Posted in Food Commentary, Korean, Potato, alcohol, alcoholic drink, beer, beverage, culture, drink, history, language, rice, tradition on Apr 2nd, 2008
To us, and we’re sure to many who enjoy eating, the pairing of a meal with a complementary beverage is a beautiful thing, but one which often seems intimidating. After all, haute cuisine restaurants can either prosper or fail on the recommendations of their sommeliers. Just imagine you ordered a $500 bottle of vintage Burgundy […]
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Posted in Halloween, rant, television show on Oct 31st, 2007
Wish I had some cutsie Halloweenie recipe for you to kick off today, but I don’t. I’m sure there will be plenty of other food blogs that will offer you their yummy recipe for some goulish goulash or scary stew, maybe a bunch of halloween desserts. Not me, I’m taking a night off of […]
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Posted in America, Food Commentary, Italian, Italian-American, Little Italy, Meat, Naples, Napoli, New York City, San Gennaro, broccoli raab, commercial, festival, food, meatballs, peppers, safety, sandwiches, sauce, sausage, savory, subs, tourism, tradition, travel on Sep 25th, 2007
Before I say anything more, I should make it clear that I had never been to the famous San Gennaro festival that is running through this weekend in Manhattan’s Little Italy before Wednesday night, and that during our visit, my cellphone was thieved, perhaps leaving an extra special bad taste in my mouth. I’ll also […]
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Posted in America, Food Commentary, Italian, Italian-American, Little Italy, Meat, Naples, Napoli, New York City, San Gennaro, commercial, eating, festival, festivals, food, meal, meatballs, onions, peppers, safety, sandwiches, sauce, sausage, savory, subs, tourism, tradition, travel on Sep 23rd, 2007
Being an Italian-American, I take pride in my heritage. I am also particular about how I like my sausage and pepper sandwiches made. If you are not from the north eastern part of the US, didn’t grow up around large groups of Italians or in an Italian household, you may not have every heard of […]
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Posted in Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, Tuscan, alcohol, alcoholic drink, communications, culture, food, holiday, tourism, tradition, travel, tuscany on Apr 26th, 2007
Ahead of our recent wedding in Italy, I penned this blog post because I wanted to write about Italian potables other than wine in the expectation that after a week of chianti, our wedding guests would be ready for something different. As it turned out, many became worryingly wine-dependent over the course of their stay […]
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