https://www.saltshaker.net/20070410/green-italian Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070410/green-italian#comment-30006 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:52:41 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070410/green-italian#comment-30006 Well, it could easily, but in tasting menu style, we’re keeping the portions small, there’s no real main course – just a series of four appetizer sized (okay, I come from a proper Jewish family, which, like an Italian family, doesn’t believe in the concept of “there’s too much to eat”) portions followed by dessert. This particular dinner was a bit carb-loaded – spaetzle, empanadas (with corn inside), risotto, pasta, and then a cheesecake on top of all that – usually they’re not quite that uni-directional. All I know is that almost everyone finished everything and no more than three or four of them went out and ran marathons afterwards…

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20070410/green-italian#comment-30000 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:24:52 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070410/green-italian#comment-30000 I like that you are finding ways to incorporate local foods into Italian cuisine. It’s the same thing we have to do here in Italy to eat ethnic foods. What I am stunned by is the idea of pasta and risotto being served in the same meal, with one taking the place of a piatto secondo! Does it not induce a carb coma?

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