Photo from Il Flauto Magico
“La cucina piccola fal la casa grande (A small kitchen makes the house big)”. Old Italian expression.
Mozart in the Langhe
Month: May 2017
The King of Wines and the Wine of Kings
The Castle at Serralunga d’Alba (image courtesy of VisitItaly.com)
“Water is necessary to live, but wine expresses the abundance of the feast and the joy of the celebration.”–Pope Francis
Brasato Vitello al Barolo
While we were in Piemonte, we enjoyed Brasato Vitello al Barolo (braised veal in Barolo wine) in several restaurants. I was so taken with the dish that, when we returned home, I thought it would be a cinch to duplicate it. How hard could it be? Put a veal roast and some veggies in some red wine and let it cook for 3-4 hours? Well, I was very wrong.
Slow Food in the Piemonte
“Our philosophy is good, clean, and fair food: Good because it is healthy and tasty; clean because it is produced with low environmental impact and with animal welfare in mind, and fair because it respects the work of those who produce, process, and distribute it. It is important to compensate farmworkers, fishermen, or artisanal producers in a fair way that provides them a comfortable standard of living.” – Carlo Petrini, Slow Food Movement
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