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The airy, light-filled tasting room at the Northwest Wine Academy would feel right at home in any of Seattle's swankier neighborhoods. Designed with a distinctly northwest aesthetic, the walls are partially lined with beautiful reclaimed redwood and the tasting counter is faced with scores of basalt rocks brought back from eastern Washington. Large...

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by Jacob Demmitt   Anthony DiBlasi knows he's a bit of an anomaly. He occupies one of the top positions in Seattle's banking industry, and he doesn't have a college degree. DiBlasi's been the president of Bank of America's Seattle and Washington State markets since 2013. He got to that point in his career because, early on, his lif...

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Lisa Nakamura's presence in the Pacific Northwest restaurant scene has taken her through downtown Seattle, Kirkland, Orcas Island, and now, with the opening of her Gnocchi Bar to Capitol Hill. Ever since her Allium on Orcas Island closed a few years ago, she's been working on bringing her gnocchi to Seattle. With the recent opening of Gnocchi Bar o...

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by Madeline Mckenzie   Festa Italiana performances, food, a grape stomp, a bocce tournament, beer and wine gardens and classic Italian vehicle show will help celebrate and explore cultural roots of Italy and Italian-Americans in the Northwest this weekend at Seattle Center. The popular festival, in its 27th year, offers free activities for...

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By Providence Cicero At 17, Brian Clevenger was making 50 gallons of corn chowder a day in his first cooking gig as a prep cook at Flounder Bay Cafe in his hometown of Anacortes. Then came culinary school (the Art Institute of Seattle), a stint in the south of France and jobs at San Francisco's Delfina and most recently, Ethan Stowell's Staple &am...

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“L’unione fa la forza”, is an Italian saying for “Strength in unity”, and it was the motto that Magda Codognotto, the director of “Nuovo Centro Italiano”, had in mind in 2013 when she was planning the development of an Italian language youth program called “Io imparo l’italiano”.   Magda designed the program to teach Italian to children livi...

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by Kerry-Lynne Demarinis Brown   If you are Italian, there is a very good chance you know the story of San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples. A man of unwavering Christian faith, he was known for his generosity, especially to the needy. The Romans beheaded him in the fourth century. His mourners wrapped the bishop's body and severed h...

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Festa Italiana invites you to participate to the Mariners Italian Heritage Night Come on out to Safeco Field & cheer on the Mariners when they host the Huston Astros, Saturday June 20th. The tickets are discounted. There is a free t-shirt.   Sit with your fellow Italian-American friends & family$2.00 of each ticket sold be...

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Friday, September 18, 11 AM, Festa Italiana Luncheon at the Seattle Yacht ClubThis year, the Annual Festa Italiana Luncheon sponsored by the Italian Club, will once again be at the Seattle Yacht Club on Portage Bay. The Luncheon will open at 11 AM with welcome-aboard cocktails and will finish at 1:30 PM.   The Yacht Club offers us a beautifu...

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Parte dagli Stati Uniti il primo tour internazionale 2014 del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Una settimana di appuntamenti e di degustazioni in varie città degli Usa per far conoscere a esperti, opinion leader e operatori del settore le ultime annate in commercio (il Nobile 2011 e la Riserva 2010), le stesse presentate di recente nell'Anteprima del...

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