Allegro's after-hours Italian feast is legendary
If you haven't capped a long night of dancefloor dominance at XS Nightclub with a wee-hours meal at Allegro, you're just not doing it right. Nothing satisfies in quite the same way as this joyous Italian cuisine by chef Enzo Febbraro. The post-party must-order dishes are the prosciutto and mozzarella platters, savory selections of parma ham, finoc...
VENETO Ristorante Italiano: the Easiest Way to have an Evening in Italy
When friends would ask Verona, Italy, native Marco Stevanoni and his wife, Amy, where their favorite place in town for Italian food was, their answer was easy: their own home. Now, the Stevanonis have opened their doors to treat others to truly authentic northern Italian cuisine with VENETO Ristorante Italiano. Located in the small house o...
A Little Italy in Coos Bay
Northwest seafood meets the Mediterranean at Little Italy in Coos Bay. Generous pasta shells overflow with juicy crab meat, spinach, ricotta cheese and creamy tomato sauce; and are smothered in melting mozzarella. Fresh salmon is perfectly grilled and served with creamy Dijon mustard and capers, alongside a beautiful salad. Mouth-watering cioppino...
Nonni's biscotti among fall-oriented foods
by Ann Brown If you can't tell it's fall by the 90-degree weather, just step into a grocery store for sure signs of the change of season. Many food companies and stores themselves are filling the shelves with autumnal flavors. Biscotti baker Nonni's has introduced two perfect-for-dipping-in-your-coffee limited-edition holiday fla...
Big John’s PFI offers Seattle food lovers a cornucopia of imported delights
by Rita Cipalla In an industrial area just south of downtown Seattle, under the shadow of CenturyLink Field and down the street from several auto repair shops, sits a small nondescript brick building whose no-frills exterior belies its interior hidden treasures. Known as Big John's PFI, which stands for Pacific Food Importers, the...
Tutta Bella Pizzeria: Feeding Dreams, Nourishing Lives, Building Community
Never let it be said that Joe Fugere, owner of Seattle's Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria, won't move heaven and earth, or even a pizza oven, to create delicious, perfectly baked pizza for a customer, particularly when that customer is Barak Obama. During President Obama's 2012 visit to Seattle, Fugere arranged for a 4,000-pound portable wo...
At Portland food cart Burrasca, homey Italian dishes are rooted in owner's Florentine past
When they announced their decision to move their family lock, stock and pasta machine from Florence, Italy, to Portland, Oregon, to open a food cart, American friends of Florence native Paolo Calamai and his Michigan-born wife, Elizabeth Petrosian, were aghast. "But you're living in Florence!" the friends wailed, thinking their life in Ita...
Come see Italian cooking at Aliante March 24th
Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa, a AAA Four Diamond resort, will present its second Italian cooking demonstration hosted by Chef Francesco de Furia of Bistro 57 at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24. The evening will feature an interactive cooking lesson with each dish served to the guests upon completion. Priced at $50 per person, the four-course menu w...
Dining on passion and culture in the sleepy ’burbs
Carla Pellegrino, executive chef and owner of Bratalian Neapolitan Cantina, was born in Brazil and raised in Italy. She opened Baldoria Restaurant in New York City before moving to Southern Nevada in 2006. Pellegrino competed on season 10 of the popular reality-TV competition "Top Chef," winning one episode with a carrot soup and turkey meatball di...
Nove Italiano Keeps Standards High—And Customers Satisfied
There's something comforting about Italian food, a sort of sink-back-in-your-seat sort of satisfaction. It happens whether you're dining at your neighborhood café, or a modern hangout like Nove Italiano. Located at the top of the Palms Fantasy Tower, Nove, which recently celebrated nine years at the Palms, commands excellent views of the S...
Vintage Eldorado Oct. 7 kicks off Italian Festival
by Johnathan L. Wright In its 35th year, the Eldorado Great Italian Festival is officially a long weekend. Vintage Eldorado, the Italian food and wine event introduced a few years ago, has always been held on the Thursday before the Italian Festival. But this year, the tasting is Friday, Oct. 7, in the Reno Ballroom, the event joining...
Italian on the Fast Track
Growing up in Yonkers, New York, and later Greenwich, Connecticut, Rick Gencarelli enjoyed large homemade meals with his Italian family every Sunday. Back then, Gencarelli's mother, a first-generation American who learned the culinary trade from her Naples, Italy–born mother, prepared classic Italian dishes like Sunday Pork Ragu and Spaghetti Aglio...