Why An Italian Restaurant In Texas Celebrates Passover

Why An Italian Restaurant In Texas Celebrates Passover

At L'Oca D'Oro, an Italian restaurant in Austin, Texas, guests can partake in an unusual, yet ... [+] traditional seder for Passover. Adam Orman and Fiore Tedesco are a couple of friends who, despite hailing from very different Northeast upbringings, found common ground in their love for family, traditions, music and food. Tedesco's fascination with food began rolling meatballs with his Italian grandmother in her kitchen at age three, moving up to making fresh cheeses and sausages at his uncle's deli in upstate New York. The time spent in his family's kitchens provided as much inspiration and backdrop to his career as anything else. He trained under the tutelage of Michael Anthony at Gramercy Tavern, Carlo Mirachi at Roberta's, and Aaron Franklin at Franklin's BBQ in Austin, Texas. His traveling restaurant, The Brooklyn Laundry, debuted in 2007 and was featured in W magazine and the New York Daily News. Orman grew up in a traditional Jewish family in Pennsylvania. His restaurant career began as a server in 1998 at the Cafe at Rockefeller Center where he learned the basics of serving and clearing. While in New York, he served at An American Place and then began his managing career at