Tag Archive for 'oakland'

Making the Season Bright

Vocal Rush, from the Oakland School for the Arts stopped by the Oliveto kitchen last night. They are raising money to get to the International High School A Cappella Championship competition in Portland, later in January. Find them at facebook.com/osa-vocal-rush

Add to that the fact that we are roasting chestnuts & serving…

Late Winter Update from Brookside Farm

Last Saturday’s cold snap in the Bay Area affected Brookside Farm in a completely unexpected way. For the past couple of years, we’ve been ordering our tomato seedlings exclusively from Kassenhoff Growers, located in Oakland. The owner/operators have been our friends for many years, and…

We’re not done yet…

The 2010 Truffle Dinners officially ended on Saturday, November 2o. But due to the bounty of truffles this year, we’ll continue to offer a Black Truffle pizza on the Oliveto Cafe dinner menu for the next two weeks…

Dinner to Celebrate My Calabria – Nov. 4

A special dinner prepared by Chef Paul Canales in celebration of Rosetta Costantino’s beautiful new cookbook, My Calabria.
Rosetta and Paul initially met when both of their children were attending the same school here in Oakland. After learning about…

This Weekend

Aged Grass-fed beef, wild fennel pollen, and superior Chianti Classicos…sounds like a good weekend…

Announcing Oceanic Dinners 2010

9th Annual Oceanic Dinners at Oliveto: June 9-12 “At a time when many of us worry about what sort of fish we should be eating, one Californian reader kindly sent me the exemplary menu from a special seafood dinner held at Oliveto restaurant in Oakland. It’s a fine example of a restaurant taking …

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…

This Just In – Saltimbocca

Our own wild boar prosciutto has been hanging for 18 months and it is absolutely stunning. Meanwhile, Mac Magruder’s rib-eye veal has been aging in the meat locker for the past few weeks. Add a little bit of sage, and we’ve got saltimbocca (Italian: jumps in the mouth) – on the menu starting tonight and into the weekend. Also, Chef Paul Canales just got back from Chinatown where…

Bill Fujimoto Talks Peaches & Monterey Market at the Temescal Market

Our favorite roving produce expert, Bill Fujimoto, visited the Temescal Farmers’ Market last Sunday to check out what the height of summer has to offer. With all the peaches on display, it was a perfect opportunity to get the skinny on how to pick the perfect peach, which has everything to do with background color and branch marks….

Mr. Espresso

We’ve updated our profile of Mr. Espresso to include a short video of the coffee bean roasting process as it happens at their warehouse in Oakland…