Dining - Nov. 19, 2009
Rehearsal dinner proves Urbieta is ready for Beard
Last night, I experienced the second of two rehearsal dinners at Ristorante Bartolotta that Chef Juan Urbieta and his team -- which included the creme de la creme of kitchen staff from the Bartolotta restaurants -- used to perfect the menu they'll serve at the James Beard House in New York's Greenwich Village on Dec. 1.
Tags: Ristorante Bartolotta, James Beard House, Juan Urbieta, Andrew Ruiz, Drew Baker, Zach Baker

Dining - Jan. 9, 2009
Chef profile: Ristorante Bartolotta's Zachary Baker
Foodies around town know the Bartolotta name, of course, and Bartolotta chefs like Adam Siegel and Juan Urbieta are also pretty high profile in Milwaukee. But as anyone knows, it takes a village -- or at least a crack staff -- to make a restaurant like Wauwatosa's Ristorante Bartolotta hum on a daily basis. So, when we met the tall and outgoing Zak Baker recently at the Ristorante, we decided that you ought to know him, too.
Tags: Zak Baker, Ristorante Bartolotta, Juan Urbieta, Joe Bartolotta, Adam Siegel, La Reve, Joel Matthews, Andrew Ruiz, Bacchus, Chipotle, El Senioral, Cafe Coquette, Sanford, Lake Park Bistro, Maxie's, French Laundry Cookbook, Castello delle Regine, La Quercia