Meet Giada De Laurentiis at Williams-Sonoma Union Square in San Francisco
November 16, 2015 - Monday 12:00 PM - Williams-Sonoma - 340 Post Street - San Francisco, California 94108. Join us at Williams-Sonoma Union Square on Monday, November 16th to celebrate the launch of Giada De Laurentiis's newest cookbook, Happy Cooking. GIADA DE LAURENTIIS is the Emmy Award-winning star of Food Network's Eve...
Ca’ Momi: Bringing Truly Authentic Italian Food—and Produce—to Napa
In the 19th century, there were more Italian immigrants on the Pacific coast than in New England, and their influence has not waned: today, San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood is a bustling epicenter of Italian-American cuisine. But Italian and Italian-American are not synonymous, as Chef Valentina Guolo-Migotto noticed when she arriv...
San Antonio Winery’s 100 years of palatable delights
by Valerio Viale On October 13th, San Antonio Winery, kicked off its 100th anniversary on its historic location in Downtown L.A. – once in the heart of the city's Little Italy. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, Mayor Garcetti's Chief of Staff Ana Guerrero and L.A. City Councilmembers, Gil Cedillo and Jose Huizar presided at the...
Sedotti dal cioccolato Grando: puro italiano
di Silvia Simonetti Nancy Grando è una persona dolcissima e un'autentica cioccolataia. Grazie all'attività del padre e del suo futuro marito, Stefano Grando, originario di Bassano del Grappa in Veneto, nel settore dell'alta gioielleria artigianale, Nancy è sempre stata circondata da cose belle. Allo stesso tempo, attorno a le...
Little Italy Hed
As he has on most nights for the last 46 years, Nick Pecoraro was watching the world go by on Wednesday from the porch of his ornately embellished two-story house on India Street, right at the foot of the Little Italy sign. The Sicilian-born Pecoraro, 73, is a reigning member of the historic neighborhood's old guard, as much of a fixture as th...
Fisherman’s Wharf — the Un-Tourist’s Guide
They're coming, and you know where they'll want to go: Fisherman's Wharf. Just like the famous Dungeness crabs they crave, tourists are baited to the wharf and willingly get caught in the same old traps — souvenir shops, fast-food spots and chain restaurants. During the Gold Rush era in the mid-1800s, Italian immigrants came to the northern waterf...
Alameda a la carte: C’era Una Volta turns 10
By Denise Shelton Once upon a time – in 2004 – three friends decided to open a restaurant in Alameda. Since they were all Italian (two natives and an Italian-American), they figured it would be a good idea to feature Italian food and wine. They named their restaurant C'era Una Volta, which incidentally is Italian for "once upon a time." &...
Italian delight Santina is the hottest new spot in town
by Steve Cuozzo Design is destiny. Santina is a glass-box folly so festive, it nudges timid diners outside their predictable-Italian comfort boxes. Chilies! Yogurt! Scorching red-pepper rings on top of lubriciously olive-oiled, black-and-white anchovies! Santina, from Major Food Group partners Mario Carbone (who's in charge of Santina's k...
A Venetian in Los Angeles: Ugo Mamolo on Cakes, Bakes and Benê’s Bakery
by Elisabetta Santi Walking into Gelson's Market, on Laurel Canyon Blvd., the first thing that greets the eye is the 'Coffee & Pastries' sign. The man behind these pastries is Trieste-born, Ugo Mamolo, who owns Viktor Benês Bakery. His creations are some of Los Angeles' favorite pasticcini, hence their availability at 15 Gelson's...
J. Marchini Farms: Farming the rich soils of California since the 1920’s
by Lavinia Pisani J. Marchini Farms revolutionized the radicchio industry introducing the Italian style to California. Based in Le Grand, CA, Joe Marchini is the head and soul behind Mr. Radicchio. This is clear looking at his face printed on the radicchio jars now available internationally. Mr. Radicchio is the result of family p...
San Francisco a Tavola
If the Italians can teach us just one thing, it may be the importance of the family kitchen. Meals made and enjoyed at home are something of a rarity in this day and age. We at ItaLingua love the idea of family gatherings and sumptuous, homemade meals enjoyed among friends and loved ones, which is why on May 17, 2013, in support of Jamie Oliver's F...
Anaheim restaurant owner is a hands-on philanthropist
Bruno Serato strolls down the middle of a narrow street, his signature white chef's coat illuminated by the headlights of a cargo van. A light rain falls as he yells into the boxy homes that line the road at the Golden Skies Mobile Home Park in Anaheim. He stops each passing person — a man driving home from work, a woman pushing a child in a strol...