Allen Bari knows his way around tables—including the green felt kind.

With her handsome handwriting and collection of carefully curated quotes, Jane Wenger beautifies restaurant chalkboards.

Enticing aromas from Chef Luca Valerin’s kitchen evoke his native Padua.

Letting air and nature do most of the work, Salumeria Biellese in Hackensack produces acclaimed sausages and hams just like in the Old Country.

Tending his fruit and vegetable garden, the author’s 90-year-old father—a locavore before the term existed—keeps old country ways alive.

A bird’s eye view of life in Edgewater for a colony of monk parakeets

A tongue-in-cheek tongue lashing of restaurants that mangle the Italian language:

Former Anheuser-Busch marketing exec Tony Ponturo commissioned and co-produced a Broadway play based on the football legend.

A Jersey student travels to Italy and learns to cook authentic Italian.

A Q & A with Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation.