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Biba Restaurant
Biba
Caggiano is an award-winning cookbook author, and this is her restaurant. Made from only the
freshest ingredients, every meal is carefully fashioned to excite the senses. Authentic
Italian regional recipes fill the menu and the refined but friendly ambiance will make you
feel instantly at home.
Biba was born and raised in Italy's gastronomical capital, Bologna. She grew up cooking the
food of her native Emilia- Romagna region. In 1960 she moved to New York, the hometown of her
American-born husband, Vincent. There Biba found a job at a major Italian bank, Banca
Nazionale del Lavoro, where she stayed until the arrival of her first child. During those
first years of living in New York City, she made an effort to recreate the everyday meals that
her mother used to make, striving to make food an integral part of her new family life.
In 1969, the family moved to Sacramento, California, where her husband joined a medical
practice. At that time Sacramento was a pleasant laid-back city, however it lacked restaurant
diversity, especially those serving quality Italian food. Thus, if Biba wanted authentic
Italian food she had to make it herself.
2801 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816, Tel: 916-455-2422
