Wanting to enhance their restaurant’s farm-to-table cred, many restaurateurs and chefs immerse themselves in secondary growing projects, such as starting rooftop herb gardens and turning nearby acreage into farmable fields. Val Morano, director/principal designer of Morano Landscape Garden Design in Mamaroneck and co-owner of Ridgeway Garden Center in White Plains,…

Having lunch with the Morano family at Lago, their restaurant in the Silver Lake section of Harrison, means knowing the warm embrace of an Italian family. The wine flows — as do several lines of conversation. The dishes keep coming — as do the laughs. WAG first introduced you to…

If you’re going to the new Lago Ristorante in the Silver Lake section of West Harrison, get the meatballs. They pop up everywhere—at happy hour in $3 sliders; at dinner as a small plate; as a main course at lunch; and at lunch, in panuozzi: panini-like sandwiches made with charred…

Valerio Morano Sagliocco is a charming landscape specialist whose enthusiasm for food may exceed even his fondness for gardens and travel. “I love what I do, but food is a passion,” said the director and principal designer of Morano Landscape Garden Design in Mamaroneck and co-owner of Ridgeway Garden Center…