Carrara Pastries debuts store design
An expansive seating area with modern tables and chairs awaits customers next month at Carrara Pastries’ new location in Moorpark. Damiano Carrara, celebrity chef and owner of Carrara Pastries, which offers Italian coffee and dishes in addition to its acclaimed sweets, shared mockups of the shop’s plans, located at 144 W. Los Angeles Ave., on his F...
Colavita Expands its Footprint to the West Coast with a New California Facility
Colavita (https://www.colavita.com), the leading family-owned and operated Italian extra virgin olive oil in the United States, is proud to announce the opening of a new dedicated production and distribution facility in Dixon, California. The new location will allow for enhanced production capabilities and efficiencies, greater collaboration with W...
Mangia!: Grass Valley’s La Gastronomia re-opens in new location
Like many people who come to the United States, Rita and Franceso "Frankie" Molin arrived in America with a dream. They wanted to share the authentic cuisine of their native Venice, Italy, with those who may not have otherwise been exposed. The Molins opened La Gastronomia in downtown Grass Valley in 2014, offering a selection of meats, cheeses, sa...
Italian Chef Opens First U.S. Vegan Wine Bar and Restaurant Pura Vita
Vegan drinking venues are nothing new. Within the past few years, gastropubs and breweries have been the new social “thing,” serving slightly outrageous yet equally delicious plant-based bar food with an impressive selection of local beers (on tap, of course). However, this culture has yet to truly permeate the wine world. Tara Punzone wanted to ch...
Buon appetito: Here are Yorba Linda's top 5 Italian spots
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Yorba Linda, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to fulfill your urges. 1. Stefano's Golden Baked Hams. Topping the list is Stefano's Golden Baked Hams. Located at 18220 Yorba Lin...
LA’s New Pizza Paradise Makes Gorgeous Neapolitan Pies in Arts District
Step inside Sixth + Mill, Downtown’s newest industrial dining addition offered up on Sixth Street in the Arts District. The all-Italian powerhouse plans to officially open for business on Sunday, August 26, proving once again that there’s always money in pizza, pasta, and wine. Sixth + Mill is the work of the Factory Place Hospitality Group, the te...
Celestino Drago, lo chef amato dalle star di Hollywood
Ha un tono della voce quasi dimesso. Racconta e ogni tanto gli scappa uno slang in quell’americano tipico degli emigrati siciliani. Le parole non sono il suo forte. Perché il suo regno è la cucina. Lui è Celestino Drago, 61 anni a settembre, di cui quasi 40 trascorsi negli Stati Uniti, a Los Angeles dove si è trasferito definitivamente nel 1979 av...
Piero Selvaggio is closing Valentino and opening a restaurant in Newport Beach
Restaurateur Piero Selvaggio has announced that he will close Valentino, his Santa Monica Italian restaurant, at the end of the year. The restaurant, credited with introducing Angelenos to authentic Italian ingredients such as prosciutto, balsamic vinegar and white truffles, opened on Pico Boulevard in 1972. The restaurant’s last night of service i...
Celestino Drago, un Ambasciatore della Sicilia in America
Ieri sera, 8 agosto 2018 a Galati Mamertino, si è inaugurata la sede della fondazione impegnata nel campo della promozione del territorio Siciliano e particolarmente della zona dei Nebrodi e della cultura enogastronomica che legata alla zona, intitolata al noto chef Celestino Drago che, proprio per la sua ormai quarantennale attività nel settore de...
Cello Bar - Eataly, Los Angeles
When life gave them lemons, the Pallini family didn't make lemonade — they made limoncello! Try the classic Italian liqueur and more at our pop-up 'Cello Bar from August 6 to 19 in La Piazza. Since 1875, the Pallini family has been producing Limoncello, a natural liqueur traditionally made with prized organic Sfusato Amalfitano lemons and pure alco...
Storie Americane: Bruno Serato, eroe due volte
18 aprile 2005. 4 febbraio 2017. 4 maggio 2018. Tre date sono impresse nella mente di Bruno Serato italiano, nato in Francia, cresciuto nel veronese ed emigrato ad Anaheim, trent’anni fa. Questa non è però la storia di un immigrato che ha avuto successo in America. O meglio in parte lo è. Bruno infatti è il proprietario dell’Anaheim White House, un...
L’Arte in Cucina book presents the incomparable liaison between food and arts, chefs and artists
Art and food, food and art: when thinking of Italian food, the liaison with art comes almost natural. That’s why some artists, photographers and chefs came together for a project that showcases how food and art can be combined to give readers an experience that goes beyond the plate and the painting. L’Arte in Cucina (art in the kitchen) is a book...