Food & Wine
A tasteful way of life
August 2013 | Gabriella Mileti
The Mediterranean Diet isn't much of a diet. In the Mediterranean it's a lifestyle. A lifestyle that has proven to have health benefits across-the-board by not only preventing diseases, but by helping maintain perfect health and weight. This...
LaGuardia family carries on Limoncello tradition
August 2013 | Anthony LaGuardia
Before the fad that has hit North America in the past 10 to 15 years, limoncello was a syrupy after dinner treat that only those of us who are of Italian decent or who had travelled to Italy had enjoyed. My family has been lucky enough to have...
How to make the perfect risotto
August 2013 | Gabriella Mileti
Italy is the second largest producer of rice in the world. That's a lot of rice! Risotto is a huge part of the cuisine in Northern Italy, since the rice fields are mainly located in the region of Piemonte and Lombardia, thanks to the abundance of...
Un espresso, per favore...
July 2013 | Michele Alonzo
It is probably the sentence that any beginning Italian students would be able to say when entering a café in Italy "Un espresso, per favore". But it may be more complicated than you think if you consider how many types of coffee beverage you...
Italian-American Food is Not Italian Food!
July 2013 | Lee Laurino
Two of my Italian acquaintances recently tried to convince me that Italian-American food is not really Italian. Raised in an Italian-American family, this argument caused me to consider carefully the food we prepared and ate at home and the dishes...
The tastes of the Mediterranean
May 2013 | Gabriella Mileti
With an incredible amount of local dishes to choose from in southern Italy, ordering at a restaurant or shopping at a local market can be rather overwhelming. So I have narrowed down the typical cuisine choices and local products you should focus...
Wedding Cakes 101
January 2013 | Gabriella Mileti
After the wedding dress, the wedding cake is the next important and delicious ingredient in wedding planning. With countless options and flavors, ordering the cake is not always a piece of cake. So I caught up with Matthew Ciocca, co-owner of...
The Facts and Myths of the Seven Fishes
December 2012 | Gabriella Mileti
Celebrity chefs like Mario Batali, Rachel Ray and Giada DeLaurentis have made the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve a mainstream "Italian must." Even, my non-Italian friends know about it and ask me "Do you eat seven fishes on Christmas...
Wine 101: An interview with John Williams
November 2012 | Gabriella Mileti
What is a meal without a great glass of wine? Growing up, my parents would never serve us milk with our dinner; instead we were always allowed a little glass of wine. Nowadays, I couldn't imagine my meals without it, preferably red, to compliment...
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