Revamped Tosca Cafe opens in North Beach
by Paolo Lucchesi San Francisco got its historic Tosca Cafe back last week, though the North Beach classic now comes with a touch of New York. The new owners are Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfield, who run the Spotted Pig and other several successful restaurants in Manhattan. They've restored Tosca with some subtle change...
First Bite: Bottega Americano
Two things you'll notice right away about Bottega Americano, the long-awaited restaurant-marketplace in the East Village: it doesn't look like anywhere else in San Diego and — more importantly — it doesn't taste like anywhere else either. The 8,000-square-foot Italian food emporium opened barely a week ago and its kitchen is already cooking on all...
Reds of Sicily
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 6 to 8 PMItalian Cultural Institute - 1023 Hilgard Avenue - LA 90024 Led by Diego Meraviglia - Gold-Pin Pro Sommelier, Master Taster - North American Sommelier Association VP & Director Of Education Sicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean, with a history and culture so anci...
Bone Broth Cocktails Now Available at Los Angeles Italian Restaurant Pistola
Pistola, an Italian-American restaurant in Los Angeles, is spiking the current bone broth craze with some unexpected ingredients. Enter: The soup cocktail. Bartender Aaron Melendrez is responsible for "From the Kitchen With Love," a $22 bone broth libation made with six ounces of lamb consommé plus two ounces of Glenlivet 15. And no, this...
Gino Bozzi Family: American Dream
by Laureen Diephof Gino's Fine Italian Food restaurant in Salinas recently celebrated forty years serving generations of customers. Gino's has enjoyed a reputation for southern Italian food, local and fine imported wines, and friendly ambiance. "The secret for our success comes from three ingredients: God, family and hard work," p...
Ristoranti, i vip Usa sedotti dal made in Italy
La passione per la buona cucina italiana e i suoi prodotti a volte si trasforma in business. Lo sanno bene i protagonisti del luccicante mondo di Hollywood che si scoprono o si improvvisano imprenditori nel campo della ristorazione o dell'alimentazione.Tra gli esempi più noti la leggenda del rock Sting che nel 2009 ha acquistato un agriturismo in T...
An Italian-flavored Winter Fancy Food Show. Italy is #1 in the US for food
By Mauro Battocchi Perhaps for its central location within the Moscone Center, perhaps for its large size of 53 exhibitors - the largest - or just perhaps because Italian food is by now the most beloved variety at the global level, Italy's pavilion at the Winter Fancy Food Show is the most popular this Martin Luther weekend in San Francisc...
Le Vigne Winery Opens New Tasting Room
Le Vigne Winery was founded with a passion for terroir, exceptional wines, and spectacular food. This passion is evident more than ever this year as the Paso Robles, CA winery unveils its stunning new tasting room, exciting culinary offerings, acres of new plantings, and a series of compelling new releases. The 100-acre vineyard estate pro...
Leah Ferrazzani: pasta maker in L.A. using the authentic Italian technique
by Nancy Casas Semolina Artisanal Pasta, located in Los Angeles, has an authentic fresh wheat flavor that founder Leah Ferrazzani's traditional methods accomplish in order to keep the Italian heritage alive. One woman's insistent passion on making pasta the old-fashioned Italian way, in small carefully dried batches, is what sets...
With Agrodolce, a family delves deeper into Sicily’s cuisine
This month, Angelo D'Alo will open Agrodolce, a Sicilian restaurant in Berkeley. But from the very start, there was little doubt that he would get into the restaurant business. His food career began improbably decades ago as a San Francisco Chronicle paper boy. His mother, Rosa D'Alo, was bored as a housewife in the 1980s and was itching t...
EVOO, a fabulous evening of extra virgin olive oil!
The Italian Cultural Center proudly presents EVOO, a fabulous evening of extra virgin olive oil. During the event you will taste four different extra virgin olive oils from the regions of Trentino Alto Adige, Toscana, Calabria and Sicilia. You will learn how the varieties and different olive processes affect the final flavor and how to di...
Jedi Chef Jonathan Waxman Will Open Brezza Emporio And Pizzeria In Ghirardelli Square Next Year
by Jay Barmann We heard earlier this year about star chef Jonathan Waxman's plans to open his first San Francisco venture, originally slated for the fall, in Ghirardelli Square. As it goes with these things, it's been delayed, and now Hoodline reports that Waxman and his partners are shooting for an early 2016 debut for a second iteration...