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Like any good Italian, my mother, Victoria Perritano, made her first batch of pasta dough as young bride newly married to her Italian groom. She learned the technique from her mother, my grandmother. Pasta making has been a technique and tradition lovingly passed down in Italian families for generations. In fact, renowned chef, restaurateur and coo...

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Felidia’s lunch crowd began to thin out, as we remained on the second floor and Lidia Bastianich described her plight to America.  She was born in what was then called Pola under Italy and currently Pula in Croatia.  Lidia began to explain her native land and the various forms of governments that have ruled a much disputed territory.   The popular...

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More than 20 celebrity chefs and winemakers will be showcased when the 14th annual Sun Wine & Food Fest comes to Mohegan Sun, but only one of those renowned professionals, Mario Batali, is inviting you to join him for brunch on Sunday, Jan. 29, in the Uncas Ballroom. “Brunch with Batali” features sweet and savory dishes from his most recent book, “...

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Celebrity chef and Daily Meal Council member Mario Batali has partnered with California's Belcampo Meat Co. for a special line of organic, slow-cured salumi products, featuring both traditional Italian and Italian-American curing techniques. Using Belcampo Farms' free-range heritage pork, Belcampo by Mario Batali features traditional salami, s...

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Robbie Felice, who held the position at B&B Ristorante in Las Vegas, is planning an August opening for Viaggio at 1055 Hamburg Turnpike, in the former site of Novu. Felice will be partners in Viaggio with his father, Joe Felice, who has owned restaurants such as Gourmet Cafe in Parsippany and Casa de Amici in Denville.   Robbie Felice sa...

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by Hillary Dixler   Since adding the impressive, labor-intensive Yesterday's 100 Layer Lasagne to the menu at Mario Batali's acclaimed New York City restaurant Del Posto in 2009, executive chef Mark Ladner has never stopped refining it. His unlikely inspiration for the restaurant's now-famous dish was the beloved Hans Christian Andersen fair...

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By Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite   House-marinated fresh anchovies with fennel three ways. Photo: Melissa HomWhen Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich joined forces in 1998 to openBabbo, the restaurant was pioneering in its casual approach to fine dining, its celebration of local and seasonal ingredients in the service of classic Italian cuisi...

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Late this fall, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's company will open a Chicago Eataly (43 E. Ohio St., no phone yet), only the second U.S. location for the market-and-restaurant chain. (There are nine in Japan and eight in Italy, where they are still called Eataly, and not Eatalia, to answer your question.)   The 63,000-square-foot, two-floor...

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What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes? According to Mario Batali, "It's what Italians do when they say they're fasting." More precisely, the Feast is a meal served in Italian households on La Vigilia (Christmas Eve). In many parts of Italy, the night is traditionally a partial fast, during which no meat should be served.    But in true...

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American chefs and their Italian counterparts are teaming up once again for the fourth annual Identita New York, a three day series of cooking demonstrations and fancy dinners taking place in early October at Eataly.   Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud and Sara Jenkins are a few of the chefs representing the States with Massimo Bottura, Mauro Ulia...

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