Giada's Vegas Restaurant Will Serve an 'Italian Dim Sum Brunch' on Carts
With construction chugging along, Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis reveals some vital menu details for her debut restaurant in Las Vegas: Giada will be serving an "Italian dim sum brunch" on carts. De Laurentiis tells Food & Wine's Kate Krader that for brunch "servers roll custom-made carts around the dining room" and that brunch...
Zanardi ticks off another milestone in Ironman Triathlon
Alex Zanardi has mastered his latest big challenge. On Saturday, the former IndyCar and F1 star turned BMW works GT driver successfully contested his first long-distance triathlon in Hawaii. The 47-year-old Italian completed the overall distance of 140.5 miles in a time of 9h47m14s. He was 272nd overall among the 2,187 athletes – fewer than a doze...
Interested in hosting an Italian soccer player this summer?
Top level men's and women's soccer players from all over Italy will come to play with FC Tacoma 253 (formerly AC Seattle), a team comprised of Italian and American players. FC TACOMA 253 will have a men's team participating in the NPSL league and a women's team participating in the WPSL league! AC Seattle women's team won the 2013 Northwest Champi...
Eat Drink And Be Merry IACL Christmas Party
Sunday December 14, 5.30 pmSole Mio - 8657 S Highland Dr, Sandy (Utah) 84093 The Italian American Civic League of Utah is hosting a Christmas Party this year and we would love if you joined us for a night of food, music, friends, & fun. Social starts at 5:30pm with dinner to follow. Menu: Eggplant Parmesan, Fish Balls, ...
Culty Gabagool Italian Food Cart Goes Brick and Mortar in St. Johns
by Mattie John Bamman After crushing Reddit, the Gabagool food cart has been a buzzy underground spot for Italian street food on N Mississippi Avenue, and earlier this year, it shuttered and announced plans to go brick and mortar. Now owner-chef Ryan Sherman tells Eater he's signed a lease at 7911 N Lombard Ave., near Leisure Public House...
Pasta Brioni: Where You're Treated Like Family
I remember the days not so long ago when you could walk into a restaurant and be greeted by name. You'd know at least half the waitstaff, all of which were men, just from the neighborhood. And you'd be served your favorite dish, the one you'd ordered time and time again. This is what it was like for me growing up in South Philly. Italian A...
Owner hopes new Italian restaurant will be first in a franchise
by Oliver LazenbyThe owner of a new Italian restaurant hopes her venture will be the start of a franchise. Mozza, at 410 W. Bakerview Road, opened in late March with a menu that includes pizza, pasta, calzones, chicken wings, breakfast pizza and quesadillas. The restaurant also serves alcohol, including beer from local breweries. Samantha Mac...
The Italian Girl in Algiers: Giving New Life to a 200-Plus-Year-Old Opera
PORTLAND OPERA'S season finale rounds out this week with the end of one opera's run and the continuation of another. Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, a 200-plus-year-old madcap comedy, picks up where Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1879 Eugene Onegin left off with its final Portland Opera performance Tuesday, July 26. Both shows bring fre...
Enjoy National Pizza Month at Trevi Italian Restaurant
Located in the heart of The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, one of the world's premier shopping destinations, Trevi Italian Restaurant serves up authentic and approachable favorites daily for lunch and dinner. For National Pizza Month, Trevi offers a signature pizza every day during lunch for just $10. The special is available from 11 a.m....
Seattle and Perugia Celebrate 20 Years of Sisterhood
The 20th anniversary of sisterhood between Perugia and Seattle occurs this year during the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US. Twenty years ago, Mayor Mario Valentini of Perugia signed the sisterhood pact in Seattle with then Mayor Norman Rice. In celebration of the anniversary, a delegation from Seattle will visit Perugia this summer. Lucky fo...
Your First Look Inside Buddy Valastro's Buddy V's
Here's your first look inside Buddy V's, the first Italian-American restaurant from Cake Boss Buddy Valastro that plans to open Oct. 7 at the Palazzo. Über couple and Valastro partners Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla of Honey Salt fame have been busy working on the final touches inside the 11,000-square-foot space inside the former home of Firs...
An Italian Christmas in Portland
We are lucky. As Italians, we've surely had our chance to be spoiled when it comes to food. Lucky and cursed at the same time, since our standards are so high! This is particularly true as the holidays approach. We often find ourselves fighting at the stove to recreate that particular dish, hunting for a rare ingredient, digging into mom's...