Bravo Brio chef and district partner Lou Sassetti: Four great eats off the Strip
By Lou Sassetti Robin Leach's Note: I am very grateful to all the guest columnists who filled in for me while I was away this summer in Sardinia, Italy and Croatia, then with family in La Jolla, Calif. Thank you all, sincerely.I hope that our readers found the guest columns as interesting, entertaining and diverse as I did. They c...
Il calcio "made in Italy" sbarca a Las Vegas: c'è l'ok della contea di Clark
Portare il calcio a Las Vegas, why not? La scommessa - e non poteva essere altrimenti, nella "capitale" del gioco d'azzardo - sta per diventare realtà: Daniele Fortunato, 31enne ex calciatore cresciuto nelle giovanili della Roma e Gaetano Di Renzo, imprenditore, hanno pensato di creare a Las Vegas una città dello sport con il calcio a giocare un ru...
Northwest Wine Academy guides students from vine to wine
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...
Grimaldi’s pizza menu and atmosphere is pure authentic East Coast in Las Vegas
By Jan HoganGrimaldi's Pizzeria in Boca Park, 750 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 7, boasts East Coast flavorings in its selections. When there's essentially one thing on the menu, it had better be good. Grimaldi's comes through with its Naples-born, thin-crust pizza, which Zagat has honored with Best Pizza awards more than once. The eatery has been a...
Spiga Cucina Italiana opens in Scottsdale
by Carey Sweet Craving whole roasted Sicilian-style pesce di giorno (fish of the day) and a glass of nice Portuguese wine? Find both at the new Spiga Cucina Italiana, which opened in mid-November at Pinnacle Peak and Miller roads in north Scottsdale. The Mediterranean-themed, rustic-modern restaurant is the work of Toronto restaur...
How one man climbed to the top of Seattle’s banking industry with no degree but a lot of grit
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...
Gnocchi Bar Is Ready For People To Pronounce Gnocchi Properly
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...
Tiro a volo, Coppa del mondo Tucson: record del mondo e vittoria per Lodde!
Negli ultimi anni Ozieri, centro del nord Sardegna punto di riferimento nella tradizione sarda per quanto riguarda le arti della musica, della poesia, della letteratura e della lingua, è diventata famosa anche per aver visto crescere Luigi Lodde, fuoriclasse dello skeet mondiale che oggi ha trionfato nella prova di Coppa del mondo di Tucson. ...
Festa Italiana presents cultural feast at Seattle Center
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...
Jimmie Moglia: The Rhinestone Renaissance Boy
by Ken Kane Six Italian-Americans sit around the table, a barbecue just completed. Now it's time to chat and drink a little. Seated are an engineer, a Shakespearean scholar, an inventor, an online historian, an expert on reading and memory, a cruise ship crooner- and his five friends. Jimmie Moglia talks, in his usual lilting, sel...
Italian Club at the Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
By Gina Fabbro What do you think of when you think about opera? Do you imagine serious, dramatic, sometimes over-the-top stories, filled with love, betrayal, and sometimes death? (I'm looking at you, Tosca !) While this may be true for the majority of operas, it definitely does not apply to the Marriage of Figaro. On May 11th...
Living History: Italian immigrant became Utah’s pasta king
After working in the mines of Pennsylvania, Colorado and Mercur, Utah, at the turn of the century, Italian immigrant Antonio Ferro opened a small market at 562 W. 200 South in Salt Lake City, married his sweetheart, Giovannina Calfa, and found his true calling. In 1906, the young entrepreneur managed — owned and incorporated — the Western...