Spotlight on olive oil at the IIC for the first edition of LA Food Bowl Festival
For the first edition of the LA Food Bowl festival, organized by the Los Angeles Times, the Italian Institute of Culture of Los Angeles intends to focus the attention on the excellence of our culinary products with two events dedicated entirely to one of the most appreciated Italian products all around the world: Olive Oil. While the brand Filippo...
Michael's Pizzeria in Long Beach Is Only Getting Better With Age
Michael Dene knows a thing or two about vertical integration. The Long Beach restaurateur made a lifetime of work out of selling cheap lamps (like the kind you buy for your dorm room), building atop his father’s business by taking control of the entire supply chain. Instead of just buying cheap parts from China for his lamps, he became his own sour...
Little Italy San Jose's Boss of the Sauce
Join us in Little Italy San Jose for the 3rd edition of our Italian food competitions between Bay Area Italian Restaurants. In 2015 We hosted the Cannoli Tournament, 2016 was our Ravioli Tournament and this year we are pleased to present the Boss of the Sauce. $20 includes a passport to try pasta from all of our participating restaurants, live ente...
Get Excited for Rossoblu, a New Italian Spot Opening in Downtown
Rossoblu, the new restaurant from Sotto's Steve Samson (and one of our most anticipated restaurant openings of 2017) is slated to open to the public on May 17. At Sotto, Samson has always aimed for regional specificity in terms of the food of Italy, and Rossoblu is no different. The menu will focus on Bologna and its region of Emilia-Romagna. Samso...
What to have at this Italian fine-dining restaurant? Jonathan Gold recommends the $22 spaghetti
Is Scott Conant the chef of record at the Ponte? Then the pasta al pomodoro is the elephant in the room, a plate of spaghetti in tomato sauce with which the chef has always been identified. The spaghetti has been praised on television by Anthony Bourdain and Ted Allen, among others; its recipe has been discussed in almost every publication and webs...
Celebrity chef Gino enjoys a 'fantastico' festival
THE People's Park is hosting a 'fantastico' celebration of all things Italian with the Viva Italia festival.The two-day event celebrates the cinema, cars, fashion and food of Italy and marks the first Italian festival in Jersey in two decades. Among the highlights across the weekend are three cooking demonstrations from celebrity chef and This Morn...
L’olio d’oliva italiano conquista la West Coast
L’olio extravergine d’oliva conquista la West Coast. In occasione della prima edizione del festival enogastronomico «LA Food Bowl» organizzato dal Los Angeles Times (al quale partecipa anche lo chef Massimo Bottura) e in anticipazione della seconda settimana della Cucina italiana nel mondo, l’Istituto italiano di Cultura della città californiana ha...
Piero Selvaggio: The Evolution of Italian Dining in LA
Piero Selvaggio, in English, would translate Peter Wild, and absolutely wild must have seemed to the local scene the changes he brought about not only to Italian dining in LA but also to the products used to make those recipes. Piero’s restaurant is such a landmark in Los Angeles that one letter suffices to identify this temple of wine and Italian...
The #ExtraordinaryItalianTaste “Festa Nazionale” Photo Contest
On the occasion of the “Festa Nazionale” (Italian National Day) the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles promotes a “social” Photo Contest to highlight the extraordinary and varied culinary heritage of Italy thanks to the strong support of the Italian Community abroad. HOW TO TAKE PART IN THE CONTEST:1. Prepare an Italian dish that you conside...
Brothers bring Italian authenticity to Pappalecco cafes
Ten years ago today, Pappalecco was born in San Diego with its first cafe in Little Italy. This month, the company’s founders — Tuscany-raised brothers Francesco and Lorenzo Bucci — are celebrating their company’s recent expansion into North County. In January, they opened a location in Del Mar Heights and on May 3, they’ll host a grand opening par...
Primo Italia in Torrance serves up authentic Italian cuisine
Simplicity is the key to a great Italian dish, according to Primo Italia owner Lou Giovannetti. “Utilize the simple basic ingredients of what is the heritage of Italian cooking and then simply marrying that with historical idea of what Italian food is,” Giovannetti said. Giovannetti owned Lou's on the Hill in Torrance before that eatery shut its do...
An Epic Once-in-A-Lifetime Dinner Is Coming to Los Angeles
Two superlative fine-dining chefs—one an American virtuoso of sustainable seafood, the other an Italian mastermind who revolutionized Modenese cuisine—are joining forces for the first time to prepare an exclusive dinner in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The one-night event will bring Massimo Bottura of the acclaimed Osteria Francescana to Mi...