Venice’s Bad Karma On Saturday morning, I learned what a macchiatone (“big spotted one”) is: it’s basically a caffé macchiato (coffee “spotted” with steamed milk), with a bit more milk – so, somewhere between a macchiato and a cappuccino, served in a cappuccino cup. I had it with a delicious little torta di riso (rice… Continue reading High Water (Not Hell) in Venice, part 6
Category: Italian food
Trattoria Al Passo, Venice – Only Fish!
While we were all in Venice, Jeet’s friend and Andrew’s colleague, Umberto, wanted to take us to his favorite restaurant in the nearby village of Campalto. The restaurant’s card says Solo Pesce (only fish), and that’s all we had – lots of very, very good fish, most of it local and extremely fresh. Umberto and… Continue reading Trattoria Al Passo, Venice – Only Fish!
San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni: Arrival
I was one of a lucky group of people to win a dinner offered by San-Lorenzo.com as part of its marketing initiative Il Vino Lo Portiamo Noi (“we’ll bring the wine”). So what if the dinner took place halfway across Italy in le Marche? The Symposium Quattro Stagioni is one of Italy’s top restaurants, and… Continue reading San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni: Arrival
San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni – After
We sat around for a while and drank more wine (Alessandro, Enrica, and Ernesto shown above), and played with a new gadget that my boss Fabrizio invented (Carlo came up with the wine glass trick). I had brought along prototypes to give everybody, as a market test to see how they liked it. They loved… Continue reading San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni – After
San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni – Dessert
Alessio and Enrico The dessert was also amazingly complicated and took a lot of time to prepare (the staff certainly earn their keep here!). The woman above filled little glasses with a coconut sorbet-and-liqueur. Lacy chocolate cups were filled with ice cream (I wasn’t quite sure of the flavor), and then warm little chocolate muffins… Continue reading San Lorenzo Dinner at the Symposium Quattro Stagioni – Dessert