Former thief's new squeeze: Meyer Lemon Ladies

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Published March 14, 2010 at 3:07 a.m.
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I just made my famous Meyer lemon panna cotta: tangy, creamy, studded with bits of lemony goodness. And it took only about three years to whip up. Let me explain. About three years ago in my travels, I tasted a Meyer lemon panna cotta; it was so delicious I ...

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Travel Directory Update

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Published March 13, 2010 at 12:11 a.m.
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Travel Directory Update: here is the latest version of our "Italian Travel Directory' ... Image by Paolo Màrgari via Flickr ... italian audio tours ... italian b&b's italian beaches italian cinema - english language films ... italian city apartments ... italian classical music tickets ... italian economy watch italian events italian experiences italian farmhouses italian food and wine italian gardens italian heritage sites italian language italian learning holidays ... italian news

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Italy's Best Wines: Tasting the Tre Bicchieri 2010

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Published March 6, 2010 at 12:27 a.m.

I pride myself on my broad tastes in wine ... I like wine from everywhere, and don't believe I have a specific bias towards one region or another. However, each year, that claim is shaken a little as I emerge from what is one of the best wine tasting events held in San Francisco, The Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri tasting ... For those unfamiliar with the Gambero Rosso, it is essentially an organization focused on the promotion and evaluation of Italian food and wine. Each year the organization

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Involtini.... Vegetariani

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Published March 1, 2010 at 12:25 a.m.

Involtini are generally meat based, a scallop or braciola wrapped around a filling and cooked. But one can also use vegetables -- either borad leaves or slices of something along the lines of eggplant -- as a base, and wrap them up around a meatless filling. The result is perfect for a light lunch, and also well suited to Lent, if you are observing it. A couple of ideas: ... Involtini Vegetatiani con Biete e Patate ... Leafy vegetables such as Swiss chard are perfectly suited to being rolled up,

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Napa's Best Cabernet: Tasting at Premiere Napa Valley 2010

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 1:14 a.m.
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One of my favorite events each year involves the opportunity to sample some of the best wines that Napa produces in a given vintage ... At Premiere Napa Valley, an auction that serves as the world's most expensive "bake sale" to support the efforts of the non-profit Napa Valley Vintners Association, journalists like me get a chance to sneak a taste of hundreds of unique wines that are purchased by the nation's top wine retailers at staggeringly high prices ... This year, as every year, 200

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NYC Gambero Rosso Tasting: Italian Wines of 2010

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 7:49 a.m.
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Last night I only had about an hour to sample as many wines as I could at the Gambero Rosso Tasting Italian Wines of 2010, so I checked out the table listing and went directly to the ones that caught my eye. All of them were exceptional and I took very brief tasting notes of each ... Grattamacco Bolgheri Rosso Superiore 2006 DOC ... 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot and 10% Sangiovese. Herbal, tar, cherries, smoky ... Lungarotti Torgiano Rosso Vigna Monticchio Riserva 2006

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Dante Rivetti Mara Barbera d'Alba 2007 DOC Piedmont

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.
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From Bricco di Neive in Piemonte, this Barbera is sourced from a single vineyard. Many of the best regional producers like Gaja and Bruno Giacosa often source from this very same hillside ... It's medium-body belies it's fleshy and sexy textures. Aromas of red cherries and plums paired with multi-layered flavors of dried herbs, chocolate. Following the curves into a resinous, brambly, blackberry & raspberry jam, white pepper on the back end and showing soft tannins with very bright acidity ...

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Risotto with Bell Peppers

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Published Feb. 19, 2010 at 5:05 a.m.

Risotto with Bell Peppers: Bell pepper risotto is a specialty from Voghera, a city in the southern side of the Po Valley, between Piacenza and Alessandria. The region is famed for its peppers, which are also very good grilled with bagna caoda ...

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2007 Cornelissen MunJebel 4 Bianco, Etna, Sicily

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 2:18 a.m.
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Many of the world's greatest wines are also the most unlikely ... Unlikely because most sane, rational, educated, and professional winemakers wouldn't be caught dead making wine in some of the strange ways and places that yield the truly exciting ... It takes a strong vision, or as some might suggest, a special breed of insanity to break all the rules of modern winemaking and winegrowing, but those who break such rules often follow their passions across the border without a moment's thought to

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20th Century Masterpieces in Vercelli

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
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Next week, from the 20th February, sees an exhibition representing the third phase of a large project which in the last two years has brought over 80,000 visitors to Vercelli, in eastern Piedmont to see historical masterpieces from the twentieth century.  “Peggy e Solomon R. Guggenheim: Le avanguardie dell’astrazione” ... "There are more than 50 masterpieces exhibited, among which artists including Cezanne, Georges, Seurat, Braque, Matisse, Delaunay, Klee, Calder stand out together with

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