Is Giada at the Cromwell going after Giada’s Italian Cucina in Anthem?
By Robin Leach A Wicked Whisper & Racy Rumor to start the week: Are lawyers for celebrity chef Giada de Laurentiis and Caesars Entertainment, which owns the Cromwell where her new restaurant Giada is located, flexing their muscles and legal briefs over rival Giada's Italian Cucina in Henderson? I'm hearing solid rumors that's the cas...
Gayle’s Italian Market opens in downtown Salem
I grew up in what I think is a typical Italian-American family, with big feasts on Sundays and holidays. My uncle owned and operated Gabrielle Macaroni, a company that made a variety of pastas with machinery he imported from Italy. He sold his pastas to several Italian specialty markets and restaurants. Going to the Italian market as a chi...
Big John Croce, pillar of Seattle food, Italian communities dies at 91
by Tricia Romano In Seattle's Italian-American community, everyone knew John Croce. "Big John," as he was called, was the founder and owner of Pacific Food Importers and Big John's P.F.I., the popular wholesale store and its sister retail outlet on Sixth Avenue in Sodo. Mr. Croce died Aug. 23 at Swedish Cherry Hill. He was 91. His...
All (Italian) American
Growing up, I had a friend with dark hair and espresso-colored eyes whose skin turned a deep shade of copper in the sun. Her brother was flame-haired, fair-skinned and freckled. (Yes, I'm positive he wasn't adopted.) While they both shared the same roots of an Irish father and a Native American mother, their characteristics couldn't have been more...
Ernest Loves Agnes Brings Simple but Superlative Italian Food to Capitol Hill
By Nicole Sprinkle It's not easy stepping into the footprint of a long-running, beloved restaurant and bar like Kingfish Café, the soul-food mecca on north Capitol Hill that closed last winter—partly because of the neighborhood's increasing rents, according to the former owners, twin sisters Leslie and Laurie Coaston. But Ernest L...
Piero's Italian Cuisine serves up 1,350 Thanksgiving meals to families in need
by Kelsey Thomas Imagine serving more than a thousand turkey dinners in just a few hours. The family that owns Piero's Italian Cuisine did just that to make sure families in need got a Thanksgiving dinner to remember. Volunteers served up more than 300 pounds of turkey and 250 pounds of potatoes. It's all part of a tradition that's be...
Pizzeria 22 Owner Bringing Quadrato to West Seattle
by Julien Perry West Seattle Blog gets the scoop on a new pizzeria called Quadrato coming to The Junction, possibly as early as August. Owner Cary Kemp, who opened Pizzeria 22 two years ago in the Admiral district (behind Yen Wor Village) tells WSB: The place is very small and will have counter-style seating with about 10 bar sto...
Valter Nassi In Salt Lake City Secures Coveted Ospitalità Italiana Certification
by Mauro Battocchi Valter Nassi is the proud proprietor of Valter's Osteria in Salt Lake City which recently achieved Ospitalitá Italiana's prestigious certification as one of its "Italian Restaurants around the World." Valter has been in the restaurant business for more than forty years and established his first restaurant in Salt Lake Ci...
Columbus Day: Name change is an attempt to delete a part of U.S. history
Declaring Indigenous Peoples' Day on the same date as Columbus Day is an attempt to delete a part of U.S. history ["'Basta!' Italian Americans to fight Seattle's Columbus Day slight," Local News, Oct. 9]. European exploration of the Americas led to subjugation of New World natives and African slaves. It wasn't pretty. But it's also the rea...
Meet Italian-Born Gold Mosaic Elephant Pam, Football Fan and Social Media Star
Florida-based Trend Group, the world's leading producers of glass mosaic, gold mosaic and Venetian enamel and its sister company Granite Transformations sponsored the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Tailgate at the University of Phoenix by displaying Pam, a magnificent life-size gold mosaic elephant in front of the Stadium. &nb...
Vivere Veneto & 15th & 15th Tavern
By Ted Scheffler One of the most exciting new restaurants to hit town in a while has opened in the space that was previously home to Forage. It's called Veneto Ristorante Italiano (370 E. 900 South, 801-359-0708,VenetoSLC.com)—named for the northern Italy region that owner Marco Stevanoni hails from. Stevanoni and his wife Amy are committ...
For Authentic Italian Recipes, Cook With Grazia, Founder of the Italian School of Portland
by Mauro Battocchi I want to call your attention to a fantastic Italian chef and food writer in Portland, who not only excels at the art of cooking itself, but also at promoting the Italian cuisine through new media. Grazia Solazzi grew up in Northern Italy (Asola) and learned cooking directly from her family members, who donned the dinner...