Massimo Bottura and Gucci to Open New Rooftop Restaurant in Beverly Hills
Well known Italian chef Massimo Bottura, has a reputation for culinary exceptionalism, as well as a strong desire to fight food waste. It’s his combined skills, knowledge and compassion that attracts other well known brands in wanting to collaborate with him – such as Gucci. In 2018, the Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura opened in Florence, Italy, a...
Family Affair: The Drago Dining Dynasty
With over a dozen dining venues between four brothers from Sicily, this is undoubtably a family affair. The L.A.-based Drago brothers are Celestino, Giacomino, Tanino, and Calogero. While they all travel to the beat of their own drum, they all have one thing in common, besides an unwavering loyalty to family and each other, their love of simple foo...
Il Palato serves Southern Italian dishes in an elegant Clayton setting
The impressive coffered ceiling, glowing with soft golden light, is the first thing you notice when entering Il Palato. White marble tables and understated velvet chairs exude the same coziness. The numerous pieces of artwork hanging in the dining room are equally soothing. The effect immediately puts you at ease. Restaurateur Mike Del Pietro has a...
Puro Italiano to the core
My strongest memory of grocery shopping with my Italian-American mother at Santa Monica’s Italian Bay Cities deli is holding my nose from the strong stench of cheese and salumi hanging from the ceiling. It took time, but I’ve come to love and appreciate these aromas over the years. There’s no stinky cheese smell at Peirano’s Market and Delicatesse...
Italian Couple Honors Roots at Made in Italy Bistro
Kneading dough side by side is how this cooking couple now spends their days. Giana Barone and Antonio Sessa recently combined their talents to open their own restaurant, Made in Italy. Sessa was literally made in Italy and Barone from California. The couple grew up across the world from one another, but in very similar ways. Sessa was making fres...
Creole-Italian: Sicilian Immigrants and the Shaping of New Orleans Food Culture | World Week of Italian Cuisine
Thursday, December 05, 2019 at 6:30 pm. Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024. In collaboration with Consulate General of Italy of Los Angeles and Houston and American Italian Cultural Center. Entrance: Free. Justin A. Nystrom, Associate Professor of History at Loyola University in New Orleans, will...
After 40 years of running Antonello Ristorante, Antonio Cagnolo still delivers food ‘from sea to table’
On a crisp August morning, Antonio Cagnolo stepped onto a 48-foot Mussel Ridge fishing boat based in Huntington Harbour. The longtime Orange County restaurateur was getting back to his roots. In his native Italy, Cagnolo’s father was a butcher, farmer and fisherman. The two used to catch bounty from the Mediterranean. Now, many decades later and fl...
Veteran Italian Chef to Design Menu at Manhattan Beach’s New Coastal Perch
Restaurant owner David Slay is developing a pattern in Manhattan Beach. The Manhattan Beach resident and chef takes over longstanding shuttered restaurants and converts them into new spots for the beachside city. In February, he took over Darren’s and built Slay Steak + Fish House. This fall, he leased the former 35-year-old Jimmy’s Kouzina to open...
Le tipicità abruzzesi in America: a Los Angeles tutti pazzi per la cucina abruzzese
"Questo palcoscenico internazionale deve rappresentare occasione e strumento per far conoscere le nostre eccellenze enogastronomiche e sopratutto per promuovere le bellezze del nostro Abruzzo". Questo il commento dell'assessore regionale al Turismo Mauro Febbi a margine dell'evento Educazione Alimentare: Cultura del gusto, tema della quarta Settima...
Pollara Pizza Brings Rome by the Slice to Fourth Street
It should come as no surprise that pizza is serious business in Italy. And when most of us think of Italian-style pizza, we think of a steering wheel-sized personal pizza hot out of a wood-fired oven, its thin crust flecked with crunchy, burnt spots. This kind of pizza that Americans so frequently associate with Italy is Neapolitan-style pizza, and...
Anaheim’s Bruno Serato, Italian Chef Extraordinaire
Italian chef extraordinaire Bruno Serato has made his mark in a most Catholic way: he has formed an important project that has helped to feed hundreds of thousands of the hungry throughout the country. And he used his famed restaurant, the Anaheim White House restaurant in Anaheim, California, as a way to fund this charity, the Caterina’s Club. Ser...
Umberto’s brings Italian food and fun to Culver City
Italian food has been a long appreciated culinary art long before anyone living today was around, yet new takes on the long-held traditional cuisine are popping up with great frequency. It is the uniqueness that a restaurant can bring to the Italian cuisine experience that keeps a business open, and that’s just what Umberto’s plans to do in Culver...