Italian Food and Cooking

Our Man's Sietsema's Una Pizza Napoletana Re-Visit

The Early Word -- Cataldo's

The margherita pie at Cataldo's (click to enlarge) Cataldo's--a new Italian restaurant at Vanderbilt and Dean on the fringes of Prospect Heights--is hard to figure out. It's so brightly lit, that it shines like a beacon to cars zooming by on Atalntic Avenue one block away. While this may be go ... More >>

Got Vino? Try the Village's Gottino!

An appreciation of a new wine bar and a plea

Western Culture at Barcibo Enoteca

An appreciation of a new wine bar and a plea

Jonathan Gold's last meal

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

I, the Jury

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Tastes Like Headcheese to Me

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Last Meal: Jonathan Gold Discovers Roast Prosciutto

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Our Man Sietsema: 'A Dining Space that Might be Mistaken for a Funeral Parlor'

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Battle of the Pastas

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

True Grits

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Tuscan Tribeca

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Goth Night

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Muddy Waters

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Another Little Italy

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Listings

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Listings

. . . starts with bloody steaks and ends at Prada

Worth the Splurge

Top 100 Italian Restaurants

Smelling Salt Water

Egyptian eatery bows to its Greek and Italian neighbors

A Shrine to Pig Feet Opens in the West Village

Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture arrives with its odd obsession

The Blogroll Gazette--Eat Me Daily Hypes Obama Food Book; The 'Bag Drools Over Men's Health' Pig Porn

This week in food blogs... Eat Me Daily discovered a new book entitled The Obama Menu: Dining with Barack Obama, which compiles menus, photos, quotes, and recipes for dishes that Obama may have eaten. EMD was hardly thrilled by the spoiler alert, though: "Multiple appearances by food guru Alice Wat ... More >>

The Latest Scoop on Scott Conant's New Meatpacker

Getting my goat

Chocolate Chocolate Chic

Haute and Cold: An ice cream taste test

A Brooklyn standby sets up shop on Clinton

Haute and Cold: An ice cream taste test

School Lunch Talk Talks School Lunches

Photo borrowed from School Lunch Talks School Lunch Policy, which has relaunched its website under the banner School Lunch Talk documents how school lunches differ around the world. Basque chicken thigh with herbs, red and green bell peppers, and olive oil in France; zucchini risotto and mozzarella ... More >>

Brooklyn Summer Treats at Savarese Bakery

Savarese Bakery lies under the D tracks in Midwood, Brooklyn, and has done so for a long, long time. According to its website, Savarese was founded by the Savarese family from Naples, Italy in 1918. The current owners, Mario and Cathy Giura, purchased it in 1962. Even among the best Italian-Ame ... More >>

Cookbook Tester--Second Helpings from Union Square Cafe

Lamb stew alla Romana Second Helpings from Union Square Cafe by Danny Meyer and Michael Romano was published way back in 2001, but we think that the book is worth a second look. Union Square Cafe , opened in 1985, was Danny Meyer's first restaurant, serving seasonal, New American-Italian food tha ... More >>

Fork in the Road on the Road: Good Eats in D.C.

Margherita pizza from Two Amys​ Pistachio gelato from Dolcezza​ This weekend, one-forth of Fork in the Road was hanging around our nation's capital and ate some good food along the way. Two Amys is D.C's answer to Keste, a pizzeria certified by the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association-- ... More >>

'Top Chef': Consider the Spot Prawn

Bravo​After a week's hiatus, Top Chef was back in all its lurid glory, injecting viewers with its characteristic dose of pre-fabricated drama, grown-up babies with sleeve tattoos, and ill-prepared seafood. Last night's episode also gave us what was possibly Padma's worst choice of apparel yet ... More >>

Piccola Cucina Gets a Focacceria Outpost

Kanko*/flickr​Philip Guardione, the chef from Sicily who opened the diminutive Piccola Cucina in Soho earlier this year, is getting ready to open an even tinier outpost in Greenwich Village, hopefully this week. Piccola Cucina Focacceria (120 MacDougal Street) will specialize in focaccia, pizz ... More >>

Do Christmas Eve Italian-Style: Celebrate with a Feast of the Seven Fishes

dmahendra/flickrOne fish, two fish. Three fish... seven.​Forget turkey and Christmas ham. Do the holiday the Italian way with fish, fish, and more fish. On Christmas Eve, Italian Americans celebrate with the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Tomorrow night, Saul is hosting a Feast, as is Patsy's.

