"campania" news and stories

The body of a man found floating in the Hudson River last Friday afternoon was identified as 39-year-old New Jersey chef Joseph Cerniglia, a 2007 participant in Gordon Ramsay's reality TV show "Kitchen Nightmares."

Cerniglia, owner of Campania, an Italian restaurant in Fair Lawn, N.J., was pulled from the river around 3 p.m. on Friday when police responded to a 911 call that a body was floating in the river, the New York Daily News reported.

Police still don't know how Cerniglia wound up in the river, but the department is conducting an open investigation, a New York City Police Department spokesman told Slashfood on Monday.

• Ashmead's Kernel apples may not be pretty, but they have "the most intense, complex flavor of any fruit in the world."
• Harvest whites for the season include Hungary's Tokaj and Italy's Campania.
• The ins, outs and tasty recipes for Chinese Bao -- "chewy-soft" steamed and stuffed buns.
• Los Angeles has a lot of new dining spots in the works, ranging from a second location for Umami Burger to the upcoming Cafe Habana.
• Restaurants: Venice's AK has become the Tasting Kitchen, with a "magic chef" and hunger-inducing dishes, and LA's Amalia morphs rustic Guatemalan cooking into "urbane cuisine."
• The end of Gourmet, and more love for the fallen mag.