A meno di un miglio dal centro geografico della City, in un'area una volta occupata solo da strade di terra e caseifici, il quartiere di Eureka Valley rappresenta l'eclettismo di San Francisco con il suo mix di storia, gente amichevole, edifici di architettura anticha e moderna. Fondato originalmente da immigranti irlandesi, tedeschi e scandinavi,...
READ MORENel quadro del Farm Bill, il pacchetto legislativo per il settore agricolo americano, la Camera dei Rappresentanti USA ha approvato oggi a grande maggioranza (343 voti a favore, 81 contro) un emendamento che blocca l'introduzione di un "market order" sulle importazioni di olio d'oliva. E' stata cosi' evitata l'istituzione di una misura che, prevede...
READ MOREThe fourth-annual Taste of Italy, a cultural-gastronomic event to benefit the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA), will take place at the historic museum on Saturday, October 12, 5-10 p.m., in downtown Los Angeles. In collaboration with the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, it will showcase more than 50 of the region's winerie...
READ MOREIn honor of October being Italian Heritage Month, organizers of the Downtown-Go-Around are planning to bring a taste of Italy to the streets of downtown Clarks Summit on Friday, Oct. 11. "We have reached out to many of our favorite Italian restaurants in Clarks Summit and they are working to bring some tastes of Italy to State Street. We are hopin...
READ MOREThe Eatalian experience just got better. La Scuola Di Eataly Chicago opened Wednesday at the Ohio Street Italian food mecca. The school offers 90-minute classes about Italian cooking and techniques, with up to 50 students per class. Hands won't be for cooking in the class, but they'll certainly be for eating as students will be able to sample...
READ MOREPalma Longo can close her eyes and savor the aromas and tastes that she says helped define the Italian-American neighborhoods she grew up in on Endicott's North Side. "You'd walk down the street at Oak Hill Avenue and you'd smell the spiedies cooking outside," she said. "Everyone had a great barber and a garden in the backyard — tomatoes,...
READ MOREBy Patrick Rupinski Debra Rubino discovered Tuscaloosa four years ago when her son came to the University of Alabama. She said she fell in love with the city, but she also discovered that something was missing — a style of cooking with a heavy emphasis on fresh seasonings and fresh produce. It was the type of cooking she knew from living in New Yo...
READ MOREStephen Lanzalotta makes what he calls Sicilian "slab" pizza, bubbly slices of a lofty, rich, but light-textured crust topped with a thin layer of smooth, sweet tomato sauce and channels of gooey cheese. Lanzalotta used to make it at Micucci Grocery until last year, and now he's at Slab, a restaurant he opened earlier this year in the old...
READ MOREBy Sarah Gooding A hearty helping of Italian food and culture was dished up by Miners Hall Museum this fall as the museum featured an exhibit on Italians in Southeast Kansas. Accompanying the display were events celebrating the heritage and food, beginning with antipasto to whet the appetites at the members-only opening in October, continuing wit...
READ MOREby Joanna Fantozzi Get ready for a new Mario Batali restaurant.The menu for Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's upcoming mega 474-seat restaurant inside (and outside) the Maritime Hotel in New York has finally been revealed. The proposed menu was unveiled at a community board meeting. It will include separate breakfast, brunch, lunc...
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