Stromboli maintains its reputation at Four Kegs
By Heidi Knapp Rinella Throughout my career, one truism has been ... well ... true: If you want to know where to get a good sandwich, ask the guys in Sports. Are they the truckers of the journalism world? No, but they do work mostly unconventional hours, have a continual need to get meals on the fly and tend to be tuned into the community. &...
Italian Food & Language: An Enchanting Combination
by Tonya Russo Hamilton "Italians say that someone who acquires a new language 'possesses' it. In my case, Italian possesses me. With Italian racing like blood through my veins, I do indeed see with different eyes, hear with different ears, and drink in the world with all my senses." These words spoken by Dianne Hales, in her book...
Tutta Bella wheels out new pizza truck, new pastas, and limited-time Calabrese fig pizza
It's big news when one of Seattle's most family-friendly pizzerias--and our pick for one of the best kid-friendly happy hours in town--introduces a new member of its own family: D'Asporto, its first mobile pizza truck. Tutta Bella's retrofitted shipping container is outfitted with an Acunto wood-fired oven straight from Napoli, Italy. In Neapolitan...
Buca di Beppo Now Has a Home at Bally's
Wondering just where Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant will go in at Bally's Las Vegas? Look no further than the resort's Sidewalk Cafe and Tequila Bar, both sitting near the Strip-facing entrance that will lead guests to the Grand Bazaar Shops. A tipster reveals that employees at both restaurants were warned that they would close on Feb. 2...
Donato Enoteca To Host Enoteca 100 Grand Italian Wine and Food Tasting Celebration in Redwood City
December 5, 2015. Saturday 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Donato Enoteca - 1041 Middlefield Rd - Redwood City, California 94063 Donato Enoteca will host on Saturday, December 5, the Enoteca 100 Grand Italian Wine and Food Tasting Celebration from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., with a VIP preview beginning at noon. The tasting will feature 100+ wines...
New restaurant to open at Village at Meridian this month
by James Patrick Kelly Bodovino is opening a second Treasure Valley location on Saturday, Aug. 27, and the food menu will be noticeably larger than its wine-bar concept at 404 S. 8th St. in Boise. The new Bodovino Ristorante will be in Fountain Square at The Village at Meridian, situated in the former Cacicia's Cucinas Old World Sicil...
Young scientists grow: an award for two 20 yro Italians
Two 20 years old Italian scientists, Massimo Cappelletto and Davide Zilli who just one year ago got their diploma at the ISIS "Arturo Malignani" Institute of Udine, reached the second award in the category Energy and Transportation at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the most famous scientific award for high school students fro...
"The White Shirt" Spotlights Italian Designer Gianfranco Ferré at Phoenix Art Museum
By Becky Bartkowski "I use the same approach to clothes as I did when I designed buildings," the late Gianfranco Ferré once said. "It is basic geometry: You take a flat form and revolve it in space." This hyper-technical, detail-oriented approach the Italian architect turned designer employed is evident in Phoenix Art Museum's prese...
Rita's Italian Ice Announces 15 Available Opportunities in Nevada
Rita's Italian Ice continues to expand across the western U.S. by selling 15 new retail locations across Nevada. Amiracle Empire, LLC., has been named as the area developer for Churchill, Clark, Elko, Esmeralda, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye, Pershing, and White Pine counties, while being previously named this year as the area dev...
True Tuscan Flavors at SE Division’s New Pinolo Gelateria
By Karen Brooks While other food businesses are scrambling for media coverage, Sandro Paolini is too busy actually crafting his goods to field a phone interview about his new gelateria: "I can't talk. I must go. The gelato is making!!" Click. Never has getting hung up on felt more inspired. Here's the deal. The day before, I had r...
Oregon Bach Festival 2014 concludes with Verdi 'operatic' Requiem
Last October's 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth unleashed a flurry of performances of the Verdi Requiem that hasn't subsided. This most operatic of Requiems concludes the 2014 Oregon Bach Festival Sunday in Eugene. What makes this performance especially tantalizing is its young but proven solo quartet: soprano Tamara Wilson, mezzo-sopran...
Benefit Car & Truck Show in West Haven Sunday
The West Haven Italian American Civic Association will host its second annual Car & Truck Show to benefit Fisher House for military families Sunday at 85 Chase Lane. The event, co-hosted by Blood Sweat and Gears Car Club, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there's a donation of $10 per show car. There will be goodie bags, dash pl...