Mantuano

Bolívar's family belonged to the Spanish nobility, and in Venezuela was counted in the group called Mantuano, or noble.

Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Guillermo A. Sherwell

Bolivar's family belonged to the Spanish nobility, and in Venezuela was counted in the group called Mantuano, or noble.

Simon Bolivar the Liberator Sherwell, Guillermo A 1921

"If we put the same dish on a plate as Columbus did, it wouldn't be as interesting," Mr. Mantuano says.

Ye Olde Menu: Dormouse, Anyone? Alina Dizik 2011

Sally Ryan for The Wall Street Journal Chef Tony Mantuano, of Chicago restaurant Spiaggia, slices prosciutto during a class about historic recipes from Liguria, Italy, that date from the era of Christopher Columbus.

Ye Olde Menu: Dormouse, Anyone? Alina Dizik 2011

Add two-thirds cup grated Parmesan and a quarter-cup olive oil, stirring until the pesto is smooth and creamy. — chefs Tony Mantuano and Sarah Grueneberg, Spiaggia in Chicago

Goodbye Basil, 2010

Last Saturday, Tony Mantuano chef and partner at Chicago's Spiaggia restaurant, prepared a $125 five-course, Columbus Day-themed menu inspired by Renaissance dishes from Italy's Liguria region.

Ye Olde Menu: Dormouse, Anyone? Alina Dizik 2011

Virgil [Puplio Vergilio Maroni Mantuano] "To Publius Virgio Maro of Mantua, for making famous the origins of the Romans in heroic verses, and for the divinity of his poetry of Empire, Federico dedicated this to his sublime madness."

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

At Spiaggia, Chicagos finest Italian restaurant, chef Tony Mantuano offered Terrina de Fagato Grasso Vegetariano vegetarian foie-gras terrine, a bright yellow combination of garbanzo beans, caramelized onions, vin santo and butter, accompanied by sliced figs slices and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

At Spiaggia, Chicagos finest Italian restaurant, chef Tony Mantuano offered Terrina de Fagato Grasso Vegetariano vegetarian foie-gras terrine, a bright yellow combination of garbanzo beans, caramelized onions, vin santo and butter, accompanied by sliced figs slices and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

And of course the element that cannot miss from the wardrobe of any self respecting Venezuelan: the heavy jacket in a tropical country, harking to the Mantuano past!

The politics of cultural ridicule in Venezuela 2005