Italy
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”The restaurants above the port are the only part of Ponza that feel generic: they could be on any island...” MORE>> |
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”At Al Bacaro the next day, I ordered a salume board of prosciutto, speck, lardo, mortadella, porchetta, pancetta, and soppressa...” MORE>> |
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”Now that we've read 'Tastes of Italy' by Anya von Bremzen [July], my husband and I have to weigh in...” MORE>> |
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”I drove to the nearby hamlet of Goito to dine at Al Bersagliere, which has the sponged-yellow walls and bright...” MORE>> |
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”The signature bicerin (melted chocolate, coffee, and cream) has been served at this Turin landmark since 1763....” MORE>> |
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”This old Cortina favorite is justly famous for local specialties like penne with wild mushrooms, and game, especially alpine hare...” MORE>> |
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”Pork cutlets and potatoes served in a pan are the specialty at Al Cenacolo, a stylishly renovated restaurant with a...” MORE>> |
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”'Stirring continuously? This will give you mashed potatoes instead of risotto!' exclaimed the city's other risotto maestro, Cesare Benelli of...” MORE>> |
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”Judging by its surroundings, you'd think that Al Filò —in a barrel-vaulted, stone-walled hay cellar—would serve only the most traditional...” MORE>> |
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”Fans of Bruno Paolato (from his 15-year tenure at Venice's acclaimed Ai Mercanti) now head to his rustic new restaurant...” MORE>> |
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”So many people hammered away at me about this being one of Puglia's best restaurants, I finally gave in—despite my...” MORE>> |
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”The menu includes innovations (grilled Tomino cheese with nuts) and classics (delicate fish stew); the witty, wine-centric quotes on the...” MORE>> |
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”The menu is in a dialect most Italians find impenetrable, which tells you everything you need to know about this...” MORE>> |
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”A classic Florentine restaurant, now in a romantic new space in a Renaissance palace with frescoed ceilings. Chef Umberto Montano...” MORE>> |
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”For his Head to Hoof Cow, Palluda takes the Fassone cow offal that locals adore and serves it as a...” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”In Italy last spring, my husband and I visited trattorias and pizzerias, and Al Moro, in Rome, left us completely...” MORE>> |
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”Like the wine it's named for, this three-year-old enoteca with a small wood bar is fun and increasingly popular. Brothers...” MORE>> |
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”'Altavilla makes the Valtellina's best sciatt. The restaurant is tiny, but it has four hundred wines and a vast selection...” MORE>> |
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”Historically parochial Venetians have been slow to discover the proudly Sicilian Angolo di Tanit. When we stop by, Bob Marley...” MORE>> |
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”Antica Bottega del Vino, also in Verona, is the place for baccalà vicentina, a preparation that—however unlikely it seems on...” MORE>> |
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”Home cooking—Piedmontese-style—at the Michelin-starred level, including perhaps the finest rendition of tripe anywhere in the world. Wine options are extensive...” MORE>> |
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”This three-level restaurant (casual food on the bottom, fine dining at the top) is one of the oldest in Palermo....” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”In the vaulted arcade of Alba's Piazza Duomo, this 18th-century confection of pink marble and gilt is the preferred first...” MORE>> |
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”With bridles and yokes supplying the decoration, this village restaurant is an unprepossessing monument to down-home pugliese cooking....” MORE>> |
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”Try chef Gaetano Trovato’s pan-seared scampi with goose liver and prickly pears....” MORE>> |
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”A spare room; working-class local clientele; a bottle of decent Sangiovese on the table; a fat proprietor who micromanages the...” MORE>> |
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”Chef Antonella Pugliese and her husband Mimmo Piccolomo spent two years renovating the four-century-old restaurant and its fig-treed garden, modernizing...” MORE>> |
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”Baby, as it happens, is an extremely grown-up and formal affair—silver cloches covering piatti di pasta; that prehistoric practice of...” MORE>> |
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”There's not a Murano chandelier in sight at Bacaro Lounge, where simple Italian dishes such as pasta con pomodoro are...” MORE>> |
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”Make time for a platter of salt-dried beef and a glass of Braulio, a medicinal-tasting herbal liqueur, at the pine-and-stone...” MORE>> |
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”There I ate a terrine made of almost raw veal and chopped vegetables with an egg sauce, followed by sautéed...” MORE>> |
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”Go to Beccofino for nouvelle Tuscan food and Conran-style furnishings....” MORE>> |
