Author brings wine to Hawaii
by Michelle Ramos A small group of diners met with "Under the Tuscan Sun" author Frances Mayes Monday at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel for lunch. The author and her husband Ed, in town to promote Mayes' label Tuscan Sun, chatted with about 15 people about life in Italy, where Mayes bought a house in 1990, and in North Carolina, w...
Christmas in Tuscany - December 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm
On December 6th, 2014, Award winning restaurant Tuscan Kitchen and Italian-style market Tuscan Market in Salem, NH will host its 3rd Annual Tree Lighting. Open to kids of all ages, the annual festival will include a visit from Santa, food, drinks and good holiday cheer! Santa Claus will arrive at 1:00PM at Tuscan Market to greet merry make...
Portland chef Jenn Louis brings Italian comfort home with terrific 'Pasta by Hand'
by Grant Butler Portland chef Jenn Louis' star has been steadily rising in recent years. In 2012, she was named one of Food & Wine magazine's Best New Chefs, a prestigious honor, given that the list of past recipients reads like a "Who's Who" of modern American cooking. The following year, she competed briefly on TV's "Top Chef Masters."...
Tomaso Maggiore of Tomaso's and Vivo Ristorante on What Makes a Restaurant Last
Tomaso Maggiore opened his 12th Valley restaurant, a shiny new Italian spot, in a trendy Scottsdale strip mall earlier this fall. But while the restaurant, with its more affordable menu and relaxed atmosphere, fits well in current times, its owner longs for the days of tuxedoed waiters and salads tossed tableside. "Young people, frankly, I...
From Italy with cheese: Sister city delegation visits Fairbanks
by Sam Friedman Fenano, Italy, and its sister city in Alaska have more in common than a link to the prospector who discovered gold here in 1902. There's also hockey, industrial sprockets and parmesan cheese. This week, Fairbanks hosted seven guests from Fenano, including town mayor Stefano Muzzarelli, his tourism minister and several...
Pie fight! Giordano's of Chicago brings stuffed pizza to Peoria
It's officially a full-blown pie fight. Now, 2016 is firmly enshrined as the year the Chicago deep dish proxy war came to the Valley. First was Lou Malnati's, where waits for a table have routinely topped the 90-minute threshold since the restaurant opened at Phoenix's Uptown Plaza in May. Then came Gino's East, which is bringing its own...
Chef Mario Batali Serves Up Swing Session Charity Golf Tournament at Cascata
By Brian Hurlburt World-renowned Chef Mario Batali is hitting the links to raise funds for the Mario Batali Foundation on June 5-6 at Cascata and The Venetian, and several celebrity friends--including Anthony Anderson and Hank Haney--will join him. The Mario Batali Foundation Swing Session Las Vegas Celebrity Classic features a "w...
Put a plate on for pasta and a touch of adventure
Make room on the table for a plate from Italy. Italian foods are familiar to most Americans — who doesn't love a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs? But there is much more to appreciate about Italian cuisine than just pasta. I recently was invited to a presentation by Liane Cabot at Nicoletta's Table in Lake Oswego. Cabot is married to an Ita...
Solimene’s Italian Restaurant open at King’s Shops
Kings' Shops has announced Solimene's Italian Restaurant is open through March 2015 as a surprise addition to the center. It is located across from The Three Fat Pigs Restaurant. This is the same Solimene's Italian Restaurant that was owned and operated by the Aiona family of Waimea. Read more Source: http://www.hawaii2...
Il Terrazzo Carmine: Old-school Italian is definitively delivered
More than two years after his untimely death, Carmine Smeraldo is still a presence at Il Terrazzo Carmine, in part because so much is still done his way at the restaurant he founded in 1984. A portrait of him hangs near the entrance, where he used to welcome guests, many of them known to him. The nameplate simply says "Boss." Relaxed and s...
The Best Italian Restaurants in Las Vegas
Whether you refer to it as spaghetti sauce or gravy, either way you’re going to use your bread to mop up the remainders, especially when you find an Italian restaurant serving up the best. But trying to find the best tiramisu, veal cutlets, homemade pasta or osso buco is never an easy task. Never fear. We culled through the Las Vegas din...
Ciao can you refuse?
St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Lincoln City will be offering a Taste of Italy this Friday, Oct. 7, with a gala dinner and silent auction to raise funds for outreach programs and parish improvements. The evening will start at 5 pm, with a no-host wine bar, appetizers and a silent auction. An Italian dinner, including salad, main course and...