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The Specialty Food Association is pleased to announce that Italy has signed on as the partner country for the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Under the banner "The Extraordinary Italian Taste," food companies from nearly all regions of Italy will present the best in pasta, cheese, olive oil, salumi and more to buyers from top names in...

by Zachary Feldman If you'd described pizza to the average New Yorker in 1904, chances are they'd kiss you on the mouth for dreaming up something so incredible. It wasn't until the following year that Gennaro Lombardi began selling the simple and mouthwatering combination of bread, cheese, and tomatoes that has since become as synonymous with th...

Regione Marche, Confindustria Marche, Fondazione Marche e ISSNAf si sono incontrati con imprenditori e università locali per discutere delle opportunità di ricerca e innovazione per le imprese e la possibilità di aprire ponti con gli Stati Uniti. In rappresentanza del programma I/UCRC di National Science Foundation (Agenzia federale americana) é in...

by Ray Isle Helen Bacigalupi has overseen one of Sonoma's defining vineyards for 50 years. Here, she talks to F&W's Ray Isle about the old days of prune farms and dollar-a-gallon zin, and her family's thrilling new winemaking project. What was the Russian River like back in 1956, when you and your husband first moved here?Everything was prune...

by Lesley Balla   Short-lived but not necessarily unliked, chef Jason Neroni and the Sprout restaurant group have closed Catch & Release, his West Coast take on an East Coast seafood "shack" in Marina del Rey. But they're not done with that space yet.   Doing what he does best—pizzas, handmade pastas and other rustic Italian-Ameri...

by Claudia Astarita   Is pasta good or bad for your health? Is it going to make you fat or it should be always included in sustainable diets? At a time in which we are reading so many things about pasta, the Italian chef Massimo Bottura, the three Michelin starred chef of Osteria Franescana in Modena, steps up in the discussion to clarify wh...

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016 Hours: 7:30 PM Venue: Theatre Raymond Kabbaz Organized by: Theatre Raymond Kabbaz In collaboration with: Le Lycée Français of Los Angeles, TV5Monde, KCRW and IIC tickets at www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com The concert includes the West Coast premieres of dramatic orchestral arrangements of Giuseppe Verdi's and Cl...

Christian Nucibella lo sottolinea da subito: «Con 80 dipendenti, 6 sedi in tutto il mondo, FiloBlu si sta consolidando come una realtà solida e in crescita, uscita dalla fase di startup ormai da circa 3 anni». E che crescita. Con un aumento dei ricavi del 1.315%, FiloBlu è una delle 7 aziende italiane premiate dallaclassifica Deloitte per la più al...

What: "Culture and Business: An Italian Perspective"When: 5th of March at 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Where: George Bush Conference Center, Beckman Hall 404Admission: Free - Information and RSVP: events.chapman.edu/15032 Amid the architectural, culinary and artistic beauty of Italy is another, sometimes unappreciated specialty – business. That's the topic...

What's been a bit of a revolving door of pizza is getting a solid pie candidate. Andy Favilla, co-owner of Favilla's New York Pizza, and his cousin Sal Ferrara, will open a sister restaurant to Favilla's West Asheville pizzeria in early April. And, according to Favilla, he could have more restaurants on the way.   The new eatery, Favilla's...

It's officlal. Cafe 2825 in Atlantic City is N.J.'s best Italian restaurant. The restaurant, at 2825 Atlantic Ave., topped nine other finalists in our N.J.'s best Italian restaurant showdown.   Cafe 2825, with its cozy, 52-seat dining room and compact bar, was one of the smallest restaurants of the 40 we visited in our semifinal round....

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2016 Time: 7:30 PM. Location: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Organized by: San Francisco Performances In collaboration with: IIC The Quartetto di Cremona, founded in 2000 while the members were students at the Accademia Walter Stauffer in Cremona, Italy, is rapidly becoming one of the most interest...