When chefs Rikki Giambruno and Abraham Gessesse met, there was an unspoken shared sensibility, one rooted in great pasta and family bonds. "I love the saying, a fisherman recognizes another fisherman, ...

Hyacinth, a new Italian restaurant on St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, is one of the hottest reservations in town. Here chef/owner Rikki Giambruno dishes on how he got his start, food philosophy, love for ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — The James Beard Semi-Finalists were recently announced with a record number of Minnesota chefs making the list. Abraham Gessesse of Hyacinth restaurant in St. Paul is nominated for ...

The former Golden Fig space on Grand Avenue will become an Italian-Mediterranean restaurant by summer. Golden Fig Fine Foods moved a into a larger, adjacent space a few months ago. Rikki Giambruno, a ...

The flood of openings that hit — and transformed — the Saintly City's dining scene during the past 12 months was almost too great to measure. But here goes. These two projects weren't the only ...