As we round out the second month of this weekly column, one thing is becoming more clear with every slice — Houston's pizza treasures are abundant. The city of fajitas and dumplings hides, in plain sight, a sprawling community of pie joints as bountiful as they are delicious. Many of them exist inconspicuously in strip malls and business centers, a...

REEF KITCHENS, a division of REEF Technology, and Casa Barilla – Pasta Kitchen, the restaurants division of Barilla®, the world’s largest producer of pasta, today announced a partnership that will bring pasta restaurants concepts to Miami area residents for the first time via REEF’s delivery-only kitchens. Casa Barilla, Barilla’s casual restaurant...

On the occasion of the 4th Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World, the Embassy of Italy is pleased to announce a Contest for University students of the Italian language (follow this link for more information). The 4th edition the ”Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel mondo” will take place between November 18th and November 21st and highlight the...

Villa Italian Kitchen, one of America’s favorite quick-service pizza brands, is giving back to veterans and active duty military this year on Veterans Day. For one day only, active or retired members of the armed forces nationwide can visit their local Villa Italian Kitchen to grab a free slice of cheese pizza, commemorating their service. Througho...

Ciao a tutti, It's that time of the year that all of you were waiting for...Pasta Night Competition is coming! The four Italian Student Associations existing in the Boston Area (i.e. from BU, Harvard, MIT and Northeastern) are delighted to invite you to the Pasta Challenge - Dieta Mediterranea Edition. This is a great contest where the four Italian...

Cucina Lupo, Carson City’s newest modern Italian restaurant, invites residents to join them for lunch and dinner services starting Tuesday, Nov. 12. Located at 308 N. Curry Street, Cucina Lupo fills the same space the Martin Hotel recently vacated. When the owner of the Martin Hotel closed down the Carson City location, Steve Neighbors, a member of...

Italian chef extraordinaire Bruno Serato has made his mark in a most Catholic way: he has formed an important project that has helped to feed hundreds of thousands of the hungry throughout the country. And he used his famed restaurant, the Anaheim White House restaurant in Anaheim, California, as a way to fund this charity, the Caterina’s Club. Ser...

When you think Southern-style cooking, Italian food probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But the idea of eating Italian cuisine in the South didn’t scare Chef Dom Tesoriero when he visited Birmingham, Ala., for the latest episode of “Dom Eats Local.” How do you think the food stacked up to the cooking in his hometown of Staten Island?...

Although Downtown Golden may be known more for rustic western charm than Italian style, it’s about to get a big dose of the latter in the form of an elegant and intimate new Italian restaurant. Golden restaurateurs Aimee and Dean Valdez are preparing to open Bella Colibri inside the historic brick building at 812 12th Street that once served as the...

Italian food has been a long appreciated culinary art long before anyone living today was around, yet new takes on the long-held traditional cuisine are popping up with great frequency. It is the uniqueness that a restaurant can bring to the Italian cuisine experience that keeps a business open, and that’s just what Umberto’s plans to do in Culver...