Saturday, November 29, 2014

a travel in time through Etruria

11-29-2014 Sat. chilly, clouds.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee with Irish cream | bread and goat cheese ( herve  mons pave cardinal ) | grapefruit | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | mandarin
DINNER --- ( at Oreste's) Replica of a completely Etruscan meal: turnip, fig preserve, veg sausage, water buffalo cheese and focaccia, matching with Etruscan beer | modern but still traditional Tuscan dish: a vegetarian version of the Pappardelle al Ragu di Cinghiale, with Chianti  | Tuscan bread, sheep cheeses, and Morellino da Scansano, another Tuscan Red | Panettone, with Rum












  • turnip simmered with olive oil and savories is weet, soft, soaked in flavors from herbs. 
  • the beer has reference to a research on micro elements of ancient Etruscan beer.