Italian

CELEBRATE FERRAGOSTO WITH THE FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY AND BARONE FINI AT I TRULLI RESTAURANT ON AUGUST 15th Most Italian-Americans are familiar with Columbus Day and the Feast of San Gennaro. Let’s rejoice because there is another reason to celebrate...

As the month of March approaches we get excited for the impending spring season. We are hopeful that warmer weather is rounding the corner. March is also pretty synonymous with St. Patrick’s day and all things green. What I am most excited for is coming up...

When a foodie sees the little slightly curved rigatoni, their immediate thought is always one thing: Carbone. When I first saw these beautiful noodles on the ‘gram I thought they were Carbone too. Nevertheless, I clicked the pic and to my surprise they were...

I’ll never forget the first bite of the best sandwich I ever had. I was in Florence, Italy, a place known for fresh…basically everything, and this specific sandwich shop had been hyped up for a while. All my friends who had previously been there said...

Some people love their birthday month, some people love December for the Holidays and the romantics out there love February but as a foodie October takes the cake because it’s National Pasta Month. That’s right, an entire month devoted to eating pasta. So...

One of my best friends, who I haven’t seen since graduation, was trekking into the city today from Philly (even though she thinks Philly should technically be called the city but that’s another story for another day) so I knew I had to show her a good...

Finding good food in the Financial District is like finding a needle in a haystack. Tough to do, but when you finally come across it, it’s totally worth the search. On my lazy Sunday night, festivities consisting of prowling Seamless and binge watching...

I’d like to think of myself as a PAV (penne alla vodka #duh) connoisseur and Bar Pitti has been on my list of unreal PAV places to go for a while.  Somehow it always got shafted because I had somewhere bigger and better to go. Looking back I regret this...

This afternoon my best friend came into New York City to surprise me. She was ravenous after a long morning of traveling and we both looked at each other and immediately knew where we wanted to eat, Rubirosa. Located in Nolita amongst several other Italian...

Brooklyn Heights is home to many great, inexpensive bars and taverns, however, Buschenschank on the corner of Court and Sackett stands apart. The Northern Italian and German style farmhouse tavern boasts a pretty decent Happy Hour: Monday through Friday...

I recently tried Pazzi Pasta over in Brooklyn and was blown away. This pasta was some of the best and freshest pasta I’ve ever eaten, plus I felt good eating it since it’s made from the highest quality whole grains. I left Pazzi Pasta feeling guilt free...

To be honest, I’ve never been a pasta lover. I don’t know exactly why, but maybe because it was never a staple in my family dinners, or maybe because once I became interested in health and nutrition, pasta never fit into this new lifestyle. All those...