https://www.saltshaker.net/20180223/substance-over-style Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20180223/substance-over-style#comment-260507 Sat, 30 Jun 2018 14:37:09 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=24276#comment-260507 […] cheapest place for authentic Italian fare in BA? Mmm… I’d have to give that accolade to Maria Fedele, but it’s a close second! And of course, here, you can order just a pasta, you don’t […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20180223/substance-over-style#comment-260275 Wed, 09 May 2018 12:02:59 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=24276#comment-260275 […] Maria Fedele, Alsina 1465, Monserrat – my thoughts from that dinner: “Who serves risotto after pasta? Really, who does that? These folk do, and course number three is about a two cup portion of carbonara risotto – with cured guanciale and egg yolk sauce, as classic as it gets other than, slightly strangely I thought, an intensely smoked cheese in the mix. I guess that was to complement the excellent wild boar bolognesa (more of a ragú from another region, but that’s fine) atop. I make it through about half of this. It’s really good, but I’m so stuffed already I’m not sure I’m going to be able to get up from the table. There goes the last two weeks of watching what I eat (lost a little over 2 kilos!) and exercise, pre-vacation.” Recommended, if you can make it through the massive quantities of food on the table! […]

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