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”The Trastevere no-frills joint serves more than 100 craft beers and pizzas made with organic flour and offbeat toppings, such...” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”This recently opened subterranean wonder zeroes in on fresh pastas and seafood. We are served the lightest potato gnochetti, followed...” MORE>> |
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”A favorite of Ursini’s father’s for Tuscan classic...” MORE>> |
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”The restaurant is part of the Marchesi Antinori winery, which is located in Palazzo Antinori, the Renaissance palace that has...” MORE>> |
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”Ca' d'Oro does two kinds of meatballs, both of them delicious; an equally well prepared squid with potatoes; and whole...” MORE>> |
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”The 2006 Winter Olympics offers Turin, perhaps the...” MORE>> |
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”This classic Lecce café and bakery is a must for cream-filled pasticciotto pastries...” MORE>> |
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”You, too, might spy Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini downing an espresso at this ornate turn-of-the-19th-century café and bakery....” MORE>> |
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”Gilli, a Victorian café in the Piazza della Repubblica, has sandwiches with their crusts trimmed just so, wonderful fruit-shaped marzipan...” MORE>> |
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”Why do urban food lovers flock to this Michelin one-star place in the obscure village of Trecate 40 minutes by...” MORE>> |
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”The artist Enzo Cucchi, one of Italy's finest, and...” MORE>> |
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”We bought a loaf almost the size of a car tire and took it to the weathered marble counter at...” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”The 2006 Winter Olympics offers Turin, perhaps the...” MORE>> |
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”I could have stayed out here on the deck forever...” MORE>> |
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”Island specialties and homemade wine....” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”Its appeal is unquestionable, but with 10 province...” MORE>> |
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”Three years ago, Anacleto Bleve and his wife, Tina, opened this spin-off of their beloved little wine bar, La Bottega...” MORE>> |
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”The hotel's restaurant overlooks the garden; young chef Mauro Poggio creates nouvelle versions of local vegetarian and seafood platters, such...” MORE>> |
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”Young couple Francesca Tegon and Marco Ginapri filled the viticultural void behind Piazza San Marco when they opened Cavatappi (corkscrew)...” MORE>> |
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”Those seeking a more refined wine list with their Testaccio meal should head to the old stalwart Checchino dal 1887...” MORE>> |
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”A restaurant in a town near the estate, run by two women who bake their own bread and make their...” MORE>> |
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”Located on the relatively calm Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina—between the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps—this small café is a...” MORE>> |
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”The 45,000-bottle wine cellar, peerless cheese selection, and adventurous modern Italian food are the draws at this restaurant, where ho-hum...” MORE>> |
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”Pace and I were having dinner at his Naples restaurant, Ciro a Santa Brigida, a bastion of Neapolitan cooking lost...” MORE>> |
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”Largely unknown in the U.S., Combal’s unstoppably innovative chef, Davide Scabin, is mentioned by European food cognoscenti in the same...” MORE>> |
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”Dine outside under the bamboo awning....” MORE>> |
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”Last spring, my son and I discovered Country House Podere Pescia , a restored 19th-century farmhouse in northern Umbria, overlooking...” MORE>> |
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”Say you knew some stylish, young, design-conscious Parmesans. And say they’d just redone an old farmhouse outside the city. Their...” MORE>> |
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”You'll find two restaurants in one at Crotasc, under the savvy management of Michela Prevostini, whose grandmother founded the place...” MORE>> |
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”The dining room at this hip new restaurant is always packed—and the food justifies the crowds. The menu focuses on...” MORE>> |
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”Descriptions of Rome tend toward hyperbole (see By...” MORE>> |
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”The specialty is grilled mozzarella on lemon leaves....” MORE>> |
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”Charcoal-grilled game in a brick house on the outskirts of Loreto....” MORE>> |
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”It takes remarkable food to match the view from Da Aurelio, high in a pass in the Dolomites, but chef...” MORE>> |
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”An old-school, wood-paneled place on a raucous street corner that pretty much detonated when the A.S. Roma soccer club took...” MORE>> |
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”Dining that night at the local favorite, Da Cesari, on Via de'Carbonesi, we recuperated from our 'mentors of Michelangelo' tour...” MORE>> |
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”he modest setting of Da Fefè restaurant, near a decaying stone wharf, belies its stellar reputation as one of the...” MORE>> |
