Krista Dossetti

Like so many women before her—let’s say, the Mona Lisa—La Schiava Turca (ca. 1531–1534), or The Turkish Slave, is most famous for an enigmatic quality that begs us to guess at her origin and the source of a coquettish, knowing …

On Wednesday, May 7th, a packed auditorium of 500 attendees gathered at San Francisco’s Jewish Community Center to hear beloved journalist, writer and social critic Beppe Severgnini give a lecture entitled, “Italians and Americans: How We See Each Other.” The …

Rosetta Constantino has something to celebrate.  In just two short months, she will be marking the 10-year anniversary of her Calabrese-inspired cooking classes, Cooking with Rosetta. Prior to our formal interview, I was invited to attend one of Rosetta’s classes …

Marcia Gagliardi knows food.  And San Franciscans know her.  In the past eight years since launching her e-newsletter and website Tablehopper, Gagliardi has been tirelessly working, digging, frontiering—nay, battling—to expose the Bay Area’s best-kept culinary secrets.     But don’t …

If you spend twenty minutes with Italian-American shoe designer Michael Toschi, chances are you’ll come away thinking he’s a megalomaniac. He’s been there, done that, knows absolutely everything there is to know about shoes and all the people who make …

Being an artist is as much a part of Angelina DeAntonis’ genetic coding as her Italian ancestry and the great-grandfather she was named for. In speaking about her youth, the fact that Angelina is a designer—including dying the fabric for …

The Italian Cultural Institute joined in celebrating the 8th annual SF Design Week with a satellite exhibit from the Museo Nazionale della Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI) called Piccolo Utopie, or Small Utopias. Opening night at the Institute, Thursday, June …

If there ever was an honorary Italian, it must be Bay Area author Dianne Hales.  Although the majority of her career has centered on health topics and textbooks, Hales published La Bella Lingua in 2010, a personal memoir encapsulating her 25-year pilgrimage …

On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, award-winning Italian theater actor Massimiliano Finazzer Flory stopped off at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor on his latest American tour to perform his self-directed Gran Serata Futurista—a tribute to thought leaders of the early 20th …

Like many entrepreneurs flocking to Silicon Valley to try their hand at startup success, AdEspresso is one of an astonishing number of local businesses born in Italy. Whether it’s because of the historical relationship between the Bay Area and Italian …