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The celebrated Tuscan chef, entrepreneur and American TV personality returned to his native Tuscany as co-host of Ciao House, which has its season finale next weekend. Gabriele Bertaccini joined his friend Alex Guarnaschelli as co-host of Ciao House, a new Food Network cooking competition series that premiered in April and wraps this coming Sunday, June…
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Cesare Vangeli is an Italian tap dancer, actor, director, and choreographer of Calabrian descent. He lived in Rome for 30 years, moving there as soon as he finished his adolescent studies. In Italy, he has worked in theater, TV and cinema. His TAP TIP SHOW has been on stage for 23 years in the most important Italian theaters.…
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A young chef who worked her way up through some of the capital’s best restaurants oversees the menu at Italian La Collina, as well as The Duck & The Peach, and The Wells. But that’s just the beginning of Katarina Petonito’s inspiring story. In 2021, Katarina Petonito took a giant career leap forward. A serious…
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Italian Lessons With Luna returns with an important lesson for your next visit to Italy: How to order coffee and espresso drinks in Italian. Luna is back with crucial tips for ordering coffee in Italian. Watch her short video lesson and save yourself the embarrassment of ordering a “latte” in Italy only to be served…
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The food, hospitality, and wine expert writes in about the Italian varietals and wines that inspire her. My grandparents were from the Abruzzi. My grandmother was a talented cook and my grandfather made wine at our house. He bought Zinfandel and Muscat grapes from California. He pressed the grapes and stored the wine in our…
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In a new column, Appetito’s “Starving Actress,” Alissa Salvatore, takes us inside the abbondanza of products at a venerable shop in Queens. With 91 neighborhoods and over 130 languages spoken, the borough of Queens in New York City is considered the most diverse county in America. Among the many neighborhoods and nationalities are a lot…
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Learn how Italian life inspired storytelling and a massive online following for Sarah Arcuri, who also shares her recipe for Mozzarella in Carrozza. Coming from a traditional Italian family who gathered for pasta dinners every Sunday, I developed a love for reading and writing at a young age, and I knew that when the time came…
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The incredible journey of Madan Budha, a Nepalese villager who came to America with a dream and became the front-of-house face of the fast-growing Neapolitan restaurant group Song E Napule Song E Napule, the beloved Neapolitan pizzeria and trattoria of the incomparable Ciro Iovine, continues its rapid expansion beyond the cozy confines in New York’s…
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Chef Mauro Campanale was born in Bari, Italy, in the region of Puglia. As a young boy, he started working at his family’s agriturismo, where he discovered his passion for cooking. At age 19, he left Italy to explore the world and worked in various cities, including São Paulo, Milan, and London. He arrived in New York City in 2018 to…
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Appetito’s Italian language instructor Luna returns with another helpful lesson. In this quick video, Luna teaches how to ask for a menu in Italian. For more Italian lessons with Luna, visit and subscribe to our YouTube page. You can continue your Italian food language studies with our Italian Language Pantry, which features contributions from Luna…
