New Year's Eve Dinner with...Chef Vito Bardaro

Chef Vito Bardaro Not too early to start thinking about a New Year’s Eve dinner menu. This time I asked Chef Vito Bardaro of Mise En Place ...

New Year's Eve at Ristorante Morabianca (Av)...December 31st

Ristorante Morabianca  in Mastroberadino’s Radici Resort invites you to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in style. The menu is as foll...

And Now for Something Completely Different...Christmas With Armando Palmieri

Armando Palmieri Armando Palmieri , from Misen En Place , suggested a few Christmas menu items on his site that I am more than happy to pas...

Christmas with...Chef Francesco Rizzuti...Antica Osteria Marconi in Potenza (Basilicata)

This year for Christmas (weather permitting) I’ll be sitting down to a traditional Christmas dinner in Lorton, Virginia with my family. You ...

Gaetano Bove's Tramonti

Gaetano Bove November 2009...the 3rd of November to be exact. I remember that particular day because it was one of my first outings as a ‘bl...

New Year's Eve with La Poeta Vesuviano...Torre del Greco (Na)

Chef Carmine Mazza has prepared a menu to kick the year off right. Variazione di mare : (Seafood) Insalatina di polipetti su finocchi crocc...

New Year's Day Lunch...Le Tre Arcate...Piano di Sorrento (Sa)

By popular demand, Le Tre Arcate in Piano di Sorrento has organized a lunch rich in tradition for Capodanno prepared exclusively by chef Sa...

Bollicine d'Italia Party...Città del Gusto Napoli, December 19

Italian Spakling Wines---Spumante!!! Here is a chance to try some of Italy's best during this holiday season... Feudi di San Gregorio - ...

Merry Christmas Mise en Place!!

It was THE party to kick off the holiday season.  Mise en Place's Christmas Dinner took place last night at Le Arcate on Via Aniello Fal...

Natale with Chef Antonio Pisaniello,La Locanda di Bu...and Red and White Reindeer

It was time to go back…or up, I should say. Up about 941 meters above sea level to Nusco. Nusco in Alta Irpinia (Av). To this small and beau...

Il Sapore della Tradizione-Grand Opening - Saturday, December 11 , Melito (Na)

pane a canestrelli Il Sapore della Tradizione is Stefano Pagliuca's new location. Stefano comes from a family of passionate bakers who...

Fior D'Uva...Into the Glass...Into the Territory...

Sorrento in December is spectacular. The streets are decorated with Christmas lights…window shopping is a must, and this past weekend, the H...

A Glass of Wine, Mercurio, and 5 Grappoli

I quickly skimmed over an email from a friend of mine inviting me to a wine tasting…another wine tasting. Naples has had more than its fair ...

Marvelous Main Courses-Seared Tuna with White Sesame Seeds and Yellow Pepper Salad with Capers and Mint by Chef Carmine Mazza

Chef Carmine Mazza from Il Poeta Vesuviano in Torre del Greco has tempted me again...This time with this tuna dish perfect for the season....

Christmas at Mise En Place...December 14, 2030 hrs

Here is a Christmas dinner that you don't want to miss... Mise En Place , THE cooking school in Vomero has organized an end of the year...

Presentation of Slow Wine Guide 2011 - Avellino, Saturday, December 4, 2010

Another wine guide...and another opportunity to test the best wines from Campania and Basilicata...The appointment is for this Saturday in A...

Napoli Street Food...Frittatine di Pasta by Chef Claudio Campanile

Last week, during chef Claudio Campanile ’s lesson on Naples street food, Romina Sodano , director of Mise En Place , asked Which recipe are...

Campernauti Flegrei on Tour …la Basilicata...Abraxas Osteria, December 2

The Camper is back on the road...this time the Basilicata region is Nando and Co.’s destination. This region is rich in interesting but not ...

Festivity 2010 -Città del Gusto, Naples, Wednesday, December 1, 2010 – 2000hrs

Città del Gusto Napoli has organized a great event based around Carpenè Malvolti , accompanied with fine finger foods created by their chef...

Chef Paolo Barrale and Marennà-Not your Typical Thanksgiving Meal

November 25 2010. The fourth Thursday in November. A day where Americans, all over the world, celebrate Thanksgiving. A day to share with fa...

Napul' E'...With Chef Claudio Campanile at Mise En Place

Amidst the traffic, the chaos, the vicos, the vias, the pizza, the music, the history and the art…it’s there. You can’t miss it. Neapolitan ...

Città del Gusto Napoli Christmas Cooking Classes

Città del Gusto Napoli has recently announced their line up of cooking classes to get you in the Christmas spirit... 1 December -Christmas ...

Dinner da Enzo Coccia, Pizzaria La Notizia...Reloaded

A promise is a promise.  And I promised my son David that I would take him to the new Pizzaria La Notizia , back to Enzo Coccia , after the...

Diary of a Sommelier Student-Muffa Nobile, Up Close and Personal

Muffa Nobile -Noble mold or rot. I heard these words for the first time during my level one sommelier class. Latin words… Botrytis cinerea ,...

Napoli Street Food with Claudio Campanile at Mise En Place, November 22

Claudio Campanile Mise En Place hits this streets again.  This time, Chef Claudio Campanile presents a menu straight from the vias and vic...

Super Sandwiches-Pani Ca' Meusa by Chef Marcello Valentino

Chef Marcello Valentino presented a Sicilian street food menu last week at Mise En Place that included this tasty sandwich.  Not your typi...

Sicilian Street Party with Chef Marcello Valentino

My third visit to Mise En Place brought me face to face with Sicilian chef Marcello Valentino . A chef who led us through the streets of P...

Dolci al Cioccolati with Maurizio Santin, November 15 and 16

Maurizio Santin, Il Cuoco Nero Chef Maurizio Santin is coming back toNaples… Coming back to Mise En Place . Two evenings, two lessons all c...