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Sadly, Covid-19 is still blocking travel for pleasure from the United States to Italy (down 90% in 2020), but I can recommend three new books in English about Italian cuisine to whet your appetite and help you plan your next trip. In the meantime, you can comfort yourself by enjoying their recipes. AWAR’S Roman Kitchen. The American Women’s Associa...

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Bitto DOP cheese is produced in the Alps of Northern Lombardy for over a millennium. In the early 2010s, a battle arose between the staunch traditionalists and those who advocate for the most industrial versions of the DOP product. Until the agreement was signed at the end of 2014. But that may not hold up ... Can cheese really trigger what has bee...

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Volpi Foods announces a new website and packaging for the 119-year-old St. Louis-based, 4th-generation family-owned and operated producer of specialty cured meats. Volpi’s new look brings to life the family cured and crafted brand, highlighting the company’s heritage and dedication to quality. Customers will begin to find the bold, updated branding...

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A recent survey by Nomisma for Afidop (the Association of Italian PDO and PGI Cheeses) investigated the consumption habits of cheeses in Europe, particularly in Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, and Switzerland. Prospects for Italian cheeses are encouraging in view of the expected post-Covid consumption recovery, especially in the high-spendin...

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Ale Gambini, known as A Queen in the Kitchen, is an Italian food ambassador in Los Angeles, writer, award-winning online program host and cooking teacher. Born and raised in Northern Italy, in beautiful Milan, she learned to cook and love good food from her beloved grandmother, Nonna Fernanda. Ale has taught hundreds of food lovers about authentic...

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New Yorkers! They’re everywhere and now they’re bringing their restaurants with them. The New York restaurant team behind Michelin-starred Marea and Ai Fiori just opened Osteria Morini inside the new Kimpton Palomar South Beach. The Italian eatery promises a Soho vibe on SoBe without the snow, only lots of outdoor dining along the Collins Canal. We...

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For 125 years, the Italian of Sunnyside Plantation Lake Village in Arkansas aka Delta Italians~Italians of Sunnyside have been having an annual spaghetti dinner. ... With Covid that meant a drive-through for 2,000 this year with 4 tables of 8 being allowed inside the gym. Guiness World Record 's should have been there. Salad and dessert included. S...

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St. Joseph tables are often seen in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph on and around the March 19 Solemnity of St. Joseph. Below is a list of some tables and other events occurring for the feast; details on the history and symbolism of the St. Joseph table (along with other St. Joseph related content) can be found on the Year of St. Joseph webpa...

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"Chi mangia bene vive bene;" he who eats well, lives well. That's the motto of Vita Bella Italian Kitchen and Market, which will serve its first customers on March 3 at 320 Main St. in downtown Frankfort at the former location of Coho Cafe. Vita Bella was opened by Ed Carella and Tim Potter, who saw there was something Frankfort's restaurant scene...

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I recently came across a salad so exceptional that it made me hopeful for the future. The lettuces responsible for this flutter of optimism weren't your typical green insalate: They were a rainbow-hued selection of biodynamically grown flowers, herbs, and leaves handpicked from the gardens of the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Piazza Duomo in Al...

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