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NYC Restaurant Week: starts today!

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Dine at I Trulli for less, January 25-February 7

NYC Restaurant Week is back! I Trulli is excited once again to be a part of New York’s biggest restaurant event, which this winter features over 260 participating establishments!

Chef Patti Jackson has prepared exclusive three-course lunch and dinner menus featuring some of the traditional flavors and delicious Puglia-inspired dishes for which I Trulli is so renowned. Book now!

I Trulli NYC Restaurant Week Menus
Lunch $24.07
Dinner $35

For more information and reservations please visit our website or contact 212-481-7372 or email reservations@itrulli.com.

We look forward to seeing you soon at I Trulli!

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I Trulli 15th Anniversary Timeline

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

As I Trulli prepares to celebrate fifteen years in business, let’s embark on a strategically-timed Marzovilla-themed nostalgia trip!

© James Taylor 2010.

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Patti Jackson's Fava Bean Soup in Organic Spa magazine

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Chef Patti Jackson’s Fava Bean Soup with Farro and Dandelion is featured in next month’s Organic Spa magazine! The I Trulli chef’s recipe is selected by Ellen Swandiak for her Hip Hostess column as a classic and healthy vegetarian winter warmer. Check out the full article below or click here to read online! The February issue of Organic Spa magazine is available now!

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I Trulli on Fox 5's Good Day New York!

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

It was a very special Christmas Eve at I Trulli: the restaurant was featured on Fox 5’s Good Day New York this morning in a live cooking segment celebrating the classic dish, cavatelli with broccoli rabe. Dora Marzovilla (assisted by her grandchildren) rolled fresh cavatelli which Chef Patti Jackson cooked up for meteorologist Mike Woods. The full recipe is available on the MyFox website!

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Holidays at I Trulli

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Celebrate the season with our special menus for the Feast of The Seven Fishes and New Year’s Eve!

With the holidays in full swing, I Trulli is warming up for two of the most memorable and festive evenings of the year! As is tradition, we are excited to announce our special menus for The Feast of The Seven Fishes and New Year’s Eve! Chef Patti Jackson has prepared two special menus reflecting the holiday traditions of both the restaurant and the regional cuisine from which we draw inspiration. We hope to see you soon!

Wednesday, December 23 – Thursday, December 24
The Feast of the Seven Fishes
$65 / Four courses
Chef Patti Jackson interprets the traditional Italian Christmas Eve dinner with a classic seafood-based menu. The Feast of the Seven Fishes will also be available family style on December 24! Complete menu available here!

Thursday, December 31
New Year’s Eve
Celebrate the New Year at I Trulli! Chef Patti Jackson’s exclusive menu will help you welcome 2010 in true Italian style. Click here for Patti’s menu!

First seating: 5:30-7:30pm
$65 / Four courses

Second seating: 8:00pm onwards
$85 / Five courses plus sparkling toast

Chef Patti Jackson’s Tasting Menu with Wine Pairings
$150

For more information and reservations please visit our website or contact 212-481-7372 or email reservations@itrulli.com.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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Patti Jackson on The Daily Beast

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Patti Jackson is on The Daily Beast today! The I Trulli chef gives her Fresh Picks on the site’s Blogs & Stories, selecting her favorite holiday recipe, restaurant, cookbook and food destination. Her choices may surprise you! Check out the full article here!

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Taste Nicola Marzovilla's Massoferrato plus other Tuscan favorites and save 20%!

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The first week of Vino’s holiday sale concludes this evening with a very special tasting! Each day this week we’ve featured a different Tuscan producer; today we finish our tour of the region with a special wine which is particularly close to our hearts.

Massoferrato is the first wine made from grapes grown on Nicola Marzovilla’s Tuscan estate (above). The Vino and I Trulli owner purchased the property in Impruneta, south of Florence, in the 1990s, with a view to one day making his own wine.

Italian-born Nicola planted seven acres of the classic Tuscan variety, Sangiovese (below). After waiting several years for his vines to mature, he decided to bottle his first vintage in 2008.

Nicola was assisted by expert Sangiovese winemaker Massimo Carpini from the Podere Casanova winery; the wine was fermented in stainless steel before spending time in custom-made 20-hectoliter barrels of Slavonian oak. Named Massoferrato (“iron boulder”) after the iron-rich rock (below) which overlooks the vineyards, the wine is classified Rosso Toscano IGT.

The first cases of Massoferrato arrived in New York just last month, and has already become a popular favorite on the wine list at I Trulli, and with customers at Vino. Nicola proudly presented his labor of love to excited guests last month at a dinner held at I Trulli, where the new wine was paired with a suitably rustic whole roasted wild boar.

