The Latest From Appetito
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Gabriele Bertaccini on Food Network’s New Show and His Return Home
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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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How Cesare Vangeli, an Italian Dancer, Eats in America
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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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The Appetito Q&A: Katarina Petonito of Washington DC’s La Collina
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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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How To Order Coffee In Italian
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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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Cathy Mantuano On Her Favorite Italian Wines
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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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The Bounty Available at Rosario’s, an NYC Italian Grocery & Pizzeria
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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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Author Sarah Arcuri Writes about the Italian Food Influences in Her Debut Novel, The Owner & the Wife
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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 Story of Giggino, From Nepal to Naples (via New York)
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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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How Food Memories of Italy Inspire Chef Mauro Campanale
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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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Italian Lessons With Luna: How To Ask For A Menu In Italian
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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…
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At Pizza Matta in Chicago, Jason Vincent Riffs on Childhood Memories
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The acclaimed chef behind Giant is serving takeout pizza and “huge salads,” mixing Italian inspiration and Midwestern nostalgia. “It’s a summer night. You know what I mean?” Jason Vincent asks rhetorically. He’s talking about his just-opened takeout (for now) joint Pizza Matta in Chicago. He’s just described how he and his team, which run acclaimed…
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How Valentina Castellani, a Film Producer from Italy, Eats in America
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Valentina Castellani-Quinn is from a Florentine family that owned the Teatro Verde (Florence’s opera house) for generations. Fascinated with all aspects of theater, Ms. Castellani studied fashion design in Florence and finished her degree in New York. Afterward, she moved to Los Angeles to begin her career in film. She is now an award-winning producer…
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Dark Chocolate and Coffee Mousse
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Our Dolce Queen, Ale Gambini, shares a decadent yet delicate mousse that’s perfect for spring Chocolate and coffee have always been one of the best combinations in the culinary world, where chocolate balances the strong bitterness of coffee. As a chocolate taster and educator, I only use high-quality dark chocolate for my recipes; in this…
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What To See And Eat In Palermo, Sicily
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A quick guide to the must-visit sites, markets, and restaurants in Sicily’s capital, Palermo, from Appetito’s esteemed travel correspondent, Bilena Settepani. Plus, a recipe for a favorite street food of Sicily, panelle. “Amuni” is Sicilian for “Let’s go!” We’re starting off my Italian food and travel diaries with Sicily, where my dad was born, and…
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At Casaro Osteria in San Francisco, A Son of Calabria Expands His Italian Footprint
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Francesco Covucci brought Neapolitan-style pies to the Bay Area at his first two Casaro locations. Now, he’s adding pasta and more to the menu at his new Cow Hollow osteria. A few weeks after opening the doors to Casaro Osteria, owner Francesco Covucci seems more interested in talking soccer than food. His favorite club, Napoli,…
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Your Italian Language Pantry
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While our regular language lessons, Food Talk With Luna: A Taste of La Lingua Italiana, will lead you to food fluency, we thought to provide a glossary of key Italian food terms (and drinks too) to help in the process. Think of these (nearly 150 words!) as your Italian language pantry to build your knowledge…
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Chickpeas Should Be Your Secret Weapon In The Kitchen
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These protein-packed legumes are a great addition to many dishes, or even playing a starring role, as in the Roasted Chickpeas recipe included below Chickpeas deserve more love in Italian kitchens. Sure, they get lots of attention from our Mediterranean diet brethren, most notably in hummus, but there’s just not a lot of recognition given…
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Rossella Rago Writes About Her New Cookbook, “Cooking with Nonna: Sunday Dinners with La Famiglia”
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Learn how to make Italian-American classic dishes with Rossella Rago, who also shares a delicious stromboli recipe. I am delighted to share recipes with you from my latest cookbook, Cooking with Nonna: Sunday Dinners with La Famiglia. In it I pay homage to the customs and gatherings that bring family together from far and wide…
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How Don Ciccio & Figli Turned Amaro Into Gold
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Founder Francesco Amodeo discusses the wild ride of growing an Italian spirits brand, the company’s new flavors and why no-proof amaro isn’t in his future. Don Ciccio & Figli is better positioned than most small American spirits brands to take advantage of the current infatuation with amaro. Francesco Amodeo started the company in 2012 in…
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How Calabrian Cooking Shaped Chef Tony Mantuano
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The Nashville-based chef behind several classic Italian restaurants writes about the five dishes that inspired his career and shares his base risotto recipe Growing up with Italian immigrant grandparents I was introduced to Italian cooking at an early age. My grandparents had a grocery store where my grandfather was the butcher. My grandmother was a…
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10 Things To Know About Artichokes
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If only you were in Rome right now, you’d be enjoying the spring season’s bounty of artichokes, served in a variety of delicious ways. As it turns out, this is also an excellent time to find artichokes in the United States, where the season runs from March through May. Pick up a few artichokes on…
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To Be Well, Eat Italian
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Appetito’s Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Cotto, on the correlation between eating well and being well Note: A previous version of this story ran on the Good Man Project website. It has been edited for Appetito and reprinted with permission from the publisher. In the “Eat to Live” vs. “Live to Eat” categories, I’m all about the latter.…
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Legendary Chef Mary Ann Esposito Shares Recipes From Her Latest Cookbook
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The Ciao Italia host’s cod in “crazy water” and spinach and potato gnocchi in taleggio sauce should become regulars in your cooking repertoire. Mary Ann Esposito is an icon of Italian kitchens. Her nationally broadcast PBS show, Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito, in its 30th season, is the longest-running cooking show in American history.…
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How Massi Pregoni, an Italian Actor, Eats in America
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Born and raised in Rome, Italy, Massi Pregoni is an LA-based actor and dual citizen of both the USA and Italy. At 17, he moved to America for an opportunity along with his brother, Andrea Pregoni, a professional soccer player. Once established in Los Angeles, Massi caught the acting bug and began working in the…
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