Category Archives: Specials

The Big Night! “In love and life, one big night can change everything.”   Just like in the film “Big Night,” the Ricchi’s had the opportunity to serve a dinner that would forever change the trajectory of their lives.  Only after a month of opening their Tuscan restaurant, newly inaugurated President George Herbert Walker BushContinue reading “Food Club: May 31 – June 5”

Leave the gun, take the cannoli! Many Italian-Americans grow up thinking the specialties prepared by their grandmothers are authentically Italian.  Though certainly rooted in recipes from the “old country,” many were changed as immigrants adapted to their new home in America and to the ingredients they could find. “It is the memories and experiences theContinue reading “Food Club: May 24 – 29”

Piemonte, Risotto & Napoleon In their regional cuisines, Italians understand and celebrate their homegrown specialties, much of which are rooted in long traditions.  Piemonte is rich in ingredients ranging from the Alps to the rice paddies of its plains, to the manicured vineyards on the rolling hills of Le Langhe. Our menu this week showcasesContinue reading “Food Club: May 17-22, 2022”

Kicking off Festival Season in the Italian Riviera Italy’s best kept food secret is the “sagra”, a festival organized to show off the typical enogastronomic products of a particular area.  During the second week of May the “Sagra del Pesce” is held in Camogli, a stunning seaside village south of Genova on the Ligurian coast,Continue reading “Food Club: May 10-15”