Two Italian favorites are teaming up as Top Chef fan-favorite Fabio Viviani joins Columbus Foods for its "Meat Up" food truck tour, inviting Americans to explore the simple Italian goodness of premium salumi and deli meats. They're hitting the road this April and May, spending a week each in Scottsdale, Salt Lake, Boston, New York Metro an...
READ MOREby Dominic Armato Matthew Carter, who helms the kitchens at Zinc Bistro, the Mission and the House Brasserie, will be opening an Italian restaurant in Scottsdale in fall 2016. The as-yet-unnamed restaurant is a collaboration between Carter, Brian Raab (Carter's partner at the Mission and the House) and Mark Drinkwater, who will be returning t...
READ MOREby Tex Barron Beginning in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Genovese family ran an Italian restaurant for over 30 years. After some of their family members moved to Prescott, the remainder of the Genovese's came to Prescott and fell in love with the town and the people. They decided to move their restaurant from Las Vegas to Prescott, a ser...
READ MOREFederica Pellegrini da domani e fino al 7 marzo si allenerà negli Usa: tre di altura a Flagstaff, in Arizona, e due a Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Con lei ci saranno Filippo Magnini e Gianluca Maglia, guidati da Matteo Giunta. Dopo il gruppo di Paltrinieri (da ieri in Messico) e la partenza oggi per Charlotte della ranista Lisa Fissneider (...
READ MOREThe inaugural Arizona Concours d'Elegance, a premium automotive event that starts up Arizona collector-car auction week, has chosen Packard and Maserati as its honored marques for the Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, concours held at the historic Arizona Biltmore Resort and Hotel. Maserati, the renowned Italian racing and performance brand, is marki...
READ MOREMost people, and rightly so, would have thought pepperoni was born in Italy. Although it is hard to say exactly when it was created, it probably popped up in the early 1900s when Italian butcher shops and pizzerias began to flourish on the streets of a burgeoning Italian-American society. Notes food writer and historian John Mariani, who wrote a b...
READ MOREJoin us on March 15 at the Wigwam Resort for "An Italian aFare to Remember" with Sinatra Stylist Sebastian Anzaldo. The foremost Sinatra impersonator, Anzaldo has starred as the "Chairman of the Board" from Vegas' "Tribute To The Rat Pack" show to ABC-TV's "The Next Best Thing, Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?" And more recently he has h...
READ MOREAnother Italian eatery is preparing to open in the recently closed Anzio Landing restaurant space in Mesa. Pacino's, at Power and McDowell roads, will serve contemporary Italian fare with "a little bit of Hollywood," says owner Frank Spaccarelli. He and his wife, Alicia, have moved to Mesa from California, where they previously opened, operat...
READ MOREThe Arizona American Italian Club located at 7509 N. 12th St., Phoenix will host the Fourth "Beauties of Italy" (Le Bellezze d' Italia Quarto) Charity Italian Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. This year, the show will celebrate 100 years of Maserati and the return of Alfa Romeo to the U.S. after two decades. Alfa Romeo & Fiat of Sco...
READ MORETime to brush up on your italiano.The Italian Film Festival USA recently added Tempe, Arizona, to its 11-stop schedule. This year marks the 10th edition of the fest, which brings contemporary Italian films stateside to cities including Boulder, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Don't worry; there will be subtitles. The single-day ci...
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