The Amador Vintners Association is proud to announce the return of the Barbera Festival, now in its 10th year, to the historic Terra d’Oro winery September 9, 2023. Festival goers can taste Barbera wines from over 50 wineries across California in this beautiful outdoor setting nestled in the Sierra foothills. Along with the grand tasting, festival...

Che Fico has been a special pizza, pasta and house charcuterie haven in a city that’s silly with the best in the nation in each of those categories. But despite our plethora of world-class pizza and pasta in San Francisco, chef David Nayfeld has a unique take unmatched in SF — or anywhere, for that matter. Yet the style is so very San Francisco. Th...

Picture it. As the story goes, Ferruccio Lamborghini, who had been manufacturing excellent tractors since 1948, had bought a Ferrari about which he made complaints. His response from Enzo Ferrari came across as an insult when he said, “Why don’t you stick to tractors, and I’ll stick to cars.” Apparently Lamborghini replied, “I can do this as well,”...

The Leonardo da Vinci Society and the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF) Bay Area Chapter are seeking applications for the Leonardo Award 2023. This award was established in 2019 on the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death to recognize the outstanding contributions of Italian/Italian American early career...

A restaurant in the Santa Monica residential neighborhood that imports ingredients and infrastructure from Europe to give its diners the best experience of Italian gastronomy. Italian food is renowned the world over for its fusion of flavours, the land of pizza, Neapolitan sauce and spaghetti mesmerizing locals and strangers alike with its culinary...

For 100 years Our Lady of the Rosary has served as a beacon of hope to her members of Faith.  She has served as the center of a neighborhood to celebrate faith, family, community and traditions.  This August we celebrate the community and the Church that saved and re-built Little Italy.   Join us for a community Triduum that culminates with an even...

San Francisco is getting a new hotel restaurant inspired by seafood-filled summers on the Italian Riviera. Corzetti, named for a thin, coin-shaped pasta born on the Ligurian coast, will open in August inside the Hotel G at 386 Geary St. in Union Square. It will be the first hotel restaurant from Back of the House, a restaurant group that operates 3...

Life’s lemons are best when serving as inspiration for a 2,000-square-foot Amalfi Coast, art deco-themed restaurant plopped in the middle of La Mesa. You know the owner Alberto Morreale for his fleet of San Diego properties (The Seventh House, Smokey & The Brisket, Farmers Bottega, Farmer’s Table), now he’s gearing up to open his first Italian join...

Grape stomping. A Roman encampment. Food and wine booths. And a children’s fun zone. The Italian Family Festa, now in its 41st year, returns to History Park in San Jose this weekend with live entertainment, culinary demos, arts and crafts vendors, and a new Italia Cultural and Culinary Pavilion. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, with...

Taste of Italy, Southern California’s Premiere Italian Food and Wine Event, returns to downtown Los Angeles on September 23rd. The event offers the best in food, wine, music and Italian culture and benefitts the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles with is a 501(c) 3 charitable organizationThis year’s event will feature celebrity guest host, Mari...