1st CAROL FIELD AWARD FOR ITALIAN CULTURE AND CUISINE
The Italian Consulate General and the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, with the Accademia della Cucina Bay Area Chapter, will present this year, in a private ceremony, a special award to Larry Mindel, Founder of Il Fornaio, for his commitment to bring the best of Italian food to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Carol Field, who passed away in 2017, is considered to be the most important book and TV show editor in the West Coast on the subject of Italian cuisine. She was also the first person to introduce the tradition of making Italian bread to this region of the US.