Traditional Cooking from Mantua
Thursday, November 16, 2017. From 6:30 pm To 8:30 pm. Italian Cultural Institute. 601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F. San Francisco, CA 94102. Free Entrance. The city of Mantua and its surrounding region, East Lombardy, have been selected by the International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism as the 2017 European Capital of Gastronomy. O...
Chef Antonio Varia talks porcini, Piemonte and coming to America
As the winter months cool the oak trees and turn the Central Coast vines bare and dormant, Antonio Varia, executive chef and owner of the area’s favorite Italian restaurants, Buona Tavola in Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, will be finding new ways to serve up his truffle mushrooms, polenta and risotto. Winter is the perfect time for Varia’s Osso B...
New style Italian Pizzeria Locale 90 crafts winning pies in Hermosa Beach
It must be tough to open an modernist, artisanal pizza place near the Pier in wild and wacky Hermosa Beach, just a few doors down from the much loved old school pie and pasta joint called Paisanos. It sure looked that way on a recent Saturday night, when there was a line out the door at Paisanos of locals hungry for a slice served on paper plate, a...
Pasta giant Barilla opens first 2 West Coast restaurants at South Coast Plaza and USC
Barilla is more than just dry pasta served in a blue box. That’s the idea behind a string of restaurants launched by the global pasta maker, known more for its boxed pasta and ready-to-eat sauces found in dozens of grocery stores around the country. The company, founded in Italy 1877, is opening its first two fast-casual Italian eateries in Souther...
Eataly ‘Disneyland of food’ follows Los Angeles store’s huge opening
Basking in the success of its first California store, the Italian food market chain Eataly is preparing to open a huge food theme park next week. Eataly World, in Bologna, Italy, is making final preparations for Wednesday’s opening. The 20-acre park has 40 restaurants and a 97,000-square-foot market. Admission is free, but you do have to pay to eat...
The complete guide to L.A.'s Eataly
It’s finally here. Eataly—fronted by Mario Batali and Lidia Bastianich, along with Bastianich’s son, Joe, and founder Oscar Farinetti—is a sprawling, 67,000-square-foot ode to Italian cuisine that opens three floors and multiple concepts within the Westfield Century City mall today. Part market, part restaurant, part food hall, part desserterie, pa...
Mario Batali on Why America—and Now L.A.—Was Ready for Eataly
For all the economic dynamism of the United States in the post-WWII era, America’s food wasn’t so dynamic. It was an era where modernism made processed food prized. TV dinners made meal prep easy and Tang sent astronauts to the moon, parents would remind their children. And you can’t argue with an astronaut. But, eventually, the spell was broken an...
From Penniless Immigrant to Wine King: Secondo Guasti
Long before Napa became California’s wine center, Secondo Guasti, an immigrant from Piedmont, Italy, established himself as the state’s wine king. Guasti’s vineyard and town, located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles, was synonymous with Southern California wine, and served as a catalyst for Italian chain migration. In search of a better l...
10 Italian Wine Ambassadors and 1 Expert of High Calibre Certified at VIA’s San Francisco Edition
Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) forges ahead its Certification Course in San Francisco, USA, and welcomes 10 new Italian Wine Ambassadors and 1 Expert (the higher title). With an overall of 116 Italian Wine Ambassadors and 8 Italian Wine Experts to date, the San Francisco edition, held from October 16th to 20th, closes the third year of worldw...
Second Week of Italian Cuisine in San Francisco
With the goal of promoting Italian culinary traditions and food-and-wine connoisseurship as a distinctive trait of Italian identity and culture, the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World reaches its second edition, which will take place in San Francisco and the Bay Area November 13-19, 2017. The concept of the initiative is based on a few key points...
Eataly Finally Debuts at Westfield Century City
Eataly, the missing piece of the shopping center revamp at Westfield Century City, is taking a bow on Nov. 3. This array of restaurants that highlights the Italian eating experience will be the first such food complex on the West Coast. There are already U.S. locations in New York City, Boston, Chicago and soon Las Vegas. The 60,000-square-foot spa...
Eataly Set To Open Its Doors In L.A. Next Week
The time has finally arrived: long-awaited Eataly will open its Century City emporium on November 3. Angelenos first heard word the New York-based market would come to L.A. back in 2014, and the wait is finally over. The market will take up three floors of space and feature four restaurants, butcher and cheese counters, as well as walk-up options f...