Dinner with Canalicchio di Sopra

Traditional-style Brunello producer Francesco Ripaccioli, of the small, very fine estate Canalicchio di Sopra, will spend the evening with us Thursday, February 25. A number of his wines will be available by-the-glass and in flights, and Francesco himself will be available to discuss…

Fèlsina Olive Oil Tasting

Caterina Mazzocolin will be in town next week for Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri and will stop by Oliveto on Tuesday night to share some of Fèlsina’s olive oils from the 2009 harvest. A complimentary tasting of three different oil varieties (Leccino 2009, Moraiolo 2009, and Plurivarietale 2009) will be offered with dinner. Also, the menu will include…

Menu for Whole Hog Dinners 2010

Fried pork trotter with ancient Roman oenogarum

Terrina of pork ears with horseradish, celery heart, and frisée

Warm antipasto of pork tongue, artichokes, and black truffles

Sardinian pork tripe braised with saffron and mint; aged provolone
and Red Flint corn polenta

Spiedino of pork liver, Meyer lemon, crostini,
and pancetta with garlic-hazelnut butter

Pork kidneys sauté trifolati

Bruschetta of pork belly rillettes and Firebrand rye bread
with avocado and pickled carrots…

Thank You East Bay Community!

Saturday was a big success. $17,297 was raised for Haiti earthquake survivors. Seventeen-thousand-two-hundred-and-ninety-seven dollars! Wow. Thank you to everyone who came out & showed their support & gave so generously. A special thanks to Adelmise Warner for organizing the event & getting us involved. If you were not able to make it to the fundraiser on Saturday, please consider…

Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser

This coming Saturday, Oliveto will be hosting a benefit in partnership with the Bay Area Red Cross to raise funds for survivors of the recent earthquake in Haiti. A number of people have come forward to generously offer their time and donate goods & services, that we’ve already been moved by the outpouring & the event hasn’t even happened yet! That is to say, we’ve got some excellent prizes lined up for the silent auction, and some smaller, but also excellent prizes lined up for the raffle including:…

Dinner with Bruno de Conciliis

Working in the relatively uncharted Cilento zone on the Campania coast, Bruno de Conciliis is one of the most admired and innovative winemakers in Campania. An avid jazz lover, De Conciliis experiments, improvises, and has fun. Yet, he is deeply philosophical about understanding his role as a winemaker, and is truly committed to finding balance through natural wine making. Oliveto Chef Paul Canales will prepare delectable Campanian-inspired courses to match six De Conciliis wines, including…

Whole Hog 2010 is Under Way

In preparation for Oliveto’s Whole Hog Dinners sauerkraut is fermenting, prosciutto is curing, and orders are being placed. Chef Canales has already made some of the menu available including…

New Year’s Eve 2009

New Year’s Eve is a favorite time at Oliveto. The menu is spectacular, the atmosphere is celebratory, lively music is played, and when the mood strikes…there is dancing. This year will be no exception. In fact, the menu is shaping up to be even more tricked out than usual, now that Chef Canales has set his sights on a meal celebrating the wintry, soul satisfying cuisine of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. We’ll have Chef Canales’s full menu…

Getting Seasonal

Truffles, done. Thanksgiving, done. Post-Thanksgiving-tryptophan-induced-stupor, done.
We are now ready to stop goofing around get seriously SEASONAL. And what’s more seasonal then chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Well, how about hot mulled cider? Because we’ve got that too!
Our expert chestnut roaster, Sarah will be in front of Oliveto roasting chestnuts though…

Oliveto Polenta Dinners 2009

We frequently get the request to repeat a special dinner we offered in 2006 to celebrate polenta. Just last month, we harvested Trentino Red Flint corn grown here in California, which definitely merits a whole new polenta celebration.

Polenta is a meal meant to be eaten communally. Traditionally, corn porridge was…