[Photos: Nick Solares] At acclaimed NYC seafood restaurant Marea, chef Michael White crafts a crudo-and-pasta tasting menu, available at Marea's crudo bar. "The pasta station gets slammed every night," White told me when asked what inspired him to create...
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[Photos: Carey Jones] Scarpetta's Tomato-Basil Spaghetti View the complete recipe here >> When Ed Levine first tasted Scott Conant's spaghetti with tomato and basil at Scarpetta, it was love at first bite. And he was hardly the only diner...
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I stopped eating the doughy, half-empty pouches that corner slice shops call calzone years ago. Until tackling this immense one the other day, I’d never eaten a proper Italian style calzone. The brick-oven blistered bad boy is the creation...
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At Serious Eats, we tend to be favorably disposed towards pig roasts in general—and Il Buco's in particular—so you can be sure that we will be attending their sixth annual Sagra del Maiale, an outdoor pig roast this Sunday,...
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I’m really glad that Al Santillo from Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza sent me an email describing his shop. This place is well-hidden even by the formidable standards of Elizabeth. Parking is almost impossible, and you can’t see the main...
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With an incredible selection of Italian meats, cheeses, and panini, Ballaró isn't quite the downtown Salumeria Rosi—but it's not too far off.
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New York Post Mobster Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito, consigliere of the Bonanno crime family, can no longer get his fat on at four old-school Italian eateries in New York City, according to the New York Post. Just released from...
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At Locanda Verde, the food is resolutely down to earth, reasonably priced, primarily delicious, and best of all, the service is for the most part friendly, solicitous, and attitude-free.
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Sausage at Salumeria Biellese. Photograph by Robyn Lee From the homemade sopressata at Faicco’s Pork Store to the freshly rolled papardelle at Raffetto's, the city has a great selection of Italian markets. Robert Sietsema lists eight of the best...
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Yes. What you're looking at below is what they call 'carbonara.' For a long time Kurve’s Thai-inflected spaghetti carbonara was the strangest take on this Italian classic I’d ever encountered. Then I tried Perbacco's “carbonara.” Those quotes are there for...
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