Ok, for those of you who have never lived overseas I can only say that a garaunteed, low-maintenance internet connection is a luxury atypical to many many parts of the world. That being said. I, and my new camera, are finally online. hah!
It's been about two weeks since I've posted last and since then we've jumped right back into teaching classes.
We've already gone through two rounds of students, and I can say with much ease that it's good to be back. Every day i'm reminded of some of the pleasures i've gotten to enjoy here that i've forgotten about while at home. (Mainly food & wine that is...) The summer season is winding down here but some of the days still find themselves well into the 90F range. The pool has become an excellent mid-day diversion to the heat, and I'm glad that my coworkers share my desire to minimize working through the day's most brutal hours. (Oh, and just to clarify, the Italian lifestyle pretty much dictates that everyone have the mid-day hours off. Working through what we would consider the "lunch hours" at home is a completely foreign concept here.)
Other than the usual "work-reorientation" jazz, i'm happy to say that this time of year is a pretty great time to see Italy again. The summer vegetables are just finishing their growing season, and the jewels of the fall are just starting to roll in.
--mmm, summer to fall --> 
Tomato Porcini!
As such, we've started incorporating things like the classic Roast of Veal with a Porcini Marsala sauce. Now, let me be 100% honest when i say I distinctly dislike Marsala. I think the smell of a freshly opened bottle is one of the few on Earth that makes my stomach go from calm to "spin cycle." HOWEVER, the combination of such sweet, earthy mushrooms with the full-flavored Veal roast was something other-worldly. (heh. If I could press a Veal cut against my screen hard enough that you could smell it too!)
Needless to say, it was damn good.
Oh, and the wine... yowza! Since the start of the season, a lot of the old-standby's from last season have disappeared. Fortunately they've been replaced with such wonderful bottles as a Barbera Sant'Agata from Peidmont that was so strong up front, and so full of fruit on the finish that I was instantly taken by it... oh, and not to forget my go-to-"oh man it's good" wine the "Etrusco" by Cennatoio vineyards. wow-wee-wee-wow that's good wine!
Anywho, i'll be collecting a few good bottles to bring home so maybe you'll be lucky enough to try one too!
Ciao, e c'e vediamo doppo!
It's been about two weeks since I've posted last and since then we've jumped right back into teaching classes.
We've already gone through two rounds of students, and I can say with much ease that it's good to be back. Every day i'm reminded of some of the pleasures i've gotten to enjoy here that i've forgotten about while at home. (Mainly food & wine that is...) The summer season is winding down here but some of the days still find themselves well into the 90F range. The pool has become an excellent mid-day diversion to the heat, and I'm glad that my coworkers share my desire to minimize working through the day's most brutal hours. (Oh, and just to clarify, the Italian lifestyle pretty much dictates that everyone have the mid-day hours off. Working through what we would consider the "lunch hours" at home is a completely foreign concept here.)
Other than the usual "work-reorientation" jazz, i'm happy to say that this time of year is a pretty great time to see Italy again. The summer vegetables are just finishing their growing season, and the jewels of the fall are just starting to roll in.
--mmm, summer to fall --> 
Tomato Porcini!
As such, we've started incorporating things like the classic Roast of Veal with a Porcini Marsala sauce. Now, let me be 100% honest when i say I distinctly dislike Marsala. I think the smell of a freshly opened bottle is one of the few on Earth that makes my stomach go from calm to "spin cycle." HOWEVER, the combination of such sweet, earthy mushrooms with the full-flavored Veal roast was something other-worldly. (heh. If I could press a Veal cut against my screen hard enough that you could smell it too!)
Needless to say, it was damn good.
Oh, and the wine... yowza! Since the start of the season, a lot of the old-standby's from last season have disappeared. Fortunately they've been replaced with such wonderful bottles as a Barbera Sant'Agata from Peidmont that was so strong up front, and so full of fruit on the finish that I was instantly taken by it... oh, and not to forget my go-to-"oh man it's good" wine the "Etrusco" by Cennatoio vineyards. wow-wee-wee-wow that's good wine!
Anywho, i'll be collecting a few good bottles to bring home so maybe you'll be lucky enough to try one too!
Ciao, e c'e vediamo doppo!
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