A prominent Houston developer will build an Italian-inspired luxury hotel on a high bluff overlooking Austin and the Hill Country, alongside a new office building project. Giorgio Borlenghi, founder of Interfin Cos. LP and a native of Milan, Italy, will build the Hotel Granduca northwest of the corner of Capital of Texas Highway and Bee Cave Road....

By Palmer Hasty   Brooklyn native Peter Della Rocca's Italian cooking heritage goes way back to 1894, when his great grandparents Dominick and Ana Sorvino landed on Ellis Island from Naples, Italy.   The Sorvinos settled in Brooklyn, and within a year started what became a proud, long-standing family tradition of rustic Italian cookin...

When it comes to authentic Italian food, Boston certainly has plenty of it. Not only are we home to the North End's Italian fare but many of our restaurants have also somehow managed to make this category of food even better (if that's possible).   Two of those local Italian eateries have even earned a nod in Thrillist's list of "Best Italia...

L'Italia, secondo i più recenti dati del Consiglio Oleicolo internazionale, ha la leadership del mercato USA, per quanto riguarda l'olio di oliva, con una quota del 44%, con la Spagna che segue al 40%, senza tuttavia riuscire ad intaccare il primato italiano in un mercato strategico, come quello statunitense, per il futuro oleario.   Ormai i...

When you open the evening with a sparkling, dry Prosecco and close it with a silky Chianti Classico, you have two key ingredients for una magnifica festa d'Italia (a magificent Italian feast).   And so it was recently at Café UTEC (United Teed Equality Center) in downtown Lowell where Chef Sam Putnam, his culinary staff of young men and wome...

By Sarah Freishtat Longtime Southwest suburban pizza institution Aurelio's recently opened in Arlington Heights. The store, which is Aurelio's first north suburban Chicago location, will opened to the public Tuesday in the Esplanade shopping center on Euclid Avenue.   "We've got a whole bunch of (Southsiders) who are now living up nort...

Grabbing something hot and tasty on the move? You have the ancient Romans to thank. "Street food" was their invention, generally enjoyed with wine, gambling or even prostitutes. Food on the go was an integral part of daily life in the empire, from nibbling on salted peas while watching gladiators battle in the Colosseum, to grabbing a sausage...

  WTI Magazine #68    2015 September, 18Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn      Translation by:   An intense almond flavor, perfect for a coffee break. You may wonder why this sbrisolona is called "fake". It is certainly real enough to eat! The name recalls the typical cake from Mantua (a beautiful city in the south of Lombardy) but with some di...

By Eric Anderson Market 32 stores and Price Chopper supermarkets are boosting their array of imported foods from Italy under an initiative with the Italian Trade Commission. The multi-year program will include products ranging from cheese and pastries to olive oil and pasta. On Thursday, Jerry Golub, CEO of parent Golub Corp., and Maurizio F...

Balsamic vinegar has become quite popular among chefs, amateur cooks and foodies. But how do you exactly use balsamic vinegar? How do you select, use and store this precious ingredient? To explain, we need to take a step back. In fact, there are many different kinds of balsamic. The subject is actually quite complicated even for an expert.   But...