Italy In SF

At the local COOP store, a cooperative grocery store very common in Emilia Romagna with stores all over Italy, you can see a selection on affettati (cold cuts) and salumi…

Please count: on the bottom shelf there are 5 types of prosciutto cotto (ham) and a mortadella, on the one above there are 10 different types [...]

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During my layover in Munich this past weekend I walked into the Fabriano store in the terminal. I found there a book called Italianismi (that I obviously can’t find anywhere else) about the cornerstones of an Italian upbringing, being it the traditional “T” of the Tabacchi store (the official outlet of tobacco products, also the [...]

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I didn’t come up with this idea. It’s a shameful admission, but I have been lured into a zabaione hunt by a friend, a mentor and a fellow twitterer- we all have to thank Rachel for this brilliant idea! So, on a warm San Francisco evening, Rachel and I joined forces and set the power [...]

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Could this be the best pizza in San Francisco? I don’t particularly like absolutes- especially when it comes to food!! Personal taste has so much to do with it, although high quality ingredients and care in preparation go a long way into making all sort of different palates agree. Pizza Nostra seems to be a [...]

Filed under: Pizzerie, San Francisco | 6 Comments »

I have been writing Italy in SF for a little bit over a year now, and I have been blessed to find along the way some amazing, passionate food bloggers along the way. The internet is a crazy place, filled with all sort of content, and finding the information you want to read becomes harder [...]

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