Subject: Italian Food and Cooking

• DiTerra’s Urban Italian

  It's always wise to eat where waiters eat

  March 26, 2009

• Wherein Mark Stuertz Asks Paula Lambert: "What's Your Stinkiest Cheese?"

  February 20, 2007

• Boot Scootin'

  February 20, 2003

• 10 Questions: Paula Lambert

  She opened the Mozzarella Company way back in 1982, after returning from Italy frustrated--not at the city's lifestyle or our inability to gesture frantically while holding normal conversation, but at the shortage of good, fresh cheese. Back then Lambert's fledgling company produced no more than 100 pounds of mozzarella a week. But these days she stacks culinary awards on her shelf, writes cookbooks and teaches. Restaurants brag about serving her brand. Hell, even South African Airlines stocks

  January 15, 2009

• Best quail

  September 21, 2000

• Short Orders: Taverna

  Taverna3210 Armstrong Ave.214-520-9933You can imagine Europe from a table inside Taverna, especially on a dim and sputtering March evening. The drafty windows, the clicking of rain, the homey clutter--it's like you've drifted somehow into an old world cafe...until Uptown boy walks in.He saw fit to cradle designer sunglasses above the buttons of his shirt. Last night, After twenty or so hours of relentless downpour. Oblivious poseurs sorta spoil the ambiance. But maybe that's a good thing. Daydre

  March 12, 2009

• Spanish Eye

  April 11, 2002

• Best Place To Get Real Mozzarella

  September 26, 2002

• Best Ice Cream

  September 26, 2002

• Short Orders: Andiamo

  Andiamo4151 Belt LineAddison972-233-1515Andiamo is the dining equivalent of television's Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes--an unexpected and momentarily confusing step back in time. The decor probably hasn't changed at all since the place opened in 1990. The menu includes staid, old-school dishes like minestrone, lemon sole, chicken Parmegiana and veal piccata. In fact, they list five veal options, having apparently missed a few decades of public outcry over the treatment of animals. They even pro

  March 19, 2009

• Best Mozzarella

  September 25, 2003

• Cibus: Alberto Lombardi’s Newest Restaurant Follows a Comfortable, Well-worn Path

  February 26, 2009

• Fedora: Supper-Club Italian that Quickly Becomes Old Hat

  February 19, 2009

• Bolsa: Delicious "Slow Food" Without the Smug.

  December 18, 2008

• Bull Ring

  July 3, 2008

• Review: The Food, Not the Setting, Impresses at Scene Restaurant & Lounge

  May 8, 2008

• Review: Villa-O

  The "O" is for original and organic.

  May 1, 2008

• Review: Nonna

  Clean, minimalist, delicious and sort of Italian

  April 10, 2008

• Hey Nonna Nancy

  January 17, 2008

• Doing Izzy

  Isabella is North Texas Italian boilerplate--with a few twists

  April 5, 2007

• Off the Mark|Big D, Little D

  July 26, 2007

• Eating for the Kids

  May 31, 2007

• Do It Yourself

  For food like this, you might as well stay home

  July 12, 2007

• No Masterpiece

  Grotto serves typical Dallas Italian. Too bad.

  October 26, 2006

• Dough Mine

  Fossil fuel makes for delicious pies

  September 28, 2006

• Head East

  Alessio's is Euro-friendly

  July 20, 2006

• Dining's a Bitch

  Beach-Aye, the Navel-Gazer

  June 8, 2006

• Very Little Italy

  Bravo Italia offers nothing offensive, nothing spectacular

  April 27, 2006

• Middle of the Boot

  Compelling Italian surprises at Riccardi's

  September 15, 2005

• Kowtow to Cacao

  Chocoholics unite at Gourmet Showcase 2005

  May 12, 2005

• Sweet Nothings

  With no guiding principle, the food wanders at Dolce Oliva

  May 5, 2005

• Eclectic Boogaloo

  At Tutto Eclectic Italian, the menu doesn't fail to seduce, but the food falls flat on delivery

  March 10, 2005

• Baring All

  Time will tell if Daniele Osteria will leave its mark on Italian dining in Dallas

  February 10, 2005

• Risotto Fix

  Taverna may be loud, but its menu is silent lucidity

  November 18, 2004

• Mouth Jump

  What's in a name? At Saltimbocca's!, it's the best dish on the menu.

  November 4, 2004

• Best Urban Cheesemaker

  The Mozzarella Co.

  October 14, 2004

• Best Appetizer

  Risotto cake at Café Modern

  October 14, 2004

• Where's the Boot?

  Vino & Basso needs to merge its split personality

  February 26, 2004

• Drip Dry

  Mi Piaci is a still-fresh classic

  August 14, 2003

• Italian Sleeper

  Venezia is a downscale cafe with an upscale touch

  October 10, 2002

• Down-home

  Café Italia hits some rough spots, but it just might have some potential buried under the bumps

  July 18, 2002

• Ersatz Italian

  Timpano calls itself Italian, but that's just a lot of mortadella

  November 29, 2001

• The Whole Boot

  Eccolo rises from the asphalt

  May 31, 2001

• Double Vision

  It's hard to make a mistake when choosing between Arcodoro or Pomodoro

  May 17, 2001

• Middle-Class Italian

  A circular drive and fountains aren't the only amusements at Ruggeri's new digs

  April 19, 2001

• Killer Fish

  Put some of this delicious fish in your jaws.

  February 8, 2001

• Her Whey

  Paula Lambert parlays a love of cheese into fame and life among the jet set

  November 23, 2000

• Short Orders: Sweet Basil

  Sweet Basil17610 Midway972-733-1500Sometimes your expectations, well...Let's just say that from the outside, Sweet Basil resembles some kind of candy shop, what with the brightly striped awning and cute name.The only hints of its true nature--apart from the "Italian Cafe" printed on the awning--is a small patio decorated with an classical-style fountain. Yet even then, you think cappuccino and perhaps a little gelato.Step inside and, um...

  April 30, 2009

• Veggie Guy: Vapiano

  ​Funny how Vapiano, the German-based fast-casual restaurant in Mockingbird Station, actually feels like Germany. Maybe it's the color scheme--a little like the Nutelleria in Frankfurt--or maybe it's the fact that the system here is so foreign, and words sorta get lost in translation. As Date and I entered Vapiano, a hostess greeted us and asked if we'd been there before. "Date has, but not me," I replied. So she guided us to the pasta area, handed each of us a menu, a pair of plastic card

  August 18, 2009

• Short Orders: Bene Bene

  ​Bene Bene4727 Frankford972-267-2363Old school Italian joints dot the area's northern reaches. Don't know why, really--but if you want typical lasagna, chicken parmigiana, bruschetta with nothing fancier than garlic and basil, or any other dish common to Italian restaurants up through the 1980s, your best options exist in a swath just above 635.Although Bene Bene sits in a shopping center, they've daubed it in warm colors and found space for a patio outside and a fountain in. Otherwise, there'

  November 16, 2009