To Italy - With Love, California
March 8 & April 19 - To Italy - With Love, California. A series of three dinners organized by La Dolce Vigna for Poesia Osteria which feature California and Italian wines of the same variety side by side, paired with regional Italian cuisine with a West Coast twist. Wednesday, March 8, 2017 and Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Poesia Osteria -- 4072 18t...
Italian food fans can take a culinary trip to Italy at Vino & Cucina in Long Beach
The address for Vino & Cucina Trattoria Italiana is on Carson Street. But really, it’s on Norse Way, which feels more like the main street in a Middle American town than a shopping and dining destination north of Long Beach Airport, a feeling helped along by the presence of a retro eatery called Dale’s Diner just across the street, an old school so...
A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich
A Conversation with Lidia Bastianich. Food, Family, and Italian Culture: More Than a Meal Around the Table. Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. Music Recital Hall, Santa Clara University. Click here for further information The 2017 Vari Symposium, an event of the Dr. Victor and Julia Botto Vari Italian Studies Initiative, proudly presents television pe...
Rita’s Italian Ice comes to Brentwood
The first time that Anthony Damiano tasted Rita’s Italian Ice he wasn’t sure that the 25-minute wait in line was worth it until that first spoonful. In an instant, Damiano was transported back to his childhood in an Italian-American neighborhood, where buying lemon or cherry flavored “East Boston slush” from his neighbor’s front stoop was as much o...
Wine Party: Sangiovese
When: Monday, March 20, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Organized by : Lingua Viva & IIC - In collaboration with : Vinomatica - Entrance : Free - Space is limited, RSVP required* Fee: $55.00 (IIC members)/$60.00 (non-members) *To register please call (310) 824-7408 Wine in co...
Taste Of The Town: Mimi’s Ravioli Brings Slice Of Italy To Hollywood
From homemade ravioli coming out “I Love Lucy” conveyor belt-style, to freshly made pizzas, cannolis, breads, cheeses and so much more, Mimi’s Ravioli off Johnson Street in Hollywood has it all. “Mimi’s Ravioli is your local family bakery, pasta manufacturer. All Italian food,” said Anthony Billisi, one of the owners. “We do everything from differe...
You’ll say ‘Bene!’ to the Italian food at this Placerville restaurant
Pick an ethnicity, and you’ll likely find restaurants in our area to match it. But when it comes to local Italian, something’s missing. We’re not alone in our search for that family-run neighborhood place where the lighting is subdued, the pasta is made fresh daily, old-school dishes rule and the Chianti flows like ... well, wine. You can still fin...
Wine Party: Nebbiolo & Undiscovered Grapes of the Mountains
Monday, February 27, 2017. From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm. Organized by Lingua Viva & IIC in collaboration with Vinomatica LLC. Entrance : With fee. Location:IIC- 1023 Hilgard Avenue. Los Angeles, CA 90024 Wine in contemporary Italy: Exploring the unique wines of each region. There are around 350 common wine grape varieties in Italy, so we have much to ta...
Cuisine constantly evolves at San Francisco's Mina Test Kitchen
The five-course menu at Mina Test Kitchen kicks off with a bang: a pair of golden zeppole topped with caramelized onions, potato mozzarella fonduta and a dollop of glistening caviar. Two decadent bites of crunchy, sweet, creamy and briny—it’s the kind of dish that makes you groan, but if you swing by the unmarked San Francisco restaurant next month...
Buon appetito at Locale 90 in Hermosa Beach
A popular Italian proverb goes, “A tavola non si invecchia;" which means, "At the table, one does not age." Because in Italy, the meal is meant to be a leisurely pleasure shared with others. (I might add, also because time flies when you're eating pizza.) This is the philosophy of Locale 90, which recently opened its second location in the old Umam...
Budino is the Dessert of Los Angeles
There’s something about Los Angeles and budino. On other cities’ menus, where you might find pot de crème or straight-up pudding, in L.A. that jar of creamy chocolate (or butterscotch, or salted caramel) greatness is often called budino, a word whose fat, tactile syllables conjure the way the dessert feels in your mouth, smooth and round and creamy...
Newport Beach power lunch restaurant, Il Barone, relocating
Il Barone, known for hosting power lunches over elegant plates of fine Italian cuisine, is relocating within Newport Beach. But business executives who’ve grown accustomed to handshake deals inside Il Barone’s bistro should not fret. The restaurant, tucked in MacArthur Square near John Wayne Airport, is moving one mile away to a shuttered Coco’s on...