Fat Pants Fridays: Locanda Verde's Banana Tart

Mmm, potassium.​ For last week's Fat Pants Friday, we praised the considerably beauty of the Blue Stove Bakery's cherry pie. This week, we've crossed back over the river to consider the merits of the first cousin to the pie, the tart. Specifically, the banana tart Karen DeMasco bakes at Locan ... More >>

Happy in the Poorhouse GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS

Mmm, potassium.​ For last week's Fat Pants Friday, we praised the considerably beauty of the Blue Stove Bakery's cherry pie. This week, we've crossed back over the river to consider the merits of the first cousin to the pie, the tart. Specifically, the banana tart Karen DeMasco bakes at Locan ... More >>

Making Motorino's Brussels Sprout and Pancetta Pizza

Bring this home​The brussels sprout and pancetta pie at Motorino is one of our favorite pizzas in the city. Yesterday, Slice posted a useful slideshow on how to make that pizza for yourself at home. You can substitute speck for the pancetta if you prefer; it's sometimes served that way at the ... More >>

Inside the Crazy World of Il Matto, the Mad Man, New in Tribeca

Left: A gin martini with a vermouth-soaked stone; Right: A melon-flavored vodka cocktail with prosciutto rim​Il Matto, a nominally Italian restaurant from chef/owner Matteo Boglione, recently opened on Church Street in Tribeca. True to its name, which means "mad man," everything about the rest ... More >>

I Sodi Charms With Its Authentic Tuscan Fare

Central Italy hides in the West Village

Testaccio Tackles the Taste of Rome

The Long Island City restaurant aims for modern trattoria

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Chan ... More >>

Gelato University Lures Dairy Fanatics and Unemployed

Flavio/Flickr​Just as the commercial kitchens of Long Island City may provide a measure of respite for the laid-off, it seems that Italy is also doing its part for the newly unemployed.

James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

Fat Pants Friday: A Buttermilk and Mission Fig Cone at Il Laboratorio del Gelato

Rebecca Marx​ Given the sudden onset of warm weather and the accompanying specter of people not wearing socks, we decided to celebrate by taking a trip to Il Laboratorio del Gelato.

Posts of the Week

Friday afternoon is sliding into Friday early evening, so without further ado, a look back at the week that was ... Our 10 Best West African Restaurants. Why getting into the Hester Street Fair is a little like getting into college. Lure/Burger & Barrel's Josh Capon talks burgers, not barrels.

Is Eataly Eating Little Italy?

Robert Sietsema​Between its ever-shrinking footprint and the boutique owners whose delicate sensibilities are offended between the San Gennaro Festival, Little Italy has taken its fair share of knocks in recent years. And to add insult to injury, the neighborhood's merchants are saying that Ea ... More >>

Fork in the Road's Favorite Ice Cream in New York

Stu_Spivack/Flickr​ It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and p ... More >>

Affogato: Like a Gourmet Red Bull, and Love Is Where You Find It

​Served in a tall glass, Love's affogato is on the verge of becoming a milkshake. You won't find affogato in most of today's fancy coffee bars. That's because, no matter how particular they are about the coffee and how they make it, they can't be bothered stocking gelato fine enough to go wit ... More >>

Il Laboratorio del Gelato's Mango and Plum Sorbets Sing a Sweet Song

Rebecca Marx​ When the weather is this revolting, only two things motivate our dessert preferences: how cold the dessert itself is, and how much air-conditioning we can bask in while we make our purchase. For this reason, Il Laboratorio del Gelato has become our go-to in the last week or so.

Make Donatella Arpaia's Eggplant Parmigiana

Donatella's Eggplant Parmigiana​Donatella Arpaia has given birth to more than one little miracle in the past few weeks. For one, she has a brand new baby boy. She also delivered the Polpette Pizza, an excellent new pie at her eponymous restaurant that comes topped with her award-winning meatba ... More >>

It's Columbus Day: Italian Up Your Prawns, Like Chef Aaron Fitterman at Eighty Four on Seventh

Eighty Four's Pancetta-Wrapped Blue Prawns: Perfect for Columbus Day!​Eighty Four on Seventh recently announced a new dinner menu and launched its first bar menu. Chef Aaron Fitterman shares a recipe from the appetizer section this Columbus Day. Pancetta-Wrapped Blue Prawns offer a little Ital ... More >>

Michael White Trading In Pasta for Pizza (Temporarily)

Osteria MoriniMichael White, making moves​Michael White's sure been busy, opening rustic-chic Osteria Morini just a little over a year ago, followed shortly thereafter with his fancier prix-fixe Ai Fiori (not to mention also launching Al Molo in Asia). No question that the man has a way with ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Heat-Seeking Victuals

A five-borough tour of winter warm-up meals