular Fiano di Avellino Nevier...
Carmelina’s, (Carb)elina’s: A pan of pasta, a pan of comfort
Upon entering the North End, one immediately finds themself surrounded by countless Italian restaurants, smelling the steam from freshly-sauced pasta, cheesy baked meatballs, and free bread served alongside olive oil and balsamic for dipping (obviously the best part of any restaurant meal!). Making the trip to the North End, one should be sure that...
‘Every Italian’s Fantasy’: Tony Danza Reflects Ahead of Shows at Tilles Center, The Suffolk
A crooning, tap-dancing, storytelling Tony Danza will take his traveling show “Tony Danza: Standards & Stories” to the Tilles Center at LIU Post on Dec. 2 and The Suffolk in Riverhead on Dec. 3. The acting star, who grew up in New York City and Malverne, Long Island, is best known for his roles in the television series Taxi and Who’s The Boss. Thou...
Padova: 7 things to do like a local
The beautiful Padua, also known as the city of stars and of the "three without", is located in the Veneto region, a short distance from the more famous Venice. City of stars because it was during his stay in Padua that the great astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei spent the most fruitful years for his studies. He would later recall his time in...
In St. Pete Beach, La Casa Del Pane offers Italian inspiration
A native of Italy, Anna Silvestri had culinary culture shock when she moved to Florida in the early 1990s.“I felt like I was in the desert but instead of water I was looking for food,” she says. “These people didn’t know how to eat, there was no quality. You’d go to Publix for arugula and they were like, ‘What are you talking about?’” Silvestri and...
Sylvester Stallone Visits Rocky Statue In Philadelphia
One of Philadelphia's most famous landmarks is the Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. And recently, the man behind "Rocky" paid as visit to the highly frequented tourist spot. Sylvester Stallone shared on social media a video of him at the Rocky statue. The video is captioned, "Feels like coming home... With the family."
Dishing on Italian Film: Fegatelli all’aretina and Mario Monicelli’s Florentine Superhit
If you’ve ever been to a Tuscan market, you might’ve spied a strange-looking pack of meaty morel-looking morsels called fegatelli all’aretina. Though largely composed of chunked-up pig's liver, their alien appearance stems from a most unusual sheath — caul fat, the lacy barrier surrounding the animal’s digestive organs. Used to protect these delica...
L’antica Pizzeria da Michele Opens Second California Location in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, get ready to Eat, Pray, Love – the Naples original L’antica Pizzeria da Michele is officially bringing a slice of Italy to the coastal beachside community of Santa Barbara as of Wednesday, November 9. Situated in the Historic Ember Mill building on State St. in the heart of Santa Barbara, diners are instantly transported to the stree...