Details on Spartina, a new Italian restaurant opening on Melrose Avenue
By Jenn Harris Melrose Avenue is about to be home to a new neighborhood Italian restaurant. Stephen Kalt, known as the former executive chef of Corsa Cucina at the Wynn Las Vegas and as the chef at Fornelletto at the Borgata Hotel and Casino, is opening his newest venture, Spartina, in the former Melgard space at the corner of Melrose Avenue...
Salute Trattoria Italiana: A new Red Rock Resort restaurant
Need an excuse to visit Summerlin, the master-planned community on the western side of Las Vegas? Look no further than the new Italian restaurant Salute Trattoria Italiana at Red Rock Resort. Chef Luciano Sautto, a native of Naples, Italy, brings family recipes handed down for generations as well as simple ingredients for his surprisingly ligh...
Accessibly priced wines from California, Italy dominate Impact’s “Hot Brands”
Accessibly priced premium entries from California have once again dominated Impact's "Hot Brands" wines list, but a handful of premium-plus newcomers (retailing at $15 and higher) also made the cut, displacing several major players within the market's competitive $8-$12 segment. In all, 26 domestic wine brands earned Hot Brands honors for...
3 Alarm Grill brings Italian beef to Guerneville
Guerneville has a new option for beef and hot dogs: 3 Alarm Grill, just opened next door to Big Bottom market and café on Main Street. The Grill specializes in the classic Chicago dog, and Italian beef sandwiches. Tiny and crisp in black, white and red, the Midwestern style shop is the work of longtime Guerneville vacation homeowners and San Franc...
Passionate Italian taster brings knowledge to consumers
by Silvia Simonetti "I am most passionate about bringing my knowledge [of tasting] to consumers, "said an enthusiastic Orietta Gianjorio, a native Italian from Rome, when describing her motivation and drive for tasting. "My Italian values are shopping for the best ingredients, conviviality around the table, and slowing down to enjoy food,"...
Culinary Collabs: Italian Chef Mario Batali & NorCal’s Belcampo Meat
by Flora Tsapovsky The trend of lucrative collaborations has reached an unexpected frontier – charcuterie! The superstar of everything Italian Mario Batali and Belcampo Meat Co, the prime Northern Californian destination for prime cuts, announced a gourmet 'collection' of collaborative salumi called "Belcampo by Mario Batali". The...
Taste Top Italian Wines at Rancho Mirage Event
The best of Italy comes to the Coachella Valley in the form of more than 25 wines paired with the celebrated cooking of Ritz-Carlton Executive Chef Bruno Lopez, April 23-24, at The Ritz-Carlton in Rancho Mirage. In Vino Veritas, part of the Palm Springs Life Festival, delivers a culinary experience of a lifetime with the very best wines an...
Pasquini: the real taste of Italian espresso
By Silvia Simonetti On the occasion of Ferragosto celebrations at Casa Barbera, we met the representative of Italian coffee in Los Angeles, Matteo Pasquini, and learned about his family business while enjoying a delicious cappuccino. Let's start from the beginning...In 1955 my father came to the United States and opened his own business "...
Cooking Umbrian in San Francisco Bay Area
For one day only, cooking instructor Viola Buitoni, native from Perugia, Umbria, and compatriot chef Andrea Sposini have cooperated together as a cooking team to bring the best of Umbrian traditions at Cookhouse SF, a place uniquely designed for culinary entertaining. This evening of traditional Umbrian cooking, food and wines, last Tuesday, April...
San Francisco - Battaglia tra i fornelli per tre chef italiani
Guerra di fornelli italiani a San Francisco. Lunedi' 25, nella sede del "San Francisco Italian Athletic Club", tre chef del Belpaese si sfideranno a suon di primi piatti per una competizione in cui a decidere il migliore sara' il pubblico. Protagonisti della sfida, parte dell'agenda del "2013 Anno della cultura italiana", saranno Rutilio D...
Terroni opening wine and aperitivo bar in downtown LA
Terroni, the Toronto-based Italian restaurant with locations in Beverly Grove and Downtown, announced yesterday it places to open a new café called Dopolavoro on Spring Street, just a few steps away from their Downtown location (next to Peking Tavern). It's expected to open in early 2015. According to a press release, Dopolavoro—which mean...
Montesacro a San Francisco. La prima pinseria degli Stati Uniti apre in California: antica tradizione e ingredienti italiani
Da centro di meditazione tibetano a pinseria romana. E un forno ultracentenario murato tra le pareti dell'edificio, nel cuore del Financial District di San Francisco. Sembra la sceneggiatura di un copione fantasy hollywoodiano e invece è la semplice realtà dei fatti, l'inizio di un'avventura imprenditoriale che da Montesacro, quartiere della perife...