Casa Vinicola Zonin USA Hosts Art of Wok Cooking Series with Miami's Wok Star Eleanor Hoh
Casa Vinicola Zonin USA is thrilled to host Miami's Wok Star Eleanor Hoh at their spectacular penthouse loft for a series of three exclusive Art of Wok Cooking Classes that will pair fine Italian wines with Asian cuisine. On August 21, October 23, and December 18 from 6:30-9:30pm, Hoh will demonstrate her signature no-recipe approach, comb...
CIAO! Annual Christmas Potluck Social Dec. 13
On Saturday, December 13, 2014, from 6 - 9 p.m., the Capital Italian American Organization (CIAO!) will be hosting its annual Christmas party and potluck social at Staybridge Suites located in the Summit East Complex at 1600 Summit Lake Drive, Tallahassee, just east of Interstate 10 on U.S. 90 (Mahan Drive). Please join us for good food, I...
Should you bet on Sorrisi?
By John Tanasychuk This past fall, the new chef at Sorrisi boldly announced that he wanted it to become "the premier Italian restaurant in South Florida." I love a good pronouncement. Six months after reading chef Jacob Perego's words inthe Sun Sentinel, we made our way to Seminole Casino Coconut Creek to check on the restaurant's pro...
Good value, hospitality at Cinque Terre in Davie
By John Tanasychuk Cinque Terre's unassuming setting on Nova Drive in Davie belies the talents of chef Aldo Marcon. Born and trained in Italy, he worked in New York and then New Orleans, where the storied restaurant he bought into, La Riviera in Metairie, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. He left Louisiana for Miami, where...
A bakery ‘full of Italian love’
By Candace Moore Carmela's Italian Bakery had a few bumps in the road — some of them literal — during their first year in business. First was the case of mistaken identity: Carmela's is in the same shopping plaza where the well-known Ferrara's Italian Bakery was located — it closed four years ago after a 25-year run. "We get...
Costa's Luminosa ship now sailing from Miami
South Floridians now have a new option for experiencing Costa Cruises unique brand of Italian-style cruising. Earlier this month, the Genoa, Italy-based cruise line deployed its 2,260-passenger Costa Luminosa cruise ship to South Florida, making it the line's newest and largest ship ever to sail from Miami. Dubbed "The Ship of Light," Lum...
Angelo's provides genuine Italian cuisine in Tavares
As a young boy growing up in Naples, Italy, Chef Angelo Manco fell in love with the aroma and flavors of fresh Italian cuisine while working in a family restaurant. He later ventured to Munich, Germany for culinary school and eventually to the United States, where he opened his first restaurant in Leesburg in 1995. "I had always wanted to open my...
Sant Ambroeus Palm Beach Will Feature Italian Cuisine With Floridian Influences, Plus A Homemade Dessert Cart
A notable New York eatery is about to open in Palm Beach. Sant Ambroeus Palm Beach, an Italian restaurant reflecting the culture and cuisine of Milan, is set to open for dinner on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m. The eatery is located within the iconic Royal Poinciana Plaza, which recently underwent a renovation to transform it into a top retail d...
New-to-Alabama restaurant BRAVO! Cucina Italiana coming to Bridge Street Town Centre in Huntsville
A new-to-Alabama Italian restaurant will take over Huntsville's Bridge Street Town Centre this year on the shopping center's south side near DSW in the Belk expansion area. Columbus, Ohio-based BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, a 6,700-square-foot, full-service eatery with Roman-ruin décor and an outdoor dining patio, will open this fall at Bridge S...
Salvetti's Italian Grill is back in Ocean Springs
by Julian Brunt Salvetti's Italian Grill is back. Back, that is, to its old and much-loved location on Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs. The building was extensively renovated, so there is fresh paint, in lively colors, and lots of smiling people, glad to have an Italian-American restaurant back in the heart of town. Ocean Sprin...
Barbecue eatery revamped into an Italian-American restaurant
Having pit-smoked, whole hog barbecue to serve up to customers seemed like a home-run to restaurateur and renowned chef John Currence, owner of the now closed Lamar Lounge. Sitting inside the restaurant last week, Currence talked about the rise and fall of the restaurant that drew high praise but lacked in revenue. Read mo...
Italian Food Heaven In Spring Hill Tennessee
It was a day...freezing temperatures and broken pipes being repaired made dinner out a most attractive prospect. As I said it had been "a day" and while I was remarking to my husband that I didn't want to have to drive too far out he suggested we try the new Italian place. Read more Source: http://www.examiner.com &...