When I lived in New York City, I would periodically visit Rao’s Italian-American restaurant in East Harlem. The eatery, which opened in 1896, is notoriously difficult to get a table at, but well worth the wait and effort. The signature dishes at Rao’s are lemon chicken and shrimp scampi. While I would never compare my shrimp scampi with the heavenly stuff at Rao’s, this is a … [Read more...]