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”The talk of the hood is Da Felice, which once looked like a cafeteria with fluorescent lighting but is now...” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”Just across the street from the Duomo Sant'Andrea, Mario and Franco Grimaldi make their mother Gemma proud at her namesake...” MORE>> |
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”The menu is full of classic crowd-pleasers: lasagne verde and tagliatelle alla bolognese. And the people-watching at the piazza is...” MORE>> |
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”A local favorite....” MORE>> |
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”To prove his point, Colonnesi took me to three militantly traditional pizzerias. Our first stop, Da Michele, was a neorealist...” MORE>> |
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”Reserve an outdoor table at Ristorante Puny for handmade pappardelle with pesto and prime people-watching in the main square. ...” MORE>> |
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”At the just-revamped Da Ugo, ordinary mortals often rub shoulders with supermodels (Elle Macpherson) and creative types (maverick photographer Oliviero...” MORE>> |
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”I meet a friend for a lunch of truffle salad and porcini pasta just down the street at Da Ventura...” MORE>> |
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”Mirrors, frescoes, gilding, and elaborate food. ...” MORE>> |
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”On Christmas Day, many family-run places close, so stick with the hotels. De Pisis at the Hotel Bauet riffs on...” MORE>> |
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”At the luxe Bauer hotel, on a terrace overlooking the Grand Canal, chef Giovanni Ciresa, (who made his name at...” MORE>> |
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”A battered shrine to the pizza pie in the picturesque Spaccanapoli quarter....” MORE>> |
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”Italians have their big feast on the 24th. At Do Forni, indulge in spider crab tortelloni with lobster sauce or...” MORE>> |
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”Where chef Alfonso Iaccarino—who also has a restaurant at the hotel—'combines Neapolitan cooking with nouvelle cuisine lightness.'...” MORE>> |
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”'At Donna Rosa, Mom's in the kitchen and the daughter waits on the tables. I loved their hospitality, that abbondanza—that...” MORE>> |
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”The most famous restaurant in the region, the only one to get two stars from Michelin....” MORE>> |
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”Panzano has more than 70 wine producers. Try Enoteca Baldi for a great selection....” MORE>> |
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”A local hangout, this cozy two-room enoteca is lined with shelves and cupboards of bottles; it's the perfect stop for...” MORE>> |
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”Amid a vineyard in Fumane, Enoteca della Valpolicella serves the truest, most chaste risotto—flavored with red wine or herbs, but...” MORE>> |
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”At a neighborhood wine and beer joint like Enoteca do Colonne, two or three tramezzini—sandwiches in soft dark bread, here...” MORE>> |
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”Parmesans take the pulse of their own city at this hectic institution, where the cheap nibbles are strangely better than...” MORE>> |
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”The wine store stocks 1,600 selections. At its wine bar, sample some over artisanal mortadella. ...” MORE>> |
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”We share platters of salumi with cheese and a scattering of tiny pickles at a small cramped table while Lorenzon...” MORE>> |
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”If Venice had a downtown, this urbane new haunt and its four young owners would be at the heart of...” MORE>> |
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”The bread, the zuppa di pesce, even the pasta is made fresh daily at Eolo, which hovers above the Bay...” MORE>> |
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”Peppe Barone's sweet-and-sour rabbit was the best version I tasted....” MORE>> |
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”A cult-favorite trattoria where professors, market vendors, and young hipsters gather over platters of handmade pasta. The ricotta-and-spinach ravioli with...” MORE>> |
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”Sometimes the staff is rude (especially upstairs) and sometimes they kiss our toes. But the food—Venetian, not Tuscan, as you...” MORE>> |
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”Atop a steep stone pathway is Fracia, which showcases wines from the historic vineyard Nino Negri. In the evenings, maître...” MORE>> |
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”Behind the hole-in-the-wall façade, small linked dining rooms hum with fun and glamour. Service is deft and friendly, displaying justified...” MORE>> |
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”Niçoise–North African fusion....” MORE>> |
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”One of the oldest restaurants....” MORE>> |
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”We stop in the busy bay of Cala Feola, where children play in shallow natural pools, and have lunch at...” MORE>> |
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”I pop into Giacosa Roberto Cavalli, a wild café where photos of Il Signore Cavalli framed in fake zebra fur...” MORE>> |
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”Descriptions of Rome tend toward hyperbole (see By...” MORE>> |