If you missed out on that occasion, tonight is another chance to taste and discuss the wine with Nicola himself. We’ll also be pouring some of our other favorite bottles from Tuscany! Join Nicola Marzovilla at Vino tonight from 5:30-7:30pm!

Massoferrato Rosso 2008 Massoferrato
was $18, now $14.40

Remember, this offer is valid TODAY ONLY, while stocks last!

Next week we’ll be featuring some of our favorite “natural” winemakers… stay tuned!

Mon 12/7: CASCINA CORTE
Tue 12/8: GUIDO GUALANDI
Wed 12/9: ERA
Thu 12/10: CASTEL DE PAOLIS
Fri 12/11: VALENTINI*

Check out our website for a full list of December’s featured producers and tastings*. Look for your favorite producers and be sure to plan ahead: 20% sales are for one day only! As usual, we’ll be hosting our free tastings every Friday from 5:30pm, starting tonight!

For more information please contact 212-725-6516 or email contact@vinosite.com.

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Nicola Marzovilla is 50!

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

I Trulli owner chalks up a half-century

It’s a long road from Rutigliano, Puglia, 1959 to New York City, 2009, but Nicola Marzovilla has made the journey, and he’s got the jersey to prove it! Last Saturday, family, friends and colleagues threw a surprise party to celebrate the I Trulli owner’s healthy arrival at this greatest of milestones.

For this secret occasion, I Trulli chef Patti Jackson (above with Nicola and his mother, Dora) created a coffee-and-chocolate cake (Nicola’s favorite) scale replica of Massoferrato, Nicola’s first wine from his own estate, which he launched on Monday. For once, Nicola was left speechless. Well, almost…

Auguri Nicola!

Photographs by James Taylor, Dave Frankland and Sam Greenfield. Check out Sam’s full report at his blog!

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Happy hour, Italian style

Friday, November 20th, 2009

If you’ve ever spent any time in Italy, you’ll be familiar with the perfectly time-honored tradition that is aperitivo. That’s when Italians, whether mid-passeggiata or just getting off work, all head to their favorite bar. But more than just a pre-dinner drink, aperitivo is a time of day and a state of mind: no longer afternoon but not quite evening, it represents that delightful moment when the working day is through and another pleasant evening of good food and company awaits.

Italy’s bustling piazze are the ideal place to people-watch and perhaps enjoy a Negroni (gin, Campari, red vermouth), one of the
country’s most popular cocktails.

This uniquely Italian ritual has its origins in Northern Italy, which saw a boom in cordial and liqueur production in the early twentieth century. By the 1920s the fashionable bars of Milan, Turin and Florence would swell each evening with thinkers and drinkers sipping Campari, Punt e Mes and Cinzano. Only in recent years has the modern aperitivo hour taken form; today bars all over Italy offer a delicious selection of free antipasti with their wine or cocktails, making it a popular choice for young and old.

Now you can enjoy aperitivo on East 27th Street! I Trulli’s Enoteca
awaits all New Yorkers seeking a little “dolce vita” this Fall.

The custom of aperitivo may seem deeply connected to the pleasurable lifestyle of Italy, but the hectic pace of Manhattan? At I Trulli, we see no reason why you should miss out on such an elegant practice — after all, even New Yorkers deserve to unwind sometimes. Join us every evening from 5:00-7:00pm for I Trulli’s aperitivo hour: choose from our brand new cocktail and sparkling wine list and enjoy complimentary small plates from Chef Patti Jackson’s kitchen! Salute!

For more information and reservations please contact 212-481-7372 or info@itrulli.com.

I Trulli’s aperitivo launch has already captured the attention of the local press. Just check out some of these recent mentions (click on the logos):

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Massoferrato success!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Nicola Marzovilla debuts his very first wine at I Trulli

Nicola Marzovilla wishes to thank personally all those who attended Monday’s Massoferrato dinner. The exclusive event saw the I Trulli owner unveil his very first wine to a group of excited guests, who had gathered to taste the wine and celebrate this very special occasion. The 100% Sangiovese wine, made from grapes grown on Marzovilla’s Tuscan estate in Impruneta, was a unanimous hit, especially paired with the rustic flavors of Chef Patti Jackson’s whole roasted wild boar.

It seemed everyone wanted their picture taken with the wild boar: Nicola and his sister Domenica celebrate the launch of Massoferrato.

Massoferrato is currently on the wine list at I Trulli, and available for retail purchase at our store, Vino, located directly opposite the restaurant!

Call 212-725-6516 or email contact@vinosite.com for more information.

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