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...
READ MOREby 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...
READ MORELisa 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...
READ MOREby 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...
READ MOREby Gale Hemmann Specialty pizzas with house-made sauce and crust. Calzones stuffed with your favorite toppings. Fresh salads and hot sandwiches. If this sounds tasty, you'll definitely want to stop by Gepetto's Italian Restaurant in Montesano. Restaurants may come and go over the years, but Gepetto's Italian Restaurant is a Montesano inst...
READ MOREBy 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...
READ MORE“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...
READ MOREby Mark Klass One day each November, Auburn's Main Street shapeshifts into a sea of military might, a mile-long parade honoring veterans of all stripes, a spirited 2½-hour march bursting with music, flags, salutes, tears and applause. For those veterans who come unprepared, the experience can be overwhelming. Over the years,...
READ MOREby 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...
READ MOREFesta 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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