chronicles of italian cooks

TRATTORIA GALLO NERO – a bite of Tuscany in Portland, Oregon

07/07/2015 by Filippo Trapella Leave a Comment

Coming back in Portland to discover the best Italian restaurants,I stop at “Trattoria Gallo Nero” where chatting the owner Davide, eating a dish of pici and cantucci with vin santo, he tells me how he came to open an authentic Tuscan restaurant on the other side of the world.

Trattoria Gallo Nero Italian restaurant Portland Oregon

DANIELLE, BECCA, DAVIDE, RICK, AND NICHOLAS

The Pearl District of Portland; In a few hundred meters is possible meet a plenty variety of the world. However, forget the hectic life of a big city; here we are on the more unknown to mass-tourism West Coast part. We are in Oregon.
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ITALIAN RESTAURANTS: ENZO’S CAFFÈ ITALIANO, Portland, Oregon

09/23/2014 by Filippo Trapella Leave a Comment

In Alberta street in Portland, a great taste traveler a few years ago opened an Italian restaurant specializing in southern cuisine. His name is Enzo and his story is long, varied and flavorful as his signature dish: Italian meat sauce “Ragù alla Barese”.

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ITALIAN RESTAURANTS: PASTA PER CASO, Caye Caulker, Belize

09/18/2014 by Filippo Trapella 3 Comments

A little over a year ago, Caye Caulker, one of the most beautiful islands in Belize, has welcomed a piece of Italy. A small meeting place where you can enjoy pasta, prepared fresh every day, and traditional sauces which are simple and genuine. Armando and Anna run it since 2013 and called it “Pasta per caso” (pasta by chance), to recall the coincidences that brought them from Italy to this little tropical paradise.

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