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Philadelphia’s family-owned and operated Di Bruno Bros. has opened its newest market in the heart of downtown Wayne. The location at 385 W. Lancaster Ave. is an 8,000-square-foot Italian culinary marketplace. Situated along Route 30 at the intersection of Conestoga and Eagle roads and Lancaster Avenue, this is the company’s sixth and most evolved l...

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While working as a U.S. Postal Service supervisor, Frankie Imbergamo of Medford wrote a cookbook and appeared on TV’s Food Network. Upon retiring after 32 years, he launched another career working in films as a featured background actor. He also appears in lead roles of an independent film, a web series and several TV commercials.  Imbergamo’s long...

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Las Vegas Chinatown continues to grow, and now a restaurant focused on specialty foods and recipes that have been a family secret for more than 200+ years will open utilizing ingredients from an area that the Romans referred to as “the breadbasket of the world.” The restaurant, “daGemì ristorante + putia”, will feature ingredients and artisan produ...

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Historic North Beach Italian restaurant Tosca Cafe has reopened for indoor dining for the first time in nearly two years. The dream team of chef Nancy Oakes (Boulevard), restaurateur Anna Weinberg (Marlowe) and designer Ken Fulk took over the space in 2019 just a month after it closed following a tumultuous six-year run under restaurateur Ken Fried...

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A draft bill currently under examination by the Italian Senate aims to safeguard and protect artisanal gelato, a symbol of Italian gastronomic excellence around the world just as much as pasta, pizza and espresso.  The bill, proposed by six senators from the center-left parties, wants to regulate the amount of air contained in gelato, and fine thos...

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An new restaurant offering authentic Italian food is opening in Idaho Falls soon. Mama Fla Authentic Italian Cuisine is opening in late June at 385 River Parkway next to the Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce. Marco Assirelli and his wife, Flaminia, are the owners. Marco tells EastIdahoNews.com the business will offer a casual dining experience with a...

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Food and culture are central to the Italian-American experience. The mission of the Mary Ann Esposito Foundation is to preserve that experience for future generations while offering culinary students the opportunity to become the next generation of great Italian chefs. The foundation is currently raising funds to create the Ciao Italia Italian Heri...

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Spring has sprung in New York, which means spring risotto can feature produce like ramps, peas, asparagus, morel mushrooms, and fiddlehead ferns. As more and more restaurants continue to reopen and outdoor spaces come back to life, the city’s chefs are celebrating the season with the newly available local produce. And what better dish than creamy r...

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Maybe Ed Carella didn’t have a choice. After all, he’d basically been raised in a pizzeria. His parents, Tina and Angelo, were immigrants from Naples and had opened a pizza and pasta spot in Chicago. Ed spent much of his boyhood working there. “As a kid, I literally grew up in … a pizzeria on the south side of Chicago.” It stuck. Today he is owner...

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Cucina povera, as so much of the cooking in Italy is, too often is translated too literally: poor kitchen. But that’s not a reflection of the food or the people who prepare it. It’s more about making delicious whatever you happen to have around. Such is the case with the Tuscan soup known as ribollita, a robust peasant dish that makes the most of t...

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