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”This new-school gelateria meticulously sources all ingredients—from cream and eggs to add-ins like cornmeal cookies and coffee....” MORE>> |
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”An old-world warmth suffuses the service in this dramatic, modern room; the kitchen turns out contemporary riffs on traditional Piedmontese...” MORE>> |
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”The elegant new dining room has a massive fireplace, large enough to roast an ox. But the main attraction is...” MORE>> |
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”ts slatted-wood design (more Tokyo than Turin) sets the scene for delicious updated local comfort foods, like bagna cauda reimagined...” MORE>> |
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”Not the warm, traditional trattoria of your Italian fantasy, but a modern culinary temple with deferential service and imaginative food...” MORE>> |
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”Rome owes much of the momentum in its restaurant scene to ’Gusto, which set a trend by bringing several destinations...” MORE>> |
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”The 2006 Winter Olympics offers Turin, perhaps the...” MORE>> |
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”Visiting Venice without going to Harry’s Bar is almost sacrilege. Granted, the crowds may be overwhelming, but people-watching doesn’t get...” MORE>> |
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”Home-cooked meals in Italy are a holy grail for any food-obsessed traveler...” MORE>> |
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”At Hosteria Ca’ Derton’s annex, I built a late supper of herby rabbit terrine with marinated vegetables...” MORE>> |
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”Here's how the Giusti ritual goes. You book well in advance. When the day arrives, you hurry down a side...” MORE>> |
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”At Hotel Combolo, Severina and Beatrice Valli have been hand-rolling buckwheat noodles for decades. Their restaurant has gilt-framed mirrors, molded...” MORE>> |
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”Visit the splendid dining room for chef Gianfranco Faustini's superb veal Milanese....” MORE>> |
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”Owned and operated by an esteemed Bologna wine-making family, this trattoria cooks impeccably fresh, flavorful renditions of esoteric regional classics....” MORE>> |
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”This tiny hole-in-the-wall (literally) near the Duomo turns out crisp panini with toppings like pecorino and arugula, or goat cheese...” MORE>> |
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”This wine bar near Piazza Navona has developed a snacking menu that includes orange and black-olive salad, thin shavings of...” MORE>> |
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”Baked branzino in the elegant dining hall of a 1900's villa....” MORE>> |
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”Don’t let the inauspicious location—on a side street in this large modern resort town—deter you from experiencing some of the...” MORE>> |
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”You can't beat the pizza bianca at Il Forno Campo de' Fiori....” MORE>> |
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”Pierluigi Roscioli bakes the greatest pizza bianca in Rome at his traditional family bakery. Leavened with a 20-year-old yeast starter...” MORE>> |
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”If you like excess, you'll love this storybook masseria, whose 10-course dinner makes it a must-stop for collectors of Eating...” MORE>> |
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”Il Gastronomo and Ristorante Oasis-Sapori Antichi in Avellino serve the authentic Campanian dishes almost as good as my mother's.'...” MORE>> |
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”Il Gelato di San Crispino has two locations: the original, 15-year-old shop at the Basilica of San Giovanni and a...” MORE>> |
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”Ciccio set up a reservation for us at his favorite trattoria, Il Mulino....” MORE>> |
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”Take the egg at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Florence...” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”Il Ritrovo is a noted follower of the Slow Food movement. Try the cavatelli with zucchini and scamorza, a stringy...” MORE>> |
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”On the beach at Numana, mixed fried fish and vegetables and tagliatelle with squid ink....” MORE>> |
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”Sublime gelato and granita in Polignano a Mare, south of Bari...” MORE>> |
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”Around the corner there's yet another enticement at the stylish gelateria Il Vicoletto where I get two scoops of creamy...” MORE>> |
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”Roberto Cavalli chose Milan's Sempione Park as the site of his ultramodern, glass-walled Italian fusion restaurant, Just Cavalli Café. ...” MORE>> |
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”When Mussolini brought in engineering experts to drain and reclaim the countryside north of what is now Rome’s Fiumicino airport...” MORE>> |
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”Even Venetians who don't need to pinch euros are enamored of La Bitta, a new mom-and-pop act in a small...” MORE>> |
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”A great place to stock up for a picnic, this shop cooks up dishes to go and offers local cheeses...” MORE>> |
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”My search for hand-pounded pesto took me next to La Brinca, a gem of a hilltop trattoria above Lavagna. Its...” MORE>> |
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”La Cambusa, enviably set in the town center on a terrace with water views...” MORE>> |
