An Italian Menu For The Week

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 5:26 a.m.

Rome was blanketed in snow today, for the first time in many years, and much of Southern Italy has gotten dusted as well. Continuing with weather, Isoradio, the highway network's radio station, says that much of Emilia Romagna is snowy too, and if the southern half of the Pianura Padana is getting socked in it's a fair bet that the northern half (in particular Milano and Torino) are also getting it. In short, we're in the grips of winter. And when it's like this, one needs dishes that will keep

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Il Canto di Fondo Antico Nero D'Avola 2006 Sicilia IGT

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Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 7:39 a.m.
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Attended Vino 2010 (Italian Wine Week) here in NYC last week and had the chance to meet many new friends and experience new Italian wines ... This lively and engaging Nero D'Avola from Il Canto di Fondo Antico, Sicilia is vinified in Stainless steel and aged in French oak barriques for 14 months and six months in bottle ... Wafting with ripe cherries, then morphing into floral aromas, and violets, then a bit of prune, contrasting with exotic flavors of white pepper, green peppers, red licorice

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Turin Rowing Regatta

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 4:45 a.m.
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“D’inverno sul Po” ... The Società Canottieri Esperia-Torino continues ... its traditional International long distance rowing regatta ... “D’inverno sul Po” next weekend. The regatta has been running since 1982 and is open to men, women, ... boys and girls ... The ... regatta take place on the Po river, between the hills and the historical city centre. The race distance is 6000 meters, starting from Moncalieri ... Island and finishing in front of the Società Canottieri

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Celebrating an Artisan Cidermaker

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Published Feb. 4, 2010 at 9:31 p.m.
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by Ben Watson, Chairman, Slow Food USA Biodiversity Committee ... Terrence Maloney (1940-2010) ... A few days ago I received the sad news of the death of Terry Maloney, 70, of Colrain, Massachusetts. Terry died suddenly at home on January 29, ironically enough as the result of an accident that occurred while he was filtering a batch of his West County Cider ... Terry and his wife Judith began making cider more than 25 years ago, after they moved from California to western Massachusetts. In

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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Risotto al Vino...

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Published Feb. 3, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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Risotto al vino, made with red wine, is common throughout northern Italy, and rightly so, because it is tasty. However, it's not particularly elegant ... It's simply wine red. In short, fit for a family meal, but not the sort of elegant dish one might want to serve company. But, one can jazz it up ... The night before the presentation of the 2006 Amarone, the folks at Verona's Antico Caffé Dante (Behind Piazza delle Erbe) served us a red wine risotto made with Amarone, garnishing it with

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Italian minister bites back after Guardian critic slates the McItaly

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 5:42 a.m.

Blog by Matthew Fort calling burger 'devilish' prompts angry response from Luca Zaia to 'Stalinist' food writer ... When Matthew Fort, Guardian food writer and lifelong lover of all things Italian, heard that the country's agriculture minister had endorsed McDonald's new McItaly burger, his gorge began to rise ... So incensed was Fort by Luca Zaia's comments about how the burgers would impart "an imprint of Italian flavours to our youngsters" that he wrote an irate column on the Guardian's Word

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Roast Beef with Taleggio

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 5:39 a.m.

Roast beef and cheese is an old, old concept. And Taleggio? Taleggio is a creamy cheese with a white skin that originally came from the Val Taleggio, in the Alps above Bergamo (it is now made using the same techniques in Piemonte, Lombardia and the Veneto). The cheeses are square, about 2 inches (5 cm) thick and 12 by 12 in size, and one generally discards the rind; what is inside is delicately flavored and creamy. If one had to substitute, one might use a firm Brie. But I like Taleggio better

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Reflections of Aosta

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Published Jan. 28, 2010 at 11:20 a.m.
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Aosta Must Do - Top 10 Tips: ... 1) View the triumphal Arco di Augusto, built in 35 BC, the symbol of Aosta ... 2) Marvel at the four thousand seat Teatro Romano begun in the 1st century AD ... 3) See the La Cattedrale di Aosta with its ivory diptych dating from 40 AD ... 4) Walk through the Porta Praetoria, a double gate with three arches flanked by two towers ... 5) Nearby is the Torre dei Signori di Quart, a 12th century tower house ... 6) Check out the Roman Amphitheater which once

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Garagiste Winemakers of Chile: Introducing MOVI

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Published Jan. 24, 2010 at 2:37 a.m.
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If I were Hugh Johnson or Jancis Robinson, I could clear my throat and begin my story with a distinguished pronouncement about how I've watched several wine regions around the globe evolve from their infancy to later stages of maturity ... But I lack the perspective of someone who's been a professional observer of the industry for decades ... While I may not be able to tell you how, exactly, I do know that wine regions evolve over the course of their history, and that Chile finds itself in a

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The Advantages Of Working From Home...

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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 2:08 a.m.

Thanks to the marvels of telecommuting, a great many people, especially in the US, now work from home. One of the nicest things about working from home is that it gives one the opportunity to cook. Not elaborate dishes that take lots of time, but simple things, for example stews that can be gotten together quickly, set to simmering, and checked every now and again (a step that gives one the opportunity to leave one's desk for a few minutes every hour, something it is important to do). Some

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