Tuscany

SFoodie's 50 Favorites: Delfina's Trippa alla Fiorentina

Number 14: Delfina's Trippa alla Fiorentina

SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Trippa alla fiorentina is not a pretty dish. There are no elegant curls of hand-made pasta to photograph. A tuft of baby greens placed on top would only look like a boutonniere pinned to the chest of an orangutan. But ... More >>

Q&A With La Ciccia's Massimiliano Conti, Part 2: On Sardininan Food, and Working With Your Wife

Alanna Hale​Born and raised in the southern part of Sardinia, Massimiliano Conti -- chef-owner of La Ciccia in Noe Valley -- was 14 when started he culinary school and 18 when he joined the Princess Cruise Line to travel the world and meet his future wife. After stints in Tuscany, Chianti, an ... More >>

From Cruise Ship to La Ciccia: Q&A with Chef Massimilian Conti

Alanna Hale​ Calling Massimiliano Conti a spirited, rambling, wine enthusiast and cook is somewhat of an understatement. Max, as he's called for short, is an tireless ambassador for all things Sardinian. As chef-owner of Noe Valley's La Ciccia, which he runs with his wife, Lorella, Max strives ... More >>

Outerlands Benefit Serves Up a Taste of Global Food Chronicler Eric Wolfinger

Eric Wolfinger/Open Kitchen blogChilean longaniza ― touched by the hand of Eric Wolfinger.​Us, we pitch in at dinner parties if the host asks, slicing bread, tossing a salad, even fixing a sauce when it curdles. Eric Wolfinger? He spent six years cooking with strangers in their homes around ... More >>

Cannes crew picked a winner, but the best of the fest wasn't allowed to compete

Eric Wolfinger/Open Kitchen blogChilean longaniza ― touched by the hand of Eric Wolfinger.​Us, we pitch in at dinner parties if the host asks, slicing bread, tossing a salad, even fixing a sauce when it curdles. Eric Wolfinger? He spent six years cooking with strangers in their homes around ... More >>

Wednesday's Tuscan Dinner at Chez Panisse One of 33 Celebrating Slow Food Book

Welcome BooksAlice is all over it, big time.​Zagat Guides and Slow Food have organized 33 nationwide dinners -- collectively called A Slow Taste of Tuscany -- happening Wednesday to celebrate the publication of Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town (Welcome Books, $50) by Douglas Gayeton. The Petaluma a ... More >>

Il Cane Rosso's Lauren Kiino: The SFoodie Interview

Kiino, working the Cane Rosso lunch line.​We confess: We have no clue what the hell environmental geologists do. But if studying to be one means you walk away with an acute understanding of stuff like terroir, and how foods grow, then it was the perfect education for Lauren Kiino. The 37-year- ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Roasted Groupthink

​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. The only white meat: 7x7's Jessica Battilana takes porchetta head on, probing the trend that's made the sliced pork as common a sandwich filling as honey-roasted turkey. Exagerrating. Still, from the Ferry Building to Dogpatch, you can't swing a cat in thi ... More >>

Dish Duel: The Porchetta Sandwich

True porchetta is an event, not a dish. It's one of Tuscany's grand theatrical gestures, a whole pig stuffed with aromatics, spit roasted for hours. Here -- on, like, a Wednesday for the lunch crowd -- it's on a necessarily smaller scale: roast pork, with aromatics like fennel, capers, and garlic. W ... More >>

Starting Tonight, Joey & Eddie's Takes a Weekly Tour through Italy's Regional Dishes

Taste the boot.​We like the family-style Italian fare at the Bronx-styled Joey & Eddie's (1652 Stockton at Filbert) in North Beach. No surprise, really, since we've loved other restaurants launched by co-owner and executive chef Joseph Manzare, especially Globe. Anyway, we just learned that J ... More >>

Hot Meal: Cucina Povera at Incanto

Being a fan of Chris Cosentino's regular menu at Incanto, we were unable to resist the first dinner of his special summer-long Cucina Povera prix-fixe dinner series, a tribute to the poverty-inspired dishes of Italy's various regions, offered Sunday and Monday nights -- especially when we noted the ... More >>

Wine & Beer Events, April 17-26

This week's hot event is Friday's three Louis/Dressner tastings.

Beauty in Trouble

This week's hot event is Friday's three Louis/Dressner tastings.

Very Minor Miracle

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

The Harrowing Life Of A Cowgirl Creamery Cheesemonger

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

Puccini and Pinetti's Touristy Location Trumps Its Cuisine

No matter the run time and budget, Spike Lee's WWII drama is an epic bore.

Flowering in the Mission

Unusual Ligurian dishes and fabulous desserts await the food-obsessed at Farina

Holiday Gift Guide

Unusual Ligurian dishes and fabulous desserts await the food-obsessed at Farina

Reps Etc.

Unusual Ligurian dishes and fabulous desserts await the food-obsessed at Farina

The Grapes of Mirth

Jonathan Nossiter's wine documentary is subversive, funny, and humane

Luxury Gift Box

Jonathan Nossiter's wine documentary is subversive, funny, and humane

Italian With Tears

The forgettable fare at Tonno Rosso feels like nobody cares

Filling the Buca

A young chef moves his six orphaned siblings across the country to be closer to fresh ingredients

Small World

An exceptionally pleasant setting for fresh Indian fare in the ever-evolving Mission

Fear Factors

Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in I'm Not Scared

City of Light

The loveliness of Paris evoked in a Cal-Med restaurant-cum-wine bar

Take a Trip

Rustic Italian dishes and an interesting wine list beguile at the Marina's new A16

La Dolce Vita

Handsome waiters, cheesy Euro disco, tasty gnocchi -- Pazzia takes us back to Tuscany

Tuscan Raider

Diane Lane indulges in Italian pleasures, while ignoring those of the source material

SHOPS

Diane Lane indulges in Italian pleasures, while ignoring those of the source material

Hop on Chop

Acme Chophouse

Love and War

Charles Mee's plays can be funny, but here the humor comes too late

Best Mediterranean Restaurant

42 Degrees

Tuscan Treasures

Caffé Centro

Sunshiney Day

John Flanagan and Nina Gold star in Summertime

Best Place to Eat Duck

La Villa Poppi

Movie Palace

Ana Mandara

Silver Anniversary

Ana Mandara

On the Right Track

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

For Whom the Dinner Bell Tolls

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Variable Star

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Perfection in Waiting

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Thanksgiving Valentine

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Letters

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Unspun

Red Herring Restaurant and Bait Bar

Savor the Day

A world of crepes in Noe Valley

Dish

A world of crepes in Noe Valley