The 60 cooks working out of 2 kitchens have noticed changes as well. There have been technical improvements and more making things from scratch. Cooks participate in tastings and have had a hand in creating new items. They are trained in the nuances of each food station where they frequently rotate.
Voltaggio told us he had brought along some equipment from his restaurant ink, thinking he would need them, but Universal had some tools that even he didn't. He was extremely impressed by all that they had. Those close enough to the action each got a small taste of each dish.
Don't get me wrong. I had very high hopes for my recent Idaho visit. I have cousins there and have visited several times. I think it's some of the prettiest cou...
Roero, located in the north-west of Italy, sits in its famed Piemonte province. Recently friends gathered at my home to taste wines from Demarie at this conveni...
Don't we all want to experience the good life, and not just occasionally? A recent addition to the Temecula restaurant scene, La Bella Vita Italian Restaurant a...
When the folks at the Temecula Convention and Visitors bureau scheduled this year's media day, they hit the jackpot with the weather. The sun was shining and hi...
Family was his school, he says, and his earliest memories of developing a love for cooking was at about the age of five. Each September all the women in the family would gather in the back yard with 60 to 100 cases of tomatoes and make Pomodoro sauce for the year, while his uncles made the flame and sterilized the bottles.
Last year, two weeks prior to the New Orleans Food & Wine Experience, I slipped and fell at home rupturing my left quadriceps. Nothing was going to stop me ...
When he first arrived at Leoness two years ago there was "nothing here" he said, just a kitchen and the basics. There was hardly any budget. He had broken his ankle and spent the first four months in the kitchen on crutches.
From the first sniff there was no mistaking this was a Pinot. Strawberries and flowers dominated the nose. This was another very well balanced wine that just plain loves food.
