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Daniela Borella was born in Italy. At her two Tucson-area restaurants she serves meals prepared using recipes handed down from her grandmothers. Her mother, who for years was the cook at Borella's Caffe Torino in Oro Valley, still comes into the kitchen a couple times a week "for quality control, to make sure everything is according to he...

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Two 1958 Ferrari convertibles captured the top prices at a week of classic car auctions in Arizona that raised $248.6 million, an 11 percent advance on the equivalent events last year, according to Hagerty, a U.S.-based classic car price database.   A restored Ferrari 250 GT California LWB Spider sold for $8.8 million with fees at RM Auction...

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Two longtime Valley restaurants are closing their doors.   La Fontanella After 10 years running restaurants in Chicago, Isabella Mannone moved to Phoenix in 1982 and opened La Fontanella. A few years later, husband Berto Bertuccio came on board, adding to La Fontanella's charms with his homemade gelato, a Valley rarity in those days.  ...

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by Ann Brown   If you can't tell it's fall by the 90-degree weather, just step into a grocery store for sure signs of the change of season. Many food companies and stores themselves are filling the shelves with autumnal flavors. Biscotti baker Nonni's has introduced two perfect-for-dipping-in-your-coffee limited-edition holiday fla...

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For the millions of U.S. fans who fell in love with the astonishing talent of IL VOLO following their show stopping PBS Special "Il Volo Takes Flight," or as special guests of Barbra Streisand's fall 2012 tour, the boys will return to North America for a series of 17 concerts. The Live Nation produced tour kicks off August 25th at the Orpheum Theat...

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There's a certain reverence for tradition in the preparation of Italian cuisine, and it would take a bold and brave chef to even consider challenging some of the cardinal rules of the Italian kitchen. I guess that makes Daniela Borella one of Southern Arizona's boldest and bravest.Born and raised in the Italian Riviera town of Imperia, Borella was...

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If one is good, then two must be better. The crew behind Crudo in Arcadia plans to open a second concept in central Phoenix this summer. The new venture, Okra, will be an ode to the kind of Southern cooking that chef Cullen Campbell experienced as a kid in Arkansas and a college student in Memphis.   Fried chicken will be served tw...

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by Linda Peters The Zoppe Italian Family Circus comes to Chandler this week through Jan. 3 at the Chandler Center for the Arts. This intimate show is one ring filled with acrobatics, equestrian showmanship, canine capers, clowning around and lots of audience participation.   "To me, the one-ring circus definitely underscores the word intima...

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The sixth installment of the Windows to the World Lecture Series will feature Ken Albala, speaking on the cultural history of Italian cuisine in the United States. His talk, "Italianità in America," will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St.   The lecture series is sponsored by the Sonoma Community...

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by Carey Sweet   Craving whole roasted Sicilian-style pesce di giorno (fish of the day) and a glass of nice Portuguese wine? Find both at the new Spiga Cucina Italiana, which opened in mid-November at Pinnacle Peak and Miller roads in north Scottsdale.   The Mediterranean-themed, rustic-modern restaurant is the work of Toronto restaur...

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