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Scooters are still the best and most 'strategic' method to find your way around the narrow streets of historical downtown Rome!
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Coming up at the Studio:
::Notte Sotto le Stelle - La Cucina de' Roma
Our annual dinner appointment in the park at Billings Estate. An Italian evening of wine, cuisine, history and culture from Rome and the Lazio region.
Includes a taste of several traditional dishes, paired with regional wines, and a presentation on the food and wines served, and on the history and traditions of food in Rome.
August 17, 2007
6-9pm
$95+GST
::Fall Wine Courses
Ottawa's unique wine tasting courses! Learn to taste and describe wine and food, and experiment 'hands-on' to make the best use of your five senses. Informal and innovative. 5-week courses, one evening per week including dinner.
New semester starts October 2007. From $390
Registrations are now open.
Call 613-221-9760 or email info@divinowinestudio.com
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LE STRADE DEL CIBO
by Antonio Mauriello
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Many people ask me about tips and advice when travelling to Italy. I thought that if I published them here, one at a time, everybody could enjoy and share.
"I always wondered why in Rome, every traditional trattoria features cheaper cuts of meat that other nationalities would throw away..." Debby, Ottawa
Cooking in Rome, the "Eternal City", has always been an elaborate art reserved for the rich and the clergy. Prime cuts of meat were for the wealthy, while the poor had to make do with what they could get such as waste parts and entrails. Many of these 'offal' dishes remained strong in traditional Roman cooking, which is what, many now wish to preserve. Feet, heart, kidneys, head and tongue are all deliciously prepared and eaten. Pair them with one of the lovely, crisp 'Vino dei Castelli', produced by the many wineries in small towns around the city, and you are set to experience the real Rome, the way it is really lived. Try it, if you dare!
Braised oxtail, for example, is one of my favourite dishes of all time! Try it with me during our next theme dinner, paired with a glass of Corithus from Tenuta Sant'Isidoro, a Lazio IGT wine featured this month.
This outdoor theme dinner is the annual educational event, held in the park at Billings Estate:
Notte Sotto le Stelle
Wine, cuisine and culture from Rome and the Lazio region
Friday, August 17, 2007 6-9pm
BUON APPETITO!
Antonio
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Corithus 2004
IGT Lazio
Tenuta Sant'Isidoro
$19
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Lazio wines are 95% white. How about this "rare" red?
Concentrated, fruity, velvety. A blend of Sangiovese 50%, Montepulciano 30%, Merlot 20% [more...]
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Dolcetto Sandrone
2005
DOC Dolcetto d'Alba
$20.95
Vintage Release July 7, 2007 |
Pairing risotto with..?
A question came up at our table about the best wine to pair with risotto. I picked a Barbera or a Dolcetto from the region of Piemonte, from the area where the scenic land smells of truffles and mushrooms! [more...]
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