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”Wine merchant Mauro Lorenzon set up this wine bar outpost in a cozy back room at Ristorante Canaletto last year...” MORE>> |
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”Our budget-minded Venetian pals often stake out a table in the back room at La Cantina, where Francesco slices cured...” MORE>> |
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”Chef Antonio Dipino earns La Caravella a loyal following with local specialties, including cod au gratin over fennel, dried tomatoes...” MORE>> |
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”Perhaps the best restaurant in the area, it can’t be more than a half-mile from Boffa’s summerhouse....” MORE>> |
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”At La Conchiglia, a cliffside place that plays cheesy Italian wedding music, capers lend their winy, grapy quality like a...” MORE>> |
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”Try the branzino fillet with saffron and potatoes. ...” MORE>> |
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”Take the egg at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Florence. The resident chef, Vito Mollica, met the man from...” MORE>> |
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”If no one had told you this is one of the three or four finest places to eat in Parma...” MORE>> |
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”At this tiny place in his hometown, Pino Cuttaia s...” MORE>> |
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”We had eight light-handed courses in all, including raw shrimp marinated in orange sections, fried whitebait (bianchettiMORE>> |
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”A family-run terrace restaurant with freshly caught seafood....” MORE>> |
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”Dining at 'Da Cesare,' as the locals call it, is like being in chef Cesare Giaccone's kitchen. His signature capretto...” MORE>> |
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”The only thing that lured us out of the water was a tall pitcher of Negronis at home and the...” MORE>> |
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”Brothers Andrea and Antonio Tonola opened Lanterna Verde, close to their father's renowned fish farm, in 1982. Their trout menu—featuring...” MORE>> |
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”The first choice of locals for swordfish involtini and spaghetti with sea urchin....” MORE>> |
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”In a city where the cuisine tends to be somewhat rustic, Heinz Beck—Rome’s only Michelin three-star chef—stands out. He brings...” MORE>> |
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”Its appeal is unquestionable, but with 10 province...” MORE>> |
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”The refreshing lack of pretension that marks Ponza always triumphs. The owner of the restaurant L'Aragosta, next door to Acqua...” MORE>> |
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”On a residential Prati street and still off the radar of most Roman foodies, the place resembles a dozen other...” MORE>> |
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”Venice can be unkind to pizza. After a couple of leathery pies, we are ready to give up. But friends...” MORE>> |
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”At La Risacca, a proto-Pantescan restaurant with wide-angle views of the water, we had systematically ordered the ubiquitous island specialty...” MORE>> |
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”When Mussolini brought in engineering experts to drain and reclaim the countryside north of what is now Rome's Fiumicino airport...” MORE>> |
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”The hokey checked tablecloths at Rome’s La Taverna dei Fori Imperiali might suggest the food is hokey too, but that’s...” MORE>> |
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”A crenellated castle, pink-washed clifftop church, and pebbled beach make Vico Equense perhaps the most dramatic—though surprisingly undiscovered—village on the...” MORE>> |
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”The shrimp in a dish of linguine with zucchini at La Vela, an enchantingly scruffy beach shack, tasted as if...” MORE>> |
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”Its appeal is unquestionable, but with 10 province...” MORE>> |
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”La Zucca's pocket-sized kitchen has been off and on from one year to the next, but right now it's on...” MORE>> |
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”Its appeal is unquestionable, but with 10 province...” MORE>> |
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”Its appeal is unquestionable, but with 10 province...” MORE>> |
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”A dim, cool restaurant in the center of town that specializes in fish....” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”Topping the food chain is L’Infernotto Enoteca Ristorante, an airy trattoria whose wooden tables spill onto the street. ...” MORE>> |
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”Seafood, straight from the docks....” MORE>> |
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”an epic trolley of roasted and boiled meats is accompanied by salsa verde, mustard fruits, grated horseradish, and a curious...” MORE>> |
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”One has to love a cook who divides his tasting men...” MORE>> |
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”Eclectic bookshop-bars like Il Tiaso Enolibreria (20 Via Perugia; 39-333/284-5283) and Lo Yeti Libreria-Caffe—where filmmakers nurse Negronis—sit next to Bangladeshi...” MORE>> |
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”One of 10 restaurants in the Dall'Ava chain, which specializes in cured meats from Italy's Friuli region, this wine-bar-cum-café features...” MORE>> |
