Chef Mario Batali Serves Up Swing Session Charity Golf Tournament at Cascata
By Brian Hurlburt World-renowned Chef Mario Batali is hitting the links to raise funds for the Mario Batali Foundation on June 5-6 at Cascata and The Venetian, and several celebrity friends--including Anthony Anderson and Hank Haney--will join him. The Mario Batali Foundation Swing Session Las Vegas Celebrity Classic features a "w...
Put a plate on for pasta and a touch of adventure
Make room on the table for a plate from Italy. Italian foods are familiar to most Americans — who doesn't love a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs? But there is much more to appreciate about Italian cuisine than just pasta. I recently was invited to a presentation by Liane Cabot at Nicoletta's Table in Lake Oswego. Cabot is married to an Ita...
Solimene’s Italian Restaurant open at King’s Shops
Kings' Shops has announced Solimene's Italian Restaurant is open through March 2015 as a surprise addition to the center. It is located across from The Three Fat Pigs Restaurant. This is the same Solimene's Italian Restaurant that was owned and operated by the Aiona family of Waimea. Read more Source: http://www.hawaii2...
Il Terrazzo Carmine: Old-school Italian is definitively delivered
More than two years after his untimely death, Carmine Smeraldo is still a presence at Il Terrazzo Carmine, in part because so much is still done his way at the restaurant he founded in 1984. A portrait of him hangs near the entrance, where he used to welcome guests, many of them known to him. The nameplate simply says "Boss." Relaxed and s...
The Best Italian Restaurants in Las Vegas
Whether you refer to it as spaghetti sauce or gravy, either way you’re going to use your bread to mop up the remainders, especially when you find an Italian restaurant serving up the best. But trying to find the best tiramisu, veal cutlets, homemade pasta or osso buco is never an easy task. Never fear. We culled through the Las Vegas din...
Ciao can you refuse?
St. Augustine's Catholic Church in Lincoln City will be offering a Taste of Italy this Friday, Oct. 7, with a gala dinner and silent auction to raise funds for outreach programs and parish improvements. The evening will start at 5 pm, with a no-host wine bar, appetizers and a silent auction. An Italian dinner, including salad, main course and...
Discover Italy with St. James Winery and the University of Missouri
Exploring Italy, particularly the wine and cheese region of Tuscany, is almost always on a wine-lover's bucket list. Meandering through the gorgeous countryside, indulging in fine food and savoring incredible local wines – this is the year to make it happen! Join St. James Winery, along with the University Club of MU, and the Mizzou Hospit...
Press Italian street food brings a little bit of Italy to metro Phoenix
By Arren Kimbel-Sannit Press Italian Street Food owner T.J. Coffey may not be Italian, but he says the food his truck serves is Italy's traditional street fare — with a personal, in his case, American twist. He was inspired to start the truck by his love for Italian cuisine, and after cutting his teeth at restaurants including the now-clo...
Bianchi’s Italian opens in Marana
by Chris Flora Italian food fans now have another option on Tucson's north side. Bianchi's Italian, with its 35-year presence in the Old Pueblo, recently opened a second location in Marana near Dove Mountain. Owner Vince Bianchi, who took over the restaurant for his parents Randy and Nancy in 2002, opened up the new spo...
Trattoria Reggiano the right kind of Italian for Downtown Summerlin
by Marco D'Angelo This week I had the pleasure of having my mother-in-law in town visiting. Mom use to live in Las Vegas about a dozen years ago, so to say a lot has changed here would be an understatement. We went to dinner in Downtown Summerlin where not that long ago all those shops and restaurants were just desert. We were in...
Strada serves 'street food of Italy' at Washington Square Mall: Cheap Eats
Restaurant-loving Oregonians, particularly food cart fans, won't be completely in the dark about piadinas: the thin, dusty flatbread native to Italy's Emilia-Romagna region appear occasionally at local Italian restaurants and have a permanent home at North Portland's Gabagool food cart. Now Strada, a fast-casual chain that started with a s...
Giant, $5,000 Italian white truffle hits Capitol Hill restaurant
By Jessica Yadegaran Precious Italian white truffles have a very short season--October to December--and when they are sent to America they usually end up at restaurants in New York, Chicago or San Francisco. But, this time, a rare, round, giant white truffle--the largest to be found in Italy so far this season--has been purchased by Altura, the It...