My friend Mimi and I have had a decadeslong running joke in which I plead with her not to order just a salad when I take her along on a review visit. Well, chef Renato De Pirro at the new Italian ...

Chicory, radicchio, endive, and escarole, members of the Chicorium family, grow all over the place in Italy, which is why there’s such a huge number of ways to cook them in the Italian canon.

Upscale restaurant projects are on the rise in Houston. Add to the recent flurry of new dining concepts the opening of Bari Ristorante, the elegant, high-end Italian restaurant coming to River Oaks ...