Pizza & History
Gianni walks you through the heart of North Beach, and feeds you some authentic Italian-style pizza.
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Gianni’s First Live Demo – Success!
On Saturday, we did our first live cooking demonstration with 12 folks in my small apartment. Strangers were brought together by the allure of The Village and its Italian food, braving the rainy day to reach the top of The Hill: A couple from San …
Scranton, PA Does North Beach Italian
I’ll do The Scranton Times Tribune a huge favor and refrain from telling any Dunder Mifflin jokes in this post. It’s the least I can do, since this article they ran explains how the fabulous one-pot alternative to the traditional Christmas Eve 7-fish meal that …
Village Holiday with Gianni
I’m organizing my first live cooking event, and it’s pretty special. It’s by limited RSVP, so if you’re gonna be in San Francisco on Saturday, December 18th, get your request into us early. Here’s the event page. Buy Best Cisco 300-085 Practice Test CCNP Collaboration …
Sunday Gravy
Hand-crushed tomatoes, and meats galore. The traditional, long-cooked pasta sauce from Campania.
Gorgonzola, Prosciutto and Pear Pizza
A surprising combination of flavors merge in this great white pizza recipe.
Italian Dried Pasta
Some sauces call for a fresh pasta and some for a dried pasta. Most dried pasta is a durum wheat or semolina pasta. The best is from Italy.
Menu: Italian-American Thanksgiving Dinner
Updated for 2011: Turkey, stuffing and gravy recipe. I’m first generation Italian-American. Most of my friends were second generation and were more Americanized than my family. In my early years we celebrated this American holiday Thanksgiving but the meal was really Italian. As my …
Linguine with Dungeness Crab in a Spicy Tomato Sauce
Photo by Miles Grant I was in NYC when Dungeness crab season opened last week, and couldn’t get them out of my mind. The reports were that the harvest was bountiful and the crab were big and meaty. I couldn’t wait to get back home. …
Ciuti 2010 First Cold Pressed Sicilian EVOO Has Arrived
We’ve been waiting for weeks for this year’s press to arrive. Word came that the olive oil, from trees in the foothills near Agrigento, was finally put on a boat in Sicily. It arrived in LA a couple of weeks later. I was there when …
Porchetta, Cipollini en Agrodolce, Truffle Roasted Potatoes
A fresh herb and garlic stuffing, crispy crust from a hot oven… Heaven!
Menu: Il Pranzo
This is the menu for a recent lunch I prepared for about a dozen work colleagues, evenly divided between Bay Area and NYC residents. I wanted this meal to feature the best of slow food in the Bay Area for our NY guests, so I …
The Genesis of Gianni’s North Beach
You’ll notice some similarities between this video and the show’s format.
Pizza Margherita
Simple, fresh ingredients are the starting-point for a great Neapolitan-style pizza.
Caffe Pascucci: Bastard Caffe
In Italia, you never see a menu in a traditional caffe. You can ask the barista for an espresso, macchiato, cappuccino or latte.