Italian-American cuisine

dinner or for any other times that you feel like adding some Mediterranean vibes into your day. I'll keep it simple yet elegant. Today, I'm cooking not just a regular everyday dinner, but an Italian-inspired "Mangia" style dinner. I have to say, it was the first time for me to decorate a table aka Italian way, but I totally loved it. Starting with the easy and delicious appetizers and finishing with a light and sophisticated dessert, I made sure, no details…

Facility Overview Established in 1998 and originally conceived by famous Food Network Chef Michael Chiarello, Tomatina, is a modern restaurant that specializes in a wide variety of high quality Italian cuisine by emphasizing on fresh ingredients. Tomatina is a private company categorized under Restaurant, Family: Chain. It currently has five locations in the San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, established in 2004, Dublin in 2006, San Rafael in 2010, Santa Clara in 2000, and Walnut Creek in 2001.…

1. Field Notes The scene was a restaurant on a Sunday afternoon. The lighting was bright with sunlight coming through the windows. Italian themed music playing softly over the speakers. Three people at the hostess station, one man and two women. Many families present and coming from church. Servers busily rushing. Varied ethnic groups present. One family with three generations present. Another couple with a young baby in a carrier. Another couple with two boys, one that looked…

event at a restaurant are all things we enjoy doing. If you love Italian food, visit Olive Garden once. It is the most exquisite place to eat and is the finest restaurant in town with its excellent customer service, soothing environment, mouthwatering food, and hygiene. The food quality and variety is the most important thing in choosing a restaurant. Olive Garden delivers a great selection of delicious food and gives genuine Italian dining experience to its guest. If you like to try new dishes,…

In the beginning there... was… pizza. Biblical references aside pizza is truly a piece of both foreign and ancient art we, as English speakers, call “food”. To obtain even the most primary of ingredients you except you any person speaks the word pizza, a vast array of events must of occurred. I am talking about food items like tomatoes, which are normally used in the sauce in pizza, cheese, the overall topping used to cover the pizza itself and the flat bread, the very basis of all pizza. The…

Picture this, that it is dinner time with your family and they all want pizza but you want chinese. As a result it would give more people a pleasure to be getting pizza even though it may give you displeasure. Simply because would produce the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people, therefore you get pizza for dinner. This is a simple application of Jeremy Bentham's the greatest happiness principle. Basically the greatest happiness principle is the idea that you should do actions…

Marjane Satrapi is both the author and the main character of her graphic novel, Persepolis. Through the novel she describes her own growing up experiences and her perspectives, both as a child and an adult. Marjane’s perspective affects the way some of the more mature topics are presented such as Imperialism, Nationalism, and treatment of social classes.This photo demonstrates Imperialism because the pizza is like the smaller countries or civilizations, and the people grabbing the pizza are the…

temperature for about 40 minutes.  THE PERFECT TOPPING When it comes to toppings, there are no rules. You can add everything you want and push the boundaries of what goes on top of your pizza. Just try to balance textures and flavors. For example, sweet Italian sausage might pair well with fresh red onions, chili peppers, and high-quality mozzarella. Sun-dried tomatoes with arugula, and delicate Fontina cheese is both delicious and healthy. Win-win!  A FEW MORE NEED-TO-KNOW TRICKS To remove…

minding the hefty price tags you splurge on shoes, bags and heaven knows, what else you can buy with that devilish credit card. Hmmm.… Okey, I’ll make it a little personal how about dining alone and ordering your favorite Carbonara in your favorite Italian Restaurant . Savoring every bit of the ingredient, you never did that don’t you? In fact, you prefer eating with a company of friends and you can’t stop talking about an ex-boyfriend, his dark secrets and criticizing his new girlfriend who…

Though all the deep dish pies were tremendous with their glazed brown crust and sauce smoothly layered on top, the meat lovers pizza was my favorite. The comely toppings exploded into the air and you could taste each one with every bite. The spicy Italian sausage had juice squeeze out between your…