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The Italians brought an amazing gastronomic culture to the States but where is all the Italian wine? As it happens, there is actually a number of vineyards dedicated to Italian wines, but due to the popularity of French wines like Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, we never hear about them.   Let's take stock of the Italo-American wines and...

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The 147th Italian Heritage Parade entertained crowds on Sunday as it wound through the streets of Fisherman's Wharf and North Beach. More than 90 units—the most ever—were featured as part of the city's oldest civic event, which was established in 1868.   Marching bands, floats, vintage cars, equestrians and more entertained an estimated 150,...

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By Laurie Lucas It was only a matter of time before the man of many restaurants, Gary Romano, alighted in downtown Riverside.Except for his namesake Italian joint in downtown Redlands, Romano's six other eating places are in Riverside: one in Mission Grove and the other five in Canyon Crest, although his pizza place, Canyon Crust, is temporarily c...

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The Italian American Lawyers Association and California Women Lawyers will each hold a meeting next month featuring advice on how to land a judgeship.IALA's meeting is slated for May 15 dinner and will be held at Casa Italiana, 1051 N. Broadway, just north of Chinatown. The cocktail hour will start at 6 p.m., with dinner and the program following.T...

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di Roberto Natalini   L'esperienza di un importante chef italiano e il talento emergente di due giovani apprendisti chef si sono uniti per due settimane, collaborando in cucina nel ristorante Colosseo, al centro del quartiere italiano di North Beach. Andrea Fortuni e Gaia Mancini sono due studenti al terzo anno dell'Istituto Professiona...

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Italians were some of the first European explorers and settlers in California. Religious work and the search for new fishing grounds were initial reasons for Italians to explore what later became the thirty-first state, but their reasons for staying, expanded after arriving in California.   Though we often associate Italians in California wi...

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Bellucci Premium, producer of quality olive oil, responds to the recent passing of a bill in California that will establish an olive oil commission. According to an article published on September 10th by The Olive Oil Times titled "Bill to Create California Olive Oil Commission Clears Senate," the bill will allow California to establish a comm...

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In order to facilitate the access to consular services by Italian citizens and Italian-American citizens living in areas far away from Los Angeles, the Consulate General of Italy is organizing a meeting in Santa Barbara in collaboration with COM.IT.ES, the Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara, the Italian-American Boot Club and UNI...

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Date: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 - Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (814 Montgomery Street, San Francisco). Organized by: IIC, EV Group.   EV Group & Salvatore Visone present: Cyop & Kaf - Rudders Adrift – Taranto: A year in the city. Words and images from the civilization of steel. A trip down memory lane and a loo...

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From theatre and cinema to figurative arts: at this point of his career, Max Papeschi, the Italian artist with the first institutional solo exhibition in the United States, achieved an immediate success among both the critics and the public thanks to his eclectic knowledge of all these worlds.   Indeed, born as theatre and cinema author and...

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