The Basic Rules of Italian Food

Some good thoughts here to keep in mind. Don’t be surprised to see the cheese/seafood thing not hold in Venice–think shellfish risotto with lots of butter and cheese. But yes, don’t ask for parmiggiano to sprinkle on your branzino, please!

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I wanted to write a post about Italian food rules—everything from the when to drink cappuccino to the correct way to eat your spaghetti (I’ll tell you now: no cutting!). However, I’m far from being an authority. So I went to a friend and fellow blogger, Paolo Rigiroli of Disgraces on the Menu, who is a bona fide italiano living in Canada. He had an even better idea.

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Piemonte Fog

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There are great views of the Alps when the fog clears out, but the foggy views have a romance all their own.

Piemonte at Night!

Diano d’Alba from Rodello.  Alba off in the distance.  No better place to be to explore the best of Italy’s food, wine, and most of all hospitality.   Join us here in 2016!


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Venice *is* a Land of Culinary Treasures

Just some of the delights waiting for you in the Veneto.  You’ll often read on sites like TripAdvisor folks complaining about the food in Venice, and invariably it really is just a matter of not knowing where to look for the good stuff and failure to get away from the tourist traps.  Don’t miss out on the culinary experience of a lifetime when you’re there–let us help you get to “the real deal!”

Cannaregio Canal

We usually think of darkness, fog, rain, mist, night as things that conceal and foster mystery.  That calculus is turned on its head in Venice, where night and weather reveal the mystery, the romance rather than obscure them.

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Burano, a Tramonto

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The vaporetto ride back from Burano to Fondmenta Nuove is always a bit wistful–Burano is the sort of place where you want to buy a small house and take up life as a fisherman just so you can wake up there.  But sunsets like this make it a bit easier to accept!

So You Heard There’s No Good Food In Venice?

This plate of mushroom ragu pappardelle begs to differ.  Where to find it?  At one of our “secret spots.”  Join us in Italy this winter or spring, and we promise you a plate of it.

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