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The Many Faces of Food and Beverage Article by CH2 Magazine | Sept 2018 Amanda Russ Cifaldi Pomodori Italian Eatery Years in F&B: 6.5 Describe one of your earliest food memories. I remember very distinctly walking through my mother’s garden and picking green beans with her for that night’s dinner. My mother was a business executive with a master’s degree, and still she found time to grow our food and prepare it fresh. It still amazes me to this day, probably even more so now that I have a family and business of my own when I think of the [...]

Eat it and like it SHOW | Pomodori | Only on WSAV-TV A TON OF GREAT ITALIAN RESTAURANTS in the Savannah/Hilton Head area. From celebrity chefs to mom and pops. Enjoy!

Article  by Lynnie Leavenworth | Pink Magazine MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A CHEF in the 1950s for a high school in Ohio of 2,000 people,” said Amanda Russ, owner and chef of Pomodori, her Italian eatery on Hilton Head Island. “This is when they really made the food from scratch. They weren’t opening cans. They were boiling the pasta, they were making the sauces, rolling the meatballs. It was almost as though Russ’s first generation, Italian-American Grandma Cappy (derived from her last name Capuzello) knew she was turning Russ toward her destiny when she infused her granddaughter’s soul with the [...]

Article by Becca Edwards | Photography by Anne | CH2 Magazine  WHEN I FIRST HEARD AMANDA RUSS SING, it wasn’t at her popular Italian restaurant Pomodori. It was at Porter and Pig, and she was performing with her brother/best friend Ben as Finkle and Einhorn With tattoos that read like vintage lace sleeves on her olive skin, dark brown curls arranged in every which way and tapping black boots she belted, “Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and wouldn’t you love to love her?” Everyone fell in syncopation with the rhythm, the words and, of course, her. Russ [...]

Article by Hilary Kraus | Photography by Christian Lee | Pink Magazine | October 2016  THE STORY SPREAD AS FAST AS KUDZU'S INVASION INTO THE SOUTHEAST. From the salons to the saloons, and places in between, locals were talking about Amanda Russ, the owner of Pomodori Italian Eatery on Hilton Head Island, who jumped into a lagoon and wrestled the dog she’s been caring for this past year from the jaws of an alligator. Here’s the truth, out of the mouth of Amanda: She didn’t jump into a lagoon to save her silver-haired Labrador retriever named Blu, while the dog [...]

Bravo, ladies, bravo. Our area is brimming with smart, talented women, who are taking the lead in business or starting their own. Name: Amanda Russ Business Name: Pomodori Italian in Eatery Area of Expertise: Professional Ninja Article excerpt from Ch2 Magazine | August 2015 In my 34 years, I have worn many hats, put on many uniforms, and fit into many molds. From making sandwiches at Subway to puppeteering through the Midwest to producing racing academies for Mercedes AMG, I have tried my hand at many careers, and enjoyed all that they have to offer. But it wasn’t until I [...]

CHEF AMANDA shows how she makes her Malanzan Napoleone on WHHI TV ... Delicious! RESTAURANT SHOW | Pomodori: Melanzane Napoleone | 1-15-2015 | Only on WHHI-TV