BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- ( at Oreste and Francseca's ) North Indian kofta with sweet peppers chutney | Pinot Grigio | Rigatoni ai funghi e salsiccia ( Apulian pasta with porcini and white mushrooms, tomato, and hot peppers ) | Primitivo del Salento ( Apulian Red ) | Selection of Mediterranean Sheep Cheeses | Nero d'Avola ( Sicilian Red )
- hearty food from Auplian home cooking by Oreste. porcini and Italian hot pepper made strong and complex flavor. the dried porcini is slow cooked in water over very low heat, then sauteed and incorporated in the pasta, the strained porcini broth has strong scent and is placed at the table to be drizzled over the pasta plate.