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”The pizzeria bakes traditional Italian pies to order by length, warmed in ovens large enough to accommodate in excess of...” MORE>> |
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Macelleria Demola Vincenzo and Arrosteria del Vicoletto
2 (macelleria) and 6 (arrosteria) Via Giulio II Cisternino
”This town's butchers don't merely sell meat—they roast it and serve it, whether right in their shops or, as at...” MORE>> |
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”Fashion and food go together like...well, traditionally they don't. And yet the most body-conscious of industries seems to have a...” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”A food shop for ascolane (stuffed olives) and creme (dollops of custard), ready to be fried and eaten (together)....” MORE>> |
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”When in Rome, you never want a day of sightseeing to end. Don't worry: Just book an outdoor table on...” MORE>> |
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”On warm nights, the crowds retreat to the tatami-style tables in the overgrown garden and order pristine raw, local fish...” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”Young locals rave about the bargain lunch at Muro Vino e Cucina—a glass-walled wine bar with a sleek gray-and-black-themed dining...” MORE>> |
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”Located in the Piazza San Carlo, the site of the famous statue of Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy, this upstairs...” MORE>> |
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”In 2004, he opened an innovative mozzarella bar in Rome called Obikà—Neopolitan for 'Here it is!' Obikà elevates mozzarella to...” MORE>> |
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”Oréstorante, tucked into a hillside behind the town's church, has extraordinary views and is a local favorite....” MORE>> |
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”On a tiny street just a mile from Piano's sprawling sanctuary, Osteria Antica Piazzetta, housed in a 1920s cinema, is...” MORE>> |
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”Longtime workmen's hangout serving rustic, delicious meals....” MORE>> |
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”To Mara and Maurizio Martin of Venice's seafood temple Osteria da Fiore, that perfect grain is a Carnaroli from Riso...” MORE>> |
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”The appetizers alone are enough to jolt me out of my antiseptic North American life and into a world of...” MORE>> |
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”Book early to get a table at this casual, homey osteria serving seriously delicious snails....” MORE>> |
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”Take the egg at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Florence. The resident chef, Vito Mollica, met the man from...” MORE>> |
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”Parmesan gelato melting over a luscious hunk of molten eggplant in a pastry nest...” MORE>> |
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”'Il mondo va avanti—the world goes forward,' Pierina Bruschi told me. 'We rode horses and pounded pesto in a mortaio...” MORE>> |
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”The iconic architecture of Apulia—the “heel” of It...” MORE>> |
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”the Puglian genius for preserving showed in our antipasti of pickled baby tomatoes and peppers, and artichokes marinated in lemony...” MORE>> |
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”This cult osteria, some 20 miles south of the city, presided over by the larger-than-life Anna Dente...” MORE>> |
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”Avant-garde chef Massimo Bottura serves an appetizer of Parmesan in five incarnations: wafer, soufflé, cream, froth, and mist-like vapor. Try...” MORE>> |
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”This sleek corner room attracts an international crowd for its inventive preparations of market-to-table fresh ingredients....” MORE>> |
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”A classic trattoria in a 19th-century former grocer’s shop, the convivial Osteria Le Logge is owned by local celebrity Gianni...” MORE>> |
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”Puglia has a more evolved antipasto culture than perhaps any other region in Italy. At proto-rustic Perricci, you can't get...” MORE>> |
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”Ursini’s new restaurant is equally ingredient-centric. “At Osteria, I decided to include only dishes from Tuscany, using only Tuscan ingredients,”...” MORE>> |
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”Gambaccini is a regular at Panificio Carmelo Giuffrida, where the pizza con patate, scattered with rosemary needles, starts exiting the...” MORE>> |
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”No matter how allergic you are to joyless, pompous restaurants, any eating survey of Parma would have to include this...” MORE>> |
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”Feminists take note: service at Passerini is old-fashioned; female guests receive menus without prices. Still, it's worth swallowing your principles...” MORE>> |
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”The best espresso-and-pastry bar in town....” MORE>> |
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”This is the place for breakfast—delicious Italian and Austrian pastries, from apple strudel to doughnuts, and Italian- or Viennese-style coffee...” MORE>> |
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”You could eat breakfast at this historic, aristocratic landmark every day for three months and never have the same pastry...” MORE>> |
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”Piazza Duomo celebrates the brilliant cross-cultural cooking of Enrico Crippa, its 37-year-old hipster chef....” MORE>> |
