I have a good friend who’s a very knowledgeable wine expert and talented ex-chef and restaurateur. So when he talks about food and wine, I listen. That’s because he is very discriminating about both.

So when he told Faith and me about a new Italian restaurant – raved about it, actually – I was thrilled. That’s because there are only a handful of Italian restaurants in Utah that I think offer guests truly authentic Italian regional cuisines. They include Veneto, Osteria Amore, Caffe Molise, Cucina Toscana, The Gateway’s Italian Graffiti, Grappa, Le Nonne in Logan, and sadly, the recently closed Celeste.