Right Now, The ONLY Pizza I Want
Apr 11, 12 
Pizza so good and fluffy, I want to bury my face into it and breathe in deeply. Kick-ass-good Crack Pie, too.
read moreThe Pasta & Pizza I Dream About Right Now
Feb 14, 12 
Drool-worthy Italian food hiding in plain sight.A day devoted to errands and depriving me of sustenance has me ravenous by evening. Life has its way with the restaurant I originally have my sights on so I end up at La Dolce Vita (LDV, from now on in). It catches my eye because of its billboard proclaiming their bistecca alla...
read moreWhen Eating With A Good Friend, Order Two of Everything (A Short Story)
Sep 21, 10 ![When Eating With A Good Friend, Order Two of Everything (A Short Story)]()
A good friend will do anything for you. Except share her dessert.Two friends, Maude and Juno, are doing lunch, a favorite activity for women getting together. Today, the restaurant is bustling — surprising, given the weekday lunch hour and the distance from any main business district. Given the absence of a maître d’,...
read moreLust, Love, and Lardo
Jul 12, 10 ![Lust, Love, and Lardo]()
It’s not stretching the truth to say that this restaurant could very well survive on these two outstanding dishes.Whenever people tell me about Spasso, the Italian tapas restaurant located in a rather obscure location, the word lardo is never far behind. Sounding more like a fond nickname for a man of heft, lardo is referred...
read moreA Little Cucina Italiana
Apr 16, 09 ![A Little Cucina Italiana]()
At its basic level, this la cucina italiana offers up familiar dishes where what you know is what’s offered.The proprietor of Spiga d’Oro is Steve Ang whose fervor for Italian cooking belies his very young age. A graduate of the Center for Asian Culinary Studies (CACS), he set up his place on sheer grit and gumption....
read moreCelebrate Di’Mark’s 50th Anniversary with a FREE Dessert!
Mar 27, 07 ![Celebrate Di’Mark’s 50th Anniversary with a FREE Dessert!]()
Di’Mark’s, the Philippines’ pizza pioneer, turns 50 on April 1, 2007. That’s a long time to be around and that’s a lot of pizzas! Di’Mark’s started out as a mom ‘n’ pop operation way back in 1957 by enterprising couple, Arturo and Lita Fernandez, who decided to introduce the...
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