Come Celebrate Food Revolution Day with the Italian Community in SF
by Mauro Battocchi On May 16th, communities across the world will come together and celebrate fresh food, the joy of cooking, healthy eating, and enjoy hearty meals together. The movement is called Food Revolution Day and it was started by star chef Jamie Oliver, who espouses the same Slow Food ideals that Italy is famous for. Thi...
A Sicilian serenade - A journey in gastronomy at Morgan Hill’s Sicilia in Bocca
In a small, converted 1930s house on Main Street in Morgan Hill, with just enough room for a few tables inside and an outdoor patio for al fresco dining, locals wait to be seated at Sicilia in Bocca. Once seated, I am greeted with a basket of sliced, crusty bread and complimentary bruschetta—fresh tomato, basil and garlic, gently tossed with olive...
Scopa Italian Roots Review: New Venice Restaurant Is Gorgeous
by Besha Rodell There's no doubt about it: Scopa Italian Roots is quite the looker. If there's a checklist for modern-design elements that indicate a certain level of quality and chic in a restaurant, Scopa's designers ticked every box: brick walls, subway tile, giant mirrors, high ceilings, a vaguely industrial feel, even one of those tal...
Fancy Food. Fiasconaro presenta le sue specialità a San Francisco
C'è già aria di Pasqua al 40esimo Fancy Food di San Francisco. L'evento, che punta i riflettori sul mondo del cibo, ha appena chiuso i battenti con numeri in crescita: 20 mila visitatori, 1500 espositori. Quindici paesi ospiti del padiglione internazionale con una particolare attenzione all'Italia, in vista dell'Expo che si inaugurerà a Maggio. No...
Ask A San Francisco Native: On North Beach And Italian Food
Dear Rain, Best Italian restaurant in North Beach? Signed, Hungry Dear Hungry, Until you asked me that question I hadn't really realized that when I'm looking to get some Italian food, North Beach is never the first place I think of to go. And in fact, I'm having a hard time thinking if it ever was, because when I want Italian...
Mona Lisa Restaurant: An Institution for Italian Food and Culture in Little Italy
by Andrew Bagley Known in Italy as La Gioconda, which means "the happy one", Leonardo da Vinci's most famously acclaimed portrait is the Mona Lisa. Interestingly, Mona is a contraction of the formal form Madonna, the equivalent to Madam or My Lady in English. While Leonardo's original masterpiece hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, y...
Italian night at Cibo Ristorante Italiano – a fundaiser for Festa Italia Santa Rosalia Foundation” on Thursday, August 28th
Don't Miss "Italian Night at Cibo Ristorante Italiano - A Fundraiser for Festa Italia Santa Rosalia Foundation " on Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Cibo Ristorante Italiano, 301 Alvarado in Downtown Monterey. Parking is available in the adjacent garage. From 5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Cibo will present a 4-course dinner for $24.95 featured below...
Forma: Cheese-Centric Italian Arrives in Santa Monica
by Karin E. Baker One of the most eagerly anticipated new restaurants in LA just opened its doors, and I'm happy to note that it lives up to the hype. Forma, located on Santa Monica's Montana Avenue, derives its name from the Italian word "formaggio," the centerpiece ingredient at this new eatery. Forma's a great addition to a nei...
Congratulations to This Year's Olive Oil of the Year Calivirgin
The Coldani Olive Ranch swept the competition in this year's Central Coast Olive Oil Competition with 4 of the 8 gold medal winning oils awarded Best of Class and the Best in Show. Calivirgin is leading the olive oil industry in innovation, producing premium quality olive oil as one of the highest awarded olive oil producers in the nation....
Culinary hot spot of the year: Little Italy
How hot is San Diego's Little Italy? The best new restaurant of the year, Juniper & Ivy, landed there in March. The second most buzz-worthy spot, Ironside Fish & Oyster, opened a few weeks later. Neighborhood stalwart Indigo Grill was revamped to bring in elements of Peruvian cuisine, a current foodie favorite. Read...
Dimmi tutto, the new Cafe teaching how to have coffee in the perfect Italian style
Making an Italian coffee is considered an art. But what about having a real espresso and enjoying that moment as most Italians do? While the ability of preparing a good coffee has been improving since Italians came to America, the Italian way of having away coffee has never become a real trend. Read more Fonte: L'italo-Am...
Italian, the way it should be
When Donato Scotti opened La Strada in Palo Alto in 2004, he breathed new life into the dining scene on University Avenue. His appetizers were dazzling, pasta dishes luscious, fish perfectly cooked and desserts worth the calories. Donato Enoteca in Redwood City was the next logical step for Scotti. Opened in 2009, there was more space for...