Oregano Italian Kitchen
Oregano Italian Kitchen is a high-quality Italian restaurant featuring the culinary stylings of Chad Pritchard, a classically trained French chef with background in both Italian and Asian cuisine. Pritchard and his wife, Kimber, co-own the restaurant, and previously owned and ran Chef’s Table in Orem. According to their website, their ultimate goa...
One of the Best New Italian Restaurants in Phoenix is Hidden in the Biltmore Neighborhood
At certain times of the day, the Esplanade — the mixed-used development near 24th Street and Camelback Road — can feel eerily desolate. The complex has been known to turn into a ghost town after business hours, and its sprawling, boxy design, anchored by soaring office towers, lends a gloomy air of impenetrability. From the street, it’s difficult t...
Portland Italian Festival, Portland Haute Couture
Not Little Italy, but Big Italy, Portland’s Italian Festival swinging in the biggest living room in Oregon, Pioneer Square. Food, beer, and music mix to show the city in the best light possible, like an Italian chandelier.Is it fun? Educational? Mesmerizing? All of that along with beautiful Italian women in haute couture. By the way, everyone’s Ita...
Caruccio’s Culinary Event Center Celebrates Grand Opening Sept. 14
Founder and owner Lisa Caruccio invites the public to the ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration for Caruccio’s, a new culinary event center with a demonstration kitchen and filming capabilities on Mercer Island, Sept. 14 from 4 to 8 p.m. Caruccio’s is poised to be the region’s go-to place for wine and film events, televised cooking...
Quartiere Will Open in the Old Riazzi’s Space in Tempe
Tempe residents and lovers of a classic were saddened to learn that Riazzi’s Italian Garden, a Tempe Italian joint open for decades, will simmer red sauce no more. The restaurant has closed for good. But following a renovation of the former Riazzi's space, a new Italian eatery called Quartiere is scheduled to open later this fall. Quartiere is an I...
Gelato Festival is Coming from Tuscany to America!
When you visit amazing cultural cities like Florence and Rome, there is a central theme displayed on almost every corner… real, authentic Italian gelato. Today, gelato shops have started popping up all across the United States but artisanal Italian gelato is still widely unknown in the U.S. compared to countries in Europe. Now, Gelato Festival is c...
Portland Once Had a Thriving Little Italy - What the Hell Happened?
Where's all the good Italian in Portland? This is the question every New Yorker asks when they arrive here—every Chicagoan, every Bostonian or San Diegan, people from cities with a Little Italy that still matters. But we have nowhere to send them. Portland has no neighborhood centered on Italian culture and food, and few Italian spots with tradit...
Pompeii comes to life at OMSI
The new featured exhibition at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) highlights Pompeii, an ancient Roman city near modern Naples, in Italy. Having opened this summer, POMPEII: THE EXHIBITION has been giving visitors the opportunity to explore scenes from the city as it was in 79 A.D., experience the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a unique...
La storia di Helene, infermiera abruzzese, eroina di Pearl Harbor
C’era anche lei a Pearl Harbor, la tragica mattina del 7 dicembre 1941, sotto all’inferno di fuoco generato dagli aerei giapponesi: Helene Grazioso, infermiera di origine abruzzese. Era inquadrata nel “Corpo delle infermiere dell’esercito degli Stati Uniti” (United States Army Nurse Corps) e da diverso tempo prestava servizio presso le isole Hawaii...
Little Italy Ristorante features authentic cuisine
From the outside, Little Italy Ristorante looks like just another restaurant, but step through the doors and you are immediately transported to a quaint corner restaurant in Italy. Violet Pedraza co-owns and operates the restaurant with Peter Cimino, a Sicilian living in Henderson, Nevada and Adam Talbert, who lives in Illinois. Cimino and Talbert...
Roma Imports finds its sweet spot in homestyle Italian cooking
We might be 6,000 miles from Italy, but with Roma Imports around the corner, the distance doesn’t feel as far. What originally started as a wholesale marketplace has blossomed into a grocery store, catering business, deli, and restaurant. Owner Lilian Spieth was born in Calcutta and moved to Israel as a teenager. While on vacation in Scotland,...
Take Away Tonight: Pizza and Cannoli from Defalco's Italian Deli in Scottsdale
There is something downright restorative and celebratory about a pizza dinner. It's casual, comforting, and feels like a break from workday routines. Add to that feeling the near euphoria of a well-made cannoli, and you've got yourself a humble, but oh-so-indulgent feast. The family-owned Defalco's Italian Deli makes pizza in a stone-fire oven for...