Be Italian for a Week: Adventure Tour Takes Guests to the Heart of Italy
With olive oil consumption on the rise internationally, consumers are interested in discovering authentic Italian olive oil and tasting fresh, raw olive oil immediately after it's produced for a multitude of health benefits. To answer that interest, Olive Oil Sommelier Carol Firenze is offering an exciting opportunity to olive oil lovers around the...
Learning the Wining tradition with Frank Mangio around California
by Michele Pluss Frank Mangio loves his job. First of all, he describes his office as a "cozy wine bar," complete with overstuffed furniture, walls covered with photographs and several coolers housing more than one hundred bottles of wine. Not a bad place to come in to work five days a week. Second, the work he does combines...
Peno Brings "Southern Italian Soul Food" to Clayton
If you were a fan of the grilled pizza at Pizzino — the fast-casual spot tucked into a little strip mall just off Wydown Boulevard in Clayton — you might be surprised to see what the new owner has done to the place. Gone is the utilitarian white-and-red color scheme, fridge full of bottled drinks and open kitchen. Instead, at Peno (7600 W...
Taste of Italy 2014!
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles presents the sixth annual Taste of Italy, a premiere food and wine event, which will take place on Saturday, October 11th, in downtown Los Angeles. This highly anticipated event features :: 50+ of the regions BEST Italian Restaurants 100+ World Class Wines Fantastic Entertainment Spectacular Setting...
Il Fornaio Honored with the “Marchio Q” by Italian Chambers of Commerce
Il Fornaio has recently been honored with the Marchio Qualita Award by the Italian Chambers of Commerce in Italy. The "Marchio Q" is granted by the Marchio Ospitalita' – Ristoranti Italiani nel Mondo, an initiative conceived by UNIONCAMERE (National Association of the Chambers of Commerce in Italy) in collaboration with ISNART (National Institute f...
Oddball Italian Red Wines from Santa Barbara
by Caroline Helper Italy is home to more than 1,000 grape varieties, and a handful of the lesser-known have found a happy home in Santa Barbara County. These off-the-beaten-path varieties, most of which are native to Northern Italy, are hard enough to find outside of their native region, so the opportunity to taste homegrown versions shoul...
Pecorino Italian Bistro Showcases Italian Cooking With Passion
by Pete Allman In Italy, people enjoy every moment of life. The pace of everyday living is much different than life in America. This style of life, encompassing good wine and authentic Italian cuisine is what Italy is known for. For the last 10 years Giorgio Pierangeli, Mario and Raffaele Sabatini, two brothers from the region of Abruzzi,...
Alameda Business Buzz: Santoro's Italian Market & Deli
by Janice Worthen On the corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Fifth Street sits a little deli that's easy to miss, but its sandwiches — stuffed with a generous serving of meat on a wonderfully fragrant choice of breads — are hard to forget. Just take a step inside this classic corner eatery, and you'll see why Santoro's Italian Market & De...
No secrets to making Italian meatballs
Though you could hardly label me an Italian chef with a name like Wolfgang Puck, I can't deny that some of my early fame was sparked by the gourmet California-style pizzas I began serving when I opened my first Spago back in 1982. Still, it surprises me even today when guests sing the praises of a recipe I never could have imagined would be associa...
Italy’s less known destinations. An alternative vacation for American travelers
Marche, Calabria, Veneto; three of the regions of Italy introduced themselves to Californian tour operators and potential travelers, bringing a little of their atmosphere to Los Angeles. Marche and Calabria were the special guests of this year's edition of the COMITEL workshop at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, created to introduce local tour...
Taste of Rome offers casual Italian-inspired dining in Sausalito
by Bennett Kalafut Now is probably the best time of year to visit Mt. Tamalpais. The recent rain means there's plenty of water in the streams, the number of waterfalls actively flowing numbers in the dozens, and every bend in the trail shows more flowers--including showy irises and native orchids--in full bloom. Temperatures are mild and t...
Jon & Vinny's grapples with what it means to be a family restaurant
by Besha Rodell The term "family restaurant" isn't that common in the upper echelons of the food world. We tend to want restaurants that are rock & roll. We demand cocktail-fueled speakeasies. We long for food that's sophisticated, refined, grown-up. But as our best chefs move through the rock-star phase of their lives and int...