LA Festa della Donna Saturday March 8th

Festa della Donna

Saturday March 8th, Los Angeles, CA

4-8pm

outdoors at a private residence, precise location will be emailed to ticket holders

$69 food & entry

$99 all in with the vino

We’re back! With what’s turning out to be an annual Festa della Donna celebration. 

Olivia of Little Hat will be slinging her specialties outdoors at a private residence in LA. We’re starting the party off with an abundant grazing table of various antipasti, and continuing on with a three course passed meal of Italian street food favorites. Emilia of Cittavino & Co. will make sure wine is flowing throughout, with recommended pairings for each dish as well as a tasting table so you can revisit any wine as many times as you’d like. The cherry on top of the evening will be the Venetian Hour, when the grazing table transforms into a decadent display of desserts, featuring the sweet specialities of local Los Angeles Chef Queens: Domenica Dinette, Leena Culhane, Breakwater Bakery, & Le Zette. 

Menu

Olivia's Grazing Table

Marinated Gigante Beans, Baccala Mantecato, Marinated Artichokes, Giardinera Pickled Vege, Anchovy + Burrata Crostini, Calabrian Chili Chips and Coppa Tower, Eggplant and Labneh dips, Chicory Salad, Lupa Cotta Foccaccia

suggested pairings: La Gazzetta Vino Bianco (Bolsena, Lazio), Berucci Rosato (Piglio, Lazio)

Passed Bites

Fritto Misto (fried shrimpies, calamari, tiny fish)

suggested pairings: Terah Wine Co. Vermentino (Clements Hills, CA), Marilena Barbera Rosato (Menfi, Sicily)

Saffron Rigatoni with Confit Sungold Tomatoes and Caramelized Onion

suggested pairings: Terah Wine Co. Falanghina Skin Contact (Clarksburg, CA), La Villana Fuori Bianco Skin Contact (Bolsena, Lazio)

Porchetta Arrosticini 

suggested pairing: Terah Wine Co. Barbera (Amador, CA)

Venetian Hour Dolci: Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake, Trecolore Almond Cookies, Almond Butter Cups, Hazelnut Cake, Affogato Station with Le Zette sheep's milk frozen yogurt

Venetian Hour collaborators

Breakwater Bakery is a small, locally owned business specializing in made-to-order cakes. Owned and operated by Abby Sisk out of her home in Venice Beach, each dessert is custom-made with your occasion in mind.

Leena Culhane is the founder and creative director of Crudo e Nudo. She has worked in restaurants for the last decade in FOH and BOH positions while developing creative projects of all kinds, including opening three restaurants in as many years between 2021-2024. She believes good design is hospitality and loves creating warm spaces for residential and commercial projects alike.

Sera Domenica is an LA-based chef who is passionate about creating community around food. After working in fine dining restaurants in Washington, DC and LA, she is now focused on bringing high quality food with fresh local ingredients to both intimate dinner tables and community driven events in LA. Domenica Dinette pulls inspiration from Sera’s Greek and Italian heritage, working to make food reflective of the Mediterranean and Aegean parts of her identity. Domenica Dinette is rooted in the belief that gathering around food is a powerful and beautiful act that can nurture a deeper sense of connection and community. 

Le Zette is a sheep's milk yogurt brand bringing all natural yogurt goods to LA! We make the yogurt by hand in a LA kitchen, then concoct it into a creamy labneh, refreshing ranch and flavor-punch frozen yogurt. Our sheep’s milk yogurt is gut-friendly (A2 dairy, lower lactose than cow’s milk), highly nutritional (high in protein & micro-nutrients) and better for the earth (our suppliers are a small-batch, regenerative farm!). And our products are all-natural (with no preservatives or chemical additives!) and made in small batches with love.

Wine Spotlight

Terah Wine Co. Terah Bajjalieh is a winemaker and consultant from California. A native Californian with Palestinian roots, Terah refined her unique style and found her love of wine by way of food and from her travels across the globe. She started her professional career in the hospitality industry studying at the International Culinary Institute in California. She then spent time working in wine bars, a Michelin-starred restaurant, wine education, and consulting in the Bay Area. Terah ambitiously immersed herself into the international world of wine, studying Enology and Viticulture in both Spain and France. She has completed 13 harvests in five countries: Meursault (France); Barossa Valley (Australia); Marlborough (New Zealand); Mendoza (Argentina); Sierra Foothills (U.S.); Sonoma (U.S.); Napa Valley (U.S.); The Willamette Valley (U.S.).

In addition to Terah’s wines, we’re popping bottles of Marilena Barbera’s Sicilian wines from the area of Alcamo and Maria Ernesta Berucci from the Lazio (Rome) area.

all wines are minimal intervention (our preferred term for 'natural') and will be a mix of white, rose', and red!