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”Descriptions of Rome tend toward hyperbole (see By...” MORE>> |
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”So what if the euro is up and the dollar is down? ...” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”Take the egg at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Florence. The resident chef, Vito Mollica, met the man from...” MORE>> |
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”Whether you’re seeking an over-the-top meal with a view of the lagoon, seafood tagliatelle at a low-key trattoria, or Venetian...” MORE>> |
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”When Mussolini brought in engineering experts to d...” MORE>> |
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”“This restaurant and wine bar just opened, so I have only been there a few times, but I loved the...” MORE>> |
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”Opened inside the auditorium complex just before the start of 2003, ReD (short for ristorante e design) hints at its...” MORE>> |
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”My palate educated by days of eating nothing but risotto, I drove to Riseria Ferron, a 1650 rice mill among...” MORE>> |
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”The custom of having crudités for dessert never made the crossing to the United States. Neither did gnomarelli bits of...” MORE>> |
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”At Portici, on one of the most romantic piazze in Puglia, the brochettes are part of an arrosto misto that...” MORE>> |
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”We left Rome early on a Friday morning, zooming down the autostrada. Five hours later, we sat down to tiny...” MORE>> |
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”Ristorante Caruso has had a makeover too. Padua-born chef Franco Luise, formerly at Lisbon's Lapa Palace, is using regional staples...” MORE>> |
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”Tucked beneath the ruins of a medieval castle in a vineyard is Valtellina's most spectacular restaurant, Ristorante Castel Grumello. During...” MORE>> |
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”Our affair with tumma, a fresh cow's-milk cheese showered with fiery local olive oil, began at Ristorante Castiglione Franco, a...” MORE>> |
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”Off a twisting cobblestoned street and up a 17th-century staircase, Ristorante Cerere is named for the asteroid Ceres, which was...” MORE>> |
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”Parma’s best restaurant is inserted in a hotel so plain and weirdly located (on the far side of the ring...” MORE>> |
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”One could spend a month shopping in Bologna's arcades and feasting on tortellini—which we did, immediately, at Ristorante Diana on...” MORE>> |
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”Ciccio Sultano's carob-wood-smoked snapper with green melon and pistachio cream is what I imagine Thomas Keller would cook if he...” MORE>> |
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”Potato dumplings in meat sauce, served in a brick-vaulted dining room in a former monastery, with views of the sea...” MORE>> |
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”The most romantic spot in the world. End of discussion....” MORE>> |
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”Its appeal is unquestionable, but with 10 province...” MORE>> |
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”Il Gastronomo and Ristorante Oasis-Sapori Antichi in Avellino serve the authentic Campanian dishes—almost as good as my mother's.'...” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”Savor carpaccio with white truffles, gnocchi with butter and sage, and local Barbaresco and Nebbiolo wines at this homey trattoria....” MORE>> |
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”Specialties include pici (handmade pasta ropes that resemble thick spaghetti) and porcini-flecked gnocchi topped with grated black truffles....” MORE>> |
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”This bakery off Via dei Giubbonari makes the best pizza bianca in town, along with addictive, salty rolls called spighe....” MORE>> |
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”...ask for a window seat or you won’t have a view...” MORE>> |
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”Take the egg at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Florence. The resident chef, Vito Mollica, met the man from...” MORE>> |
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”I ticked two items off my checklist of local dishes: patissada de caval, horsemeat spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves...” MORE>> |
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”El Bulli’s Ferran Adrià designed some of the coffee drinks and desserts—such as the all-foam Èspesso—for this Lavazza-owned café...” MORE>> |
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”'The venison steaks at Sassella are cooked in one of our red wines, with thyme, marjoram, and wild sage.'...” MORE>> |
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”Rossi's specialty is meat: His scottiglia (a Sunday farmers' stew made with chicken, pork, beef and a hint of tomatoes)...” MORE>> |
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”With its perfectly mottled stone walls, mismatched wooden tables, and adventurous Tuscan menu, it's no wonder this tiny trattoria across...” MORE>> |
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”The contemporary backdrop belies the unbridled carnivorism that happens within: translated literally, solo ciccia means 'only fat.'...” MORE>> |
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”One of the members is Luca Grigis, chef at Sondrio's Sale e Pepe. Besides his hearty platters he serves lighter...” MORE>> |
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”A typical 'old man bar,' with simple Italian fare...” MORE>> |
