Rome: Porridge or Pig Stomach?

I’m in the beer section of a market, what to have?  What to have?  Ah, Dogfish Head, yes they have some rather . . . oh, an almost three-thousand year old beer recipe from Italy.  I’ll take it. Birra Etrusca Bronze: drinking vessels in 2,800 -year-old Etruscan tombs.  I taste wine?  Sauturne?  Fermented pomegranate?  A … Continue reading Rome: Porridge or Pig Stomach?

The Dinner Party 3: “When Shall We Live If Not Now?”

How does the Culinary Institute of America teach hospitality?  This is what John W. Fisher has to say in At Your Service: A Hands-on Guide to the Professional Dining Room. To help bring the concept to life, I begin with an example that draws upon the students’ own memories and emotions.  I ask them to … Continue reading The Dinner Party 3: “When Shall We Live If Not Now?”