SMALL BITES THE REGIONAL APPEAL OF ITALY.Byline: - Larry Lipson Celebrating Italian Week(s) in Los Angeles from June 1-14 are several Italian restaurants where the regions of Lazio, Campania, Toscana and Veneto are being honored by the cooking of special dishes. Lazio fare will be emphasized at Alto Palato in West Hollywood, Trilussa in Beverly Hills and at two L.A. dineries, La Piazza and Piccolino Trattoria trat·to·ri·a n. pl. trat·to·ri·as or trat·to·ri·e An informal restaurant or tavern serving simple Italian dishes. [Italian, from trattore, host, from trattare . The food of Campania will be prepared at Il Grano in West L.A., Antica Pizzeria in Marina del Rey, Locanda del Lago in Santa Monica and Marino on Melrose Avenue. Tuscan dishes can be found at Ristorante Massimo and Enoteca Drago in Beverly Hills, Drago Ristorante in Santa Monica and Toscana in Brentwood. Venetian recipes will abound at Locanda Veneta, Il Moro and Ca'Brea in L.A. and at Francoli in Newport Beach. For more detailed information on Italian Week, call the Italian Government Cultural Office at (310) 443-3250. PLESE FEED THE ANIMALS: Got $625 to give for a ticket to a good cause? The Greater Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. Association's Beastly beast·ly adj. beast·li·er, beast·li·est 1. Of or resembling a beast; bestial. 2. Very disagreeable; unpleasant. adv. Chiefly British To an extreme degree; very. Ball is an elite food and fun bash June 19 at the L.A. Zoo in Griffith Park featuring the wares of Ca' del Sole in North Hollywood, Saddle Peak Lodge in Calabasas, Cinnabar cinnabar (sĭn`əbär), mineral, the sulfide of mercury, HgS. Deep red in color, it is used as a pigment (see vermilion), but principally it is a source of the metal mercury. and Crocodile Cafe in Glendale and several more restaurants including nine from Pasadena, Typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. in Santa Monica and La Poubelle in Hollywood. Tickets and information: (323) 644-4708. MORE LOW-CARBERS: Even Norm's, the quintessential California coffee shop, is on the low-carb bandwagon. Norm's, with 17 locations in Southern California including one in Van Nuys, is offering numerous low-carb dishes, from a seven-carb bunless double cheeseburger to a 15-carb lemon pepper New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of steak on a bed of mushrooms. Information: www.normsrestaurants.com NIBBLES & SIPS: Wines of France (Louis Jadot 2002 Pouilly-Fuisse), Spain (Ramon Bilbao 1999 tempranillo), Italy (Biondi Santi 2000 sassoalloro) and Hungary (a sparkling Royal Tokaji 1996 dessert wine), with appropriate foods, will be poured at Eric's, 495 N. Ventu Park Road, Thousand Oaks, at a European wine dinner June 18. Cost is $69 per person. Reservations: (805) 716-4100. ... A five-course, six-wine dinner at Mistral Mis·tral , Frédéric 1830-1914. French writer and leader in the revival of Provençal as a literary language. He shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for literature. mis·tral n. , 13422 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, June 14 will showcase French-accented food with wines of Chile and Argentina. Cost is $85 per person. Reservations: (818) 981-6650. |
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