The Best Italian & Italian-American Recipes on the Internet
Lidia Bastianich inspires me. She’s been a mentor for a long time. I have 6 of her cookbooks and I read them often. Lidia’s Italy has been a PBS blockbuster cooking show for years. I’ve watched them all but my absolute favorite is the one …
Quite a week for the Village. Two great Chronicle restaurant reviews and USA Today named a North Beach pizzeria the best in the country. North Beach is on fire! Gigi’s Sotto Mare on Green is one of the last remaining traditional Italian-American restaurants. Gigi’s first …
A fan reminded me that zucchini is overflowing the garden, so how about two Friday Recipes to cook this prolific summer vegetable. Gagootz is an Italian-American word for zucchini. It derives from the name of an Italian squash cucuzza.
Restoration Begins on the Mural
The restoration of North Beach muralist Vranas’ Song of Pulcinella is like working a jigsaw puzzle. Watch as a group of neighbors and artists struggle to put the severely damaged mural back together again.