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”Like those at Matteo and Michele, my pie at Sorbillo wasn't topped according to Pace's rules: the cheese was fior...” MORE>> |
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”Forget the pastas at this salumeria-trattoria (you have to pass through the shop to reach the dining room) and build...” MORE>> |
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”...the best restaurant in the region...” MORE>> |
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”Young chef Moreno Cedroni, who has developed an Italian version of sushi (he spells it susci), and his wife represent...” MORE>> |
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”At the elegant taverna, chef Carlo Lazzaron has an often-changing menu—count on seasonal seafood, like baby scampi with lagoon island...” MORE>> |
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”Set in the medieval part of the nearby town of Monte Sant'Angelo, just 12 miles from Piano's church, Taverna Li...” MORE>> |
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”The café has a view of that big marble pile known as the Duomo, and I give it a thorough...” MORE>> |
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”Since chef Graziano Prest took over Cortina's only Michelin-rated restaurant in 2002, he has held onto its star with creative...” MORE>> |
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”Chef Daniele Giolitto, a Turin native, has been influenced by Japan, as revealed in dishes like swordfish sashimi with eggplant...” MORE>> |
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”A crenellated castle, pink-washed clifftop church, and pebbled beach make Vico Equense perhaps the most dramatic—though surprisingly undiscovered—village on the...” MORE>> |
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”Set in the countryside just outside the city, Sapori is more ambitious, refined, and serious (but not too serious) than...” MORE>> |
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”Family-run, rustic but elegant, this half-century-old establishment serves some of the best Tuscan food in Florence....” MORE>> |
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”Take the egg at the new Four Seasons Hotel in Florence. The resident chef, Vito Mollica, met the man from...” MORE>> |
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”Casareccia's version of that most emblematic of pugliese dishes—braised wild chicory with a purée of (boiled) dried fava beans—is epic....” MORE>> |
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”My final lunch was in Genoa, at Trattoria da Maria, a battered canteen with sauce-splotched checkered tablecloths inside and laundry...” MORE>> |
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”In search of that exalted pasta experience, I settled into Mantua, the stronghold of the ducal Gonzagas. The rare visitor...” MORE>> |
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”Safely in Amalfi, I grab lunch—a pancetta-and-mushroom pizza and a glass of house white wine....” MORE>> |
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”Three generations of the Marsupino family hovered ...” MORE>> |
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”some very serious food is served within this airy-but-intimate barrel-vaulted space. The cuisine of the Marches region, located in the...” MORE>> |
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”The Giametta brothers, who trained with Italian star architect Massimiliano Fuksas, have designed an ultraminimalist space near the Pantheon, where...” MORE>> |
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”Near Amistà, Trattoria Rosa serves an unreconstructed version of yet another regional specialty, tagliolini in brodo, topped with chicken livers....” MORE>> |
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”My husband and I discovered the restaurant on our honeymoon and, after 32 years of marriage and many summers spent...” MORE>> |
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”Excellent tasting menu in a casual setting....” MORE>> |
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”The bucket was stashed inside Roberto Pierro's kitchen at Tre Galli, a casual, sunlit place where the waitresses are beautiful...” MORE>> |
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”Even in the fall and winter, except perhaps over the Christmas holidays, one can go to a wonderful fish restaurant...” MORE>> |
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”At U Trattu a populist trattoria with its own boccie court, the best mulberry cremolata, and waiters as round as...” MORE>> |
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”The area's hearty mountain dishes won't win any awards for lean cuisine: buckwheat noodles are served with melted cheese, green...” MORE>> |
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”Some Florentines contend that Vivolo and Carabé make the best gelato in town, but those two don’t rival this old-fashioned...” MORE>> |
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”Carmine Calascione recently sold Pizzaiuolo, his beloved pizza joint, and opened this restaurant to focus on seafood dishes from Campania—and...” MORE>> |
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”Luca Mazzola at Villa Amistà restaurant, in Verona's Byblos Art Hotel, makes his own bread and grows his own vegetables;...” MORE>> |
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”The cellar, a former dungeon, houses some amazing Tuscan wines, such as the hard-to-find Querciabella and La Massa....” MORE>> |
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”Those of you put off by the cost of eating in Europe, fear no more: after spending more days on...” MORE>> |
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”Inside Volpetti’s cramped premises, meats, cheeses, olive oils, and other edibles gather from across Italy to tantalize and overwhelm the...” MORE>> |
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