Fine Italian dining on Petaluma’s east side
Though Alfredo's opened their doors with little fanfare in late February, it has already built a loyal following. Located directly behind Staples, at 1426 East Washington St., owner David Nolazco personally greets guest as they come through the door, in true Italian fashion. Due to his excellent customer service, attention to detail and fl...
2013 Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti: settimana della cucina mediterranea Italiana a Houston
Nel contesto delle attività organizzate a Houston per il 2013 Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, lo Italian Community Cultural Center (ICCC) ospiterà dal 10 al 18 maggio la Settimana della Cucina Mediterranea Italiana, che celebrerà la fusione di sapori e culture che caratterizza il Mediterraneo e la sua influenza nella cucina italiana...
Amore Valentine's Dinner - Italian Style
Make your reservations now for a romantic dinner at the Italian Club of Dallas on Valentine's Day. Celebrate the evening with your sweetheart by treating her to a fabulous dinner prepared by Guest Chefs Gerard and Christian. The dinner and the wonderful dessert along with the ambiance of the Club will say AMORE. Your evening will begin wit...
Chef Chat, Part 1: Alberto Baffoni of Mascalzone
by Phaedra Cook Chef Alberto Baffoni first made waves in Houston when he arrived to open Simposio. The classical Italian restaurant was well-received by diners and critics alike. A later effort, Sapori, was regrettably short-lived and he spent years working at various Houston restaurants. Now, though, it seems he has a home at Mas...
Let an Italian Make Your Dinner at Borgo Food Station
IF CARACAS HAD DIRECT FLIGHTS TO NEW YORK, there would be no Borgo Food Station. When Monica Fallone stopped in Houston in 2014, it was on the way to start looking for locations in New York in which to open a prepared food market. But the March weather didn't cooperate and she was stuck in Mutt City for five days. She loved Houston, and so...
Cooking demo and dinner series returns to Italian Cultural and Community Center Feb. 6
The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston is back with "A Tavola con le Tradizioni del..." chef's demo & dinner series aimed at promoting authentic Italian cuisine and culture. Every month an Italian chef based in Houston together with the ICCC Program Director, Tiziana Triolo, will guide the public through a virtual tour of Italy...
Enoteca Rossa brings taste of Italy to Bellaire
For Bellaire residents and Enoteca Rossa co-owners Michael May and Barry Gomel, rejuvenating the Bellaire staple is a venture into authentic Italian food and a community togetherness. May and Gomel opened Rossa nine months ago after purchasing the restaurant from its previous owner. Since then, they've hired chef Roberto Crescini, from Northern It...
D'Amico's Italian Market Café expanding to Katy
The popular D'Amico's Italian Market Café, a 16-year-old mainstay of Rice Village, is heading west to Katy, Texas, for its second location. Owners Nash D'Amico and Brina D'Amico Donaldson and Larry Martin and Edgar Carlson of HUSA Management, Inc. have announced that they are readying a 193-seat restaurant space in the Phase II portion of the expan...
Authentic Italian Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen Opens in San Antonio with Highly Anticipated, Chef Created Menu from Chef Anthony Russo
Russo's Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen has arrived. This is one of San Antonio's most highly anticipated restaurant openings. Local residents, commuters and visitors can now savor the tastes, aromas and unmistakable ambiance of the upscale, casual dining Italian restaurant brimming with old-world charm and hospitality. Russo's Coal-Fired Itali...
Italian Cooking Class: Il Sapore Italiano (The Art of Making Focaccia)
When: Friday, May 13, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006 Join us for Il Sapore Italiano, a series of cooking classes aimed to promote the Italian traditions in which participants will have a hands-on culinary experience preparing authentic and d...
La Piccola Cucina…goes large!
Un format intelligente, che avvicina i più piccoli alla cucina a salvaguardia della tradizione gastronomica italiana: un "concept" importantissimo, specie quando i più piccoli, insieme alle loro famiglie, vivono negli Stati Uniti dove la cucina italiana ha bisogno costante di essere rilanciata nella sua vera essenza e protetta da tanto ardite quant...
A whole new world: Tommy's Italian American Grill reboots amid new dining environs in north Oklahoma City
When Tommy Byrd opened Tommy's Italian American Grill in 1992, the local dining industry might as well have been Mars compared to what's since popped up to eat on this red-dirted patch of planet Earth. Undaunted by time's unflinching trigger-finger, Byrd recently took a deep breath and walked away from a lucrative seat within the cozy conf...