Pasta, meatball dinner to boost Solano charities
By Susan Hiland A pasta and meatball dinner will be served next month to help out the local community. The Unico National Solano Chapter, which is one of the largest Italian-American service organizations in the U.S., will provide a dinner Oct. 17 to help raise money for charities in Solano County, according to an announcement for the...
L'America guarda con sempre maggiore interesse ai prodotti tipici della gastronomia regionale
di Riccardo Chioni La seconda giornata dell'edizione invernale del Fancy Food Show che chiude oggi al Moscone Center di San Francisco ha fatto registrare un nuovo record di visitatori a questo mega mercato che mette in vetrina decine di migliaia di specialità alimentari e bevande provenenti da 35 paesi. Il padiglione italiano, con le sue...
Made in Italy a Game Connection America 2013
ICE, l'Agenzia per la promozione all'estero e l'internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane, in collaborazione con AESVI, l'associazione di categoria che rappresenta l'industria dei videogiochi in Italia, è lieta di annunciare la presenza di un'area dedicata all'eccellenza nel game development italiano nell'ambito della Game Connection America 20...
San Jose Italian Family Festa 2013
By Nickolas Marinelli As festa season in the San Francisco Bay Area continues to unfold, Italians, Italian-Americans and Italophiles are gathering to gorge on all the Italianità they can get their hands on. From Sacramento to San Jose, and from Stockton to San Francisco, there is no shortage of Italian celebrations this summer. Do...
How I made it: Mary Micucci, owner of Along Came Mary Events
The gig: Mary Micucci, 63, is the owner of Along Came Mary Events, one of Hollywood's leading catering and special events businesses. Often called the "caterer to the stars," Micucci has handled more than 400 movie premieres, from "Titanic" in 1997 to "The Hangover Part III" earlier this month, as well as numerous Grammy, Emmy and Academy Awards pa...
Il successo degli italiani in Silicon Valley
di Mauro Battocchi Ai giovani alla ricerca di valori in cui credere nell'età di internet, San Francisco e la Silicon Valley offrono un punto di riferimento originale. Non é tanto il richiamo edonistico del denaro e del successo. Piuttosto, si tratta di un codice etico basato su ricerca dell'eccellenza nel lavoro, abnegazione, collaborazion...
Maserati in Partnership with Petersen Automotive Museum of Los Angeles
Why does a Maserati look, sound and feel so uniquely different? How does Maserati honor bespoke traditions, built over its 101-year history, to create a thoroughly modern, state-of-the-art driving experience? To answer these questions and share the passion that defines Maserati, the Trident has partnered with the totally transformed Peters...
Italian Meets Californian
by Marybeth Bizjak "Farm to fork" is being replaced by a new buzz phrase: proof of concept. It means that a restaurant is successful and can be replicated in other places. In other words, it's scalable, another business-school buzzword familiar to anyone who watches TV's "Shark Tank." It's no longer enough to dream of opening a si...
Sculatti celebrates 104th birthday
Louise Sculatti celebrated her 104th birthday on Sunday with family in Napa. She enjoys going out anywhere, anytime, especially for lunch, visiting friends and family, watching the Food Network, "The Price is Right," and old movies. Sculatti came from Italy in 1924, and lived in Petaluma for about 19 years. While there, she worked in a sil...
A new Executive Director at the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West
by Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West Dear members and friends, We are pleased to announce the appointment of Genny Nevoso as the new Executive Director of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West. She will assume her duties as of July 1st. On behalf of the Board of Directors we offer our sincere congratulations. Cari soci...
Francis Ford Coppola Starts Experimental ‘Live Cinema’ Project at UCLA
Francis Ford Coppola has launched an ambitious "Distant Vision" project as a "live cinema" experiment at his alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Coppola unveiled details of the multi-year project at a news conference Saturday, following his month-long collaboration with 75 UCLA students and faculty on "Distant Vision,"...
New Ambrogio15 Brings Modern Italian to Pacific Beach
The brand-new Ambrogio15 in Pacific Beach is hoping to change locals' perspectives on Italian food with its modern take on the genre. Opened on August 1 by Giacomo Pizzigoni, Andrea Burrone and Luca Salvi — three entrepreneurs with MBAs from San Diego State University — the restaurant is promising to go beyond what's often found in Italian establis...