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‘Something in the Middle’ said in Italian
‘Something in the Middle’ best, if loosely, translates the Italian word ’Tramezzini’. Back in 1995, two people were in Venice one November. There were late autumn high tides each morning until gone 11h00 – Acgua Alta – and they’d each only visited that magical … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Con Bitter', 'Ombra', Aperol Spritz, Bacari, Croque Monsieur, Enoteca, Fegato alla Veneziana, Harry's Bar, Polpette, Prosecco, Rialto Market, Tramezzini, Tre Archi, Venice, White Bread
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There’s ‘Pesto’ and there’s ‘Salsa’
Back in Genoa for the shortest 24 hour pit-stop, I fitted in so much stuff. I was there mostly to talk tuna – posh, top end tuna c/o of my local interpreter and fixer, friend and architect, Sheila Opezzi. This is tuna which we’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Aubergine, Basil, Best Pasta, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Cicchetti, DOP, Fish, Harry's Bar, Ligurian, Pigeoneau, Real Italy, Salad, Terroir, The Food Business
Tagged Aperol Spritz, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Borlotti Beans, Carloforte, Ciccheti, DOP Basilico alla Genovese, Ersatz Pesto, Farinata, Genoa, Gustiamo, Liguria, Lord Byron, Mercata Orientale, Pesto Rossi 1947, Prosecco, Ristorante Il Genovese, Sotto Rippo, Via Galata, Via XX Septembre
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Cicchetti with Mozart, Utopia and Friendship
If history writes right, pity that first barman down in Seville who is famously recorded to have placed a slice of bread over a customer’s glass of wine on the marble-topped bar to keep out the flies – and with that, tapas … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Aubergine, Basil, Blue Collar Gastronomy, Bread, Cicchetti, Memories, Real Italy, Venice
Tagged Aperol Spritz, Caffe Florian, Caffe Quaddri, Carrara, Cicchetti, Euphonia Works, Farinata, Gennaro's Delicatessen, Genoa, Italian Food Express at Gennaro's, Lardo di Collanata, Mostarda di Cremona, Mozart, Ombra Bacari, Polenta, Provolone Picante, Rincons, Seville, Stradivarius, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Tapas
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