QOTD: Fritto Misto di Mare, pesto pasta and thin crisp pizza

HMMMM….How about a nice plate of Prosciutto, Olives, fresh mozzarella and Tuscan bread! yummy!

QOTD–Salumi!

Just tasted these wines over the weekend along with 6 other ’04s in a local winebar, great timing!

Having only had a few Barolo’s in the past, it was enlightening to taste “elegance” with such huge tannins, like Burgundy on steroids. Really good stuff. Seems to me that at this price to get this kind of ageability, complexity, and enjoyability is pretty darned good – I have certainly paid a lot more for a lot less (Silver Oak comes leaping to mind). FYI, the 2004 Renato Corino Barolo Normale was a crowd pleaser (drinking well young, it seems) and the cheapest of the flight.

Great show, hope to see more from you on the 2004s. How about a little more of a Barolo primer for those of us just now getting our feet wet?

QOTD: Rocket salad

we are spreading the thunder in germany. this is the videopodcast of the newspaper welt kompakt from berlin. i am the editor in chief, the guy with the grey hair in the video. gary is my gueststar in the edition from 04/15/2008. i link it up for you, mott: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azV7r2rLnZI enjoy!

QOTD: Eggplant Parmesean. Yum.
I was glad to see you tasting some Barolos today. One of my favorite wines.

A standing pork roast marinated in olive oil, garlic, sage, rosemary, thyme and balsamic vinegar and then done slowly on the grill. Serve it over a pool of steamy and cheesy polenta.

Thanks for doing the Barolos. Been my favorite wine for years.

qotd: gnocchi with cream

Spagetti and meat balls…. hands down!

Top secret to make amazing sauce and meat balls. Add a cup of good red wine to each when making them. Also add anchovy paste to your sauce.

qotd: what about a home-made bruschetta.
Very basic but on of my all-time favorite starters. Make sure you have a good quality ciabatta bread (crunchy on the outside and, full of air-bubbles on the inside).
Slice the bread and roast it golden brown, than remove from the heat and rub the bread with fresh garlic and drizzle with the best (extra virgin) olive oil you can get. After this basic version you can top the bread slices with all sorts of fresh ingredients, like the veggies!

Peace to the VaynerNation

Fusilli with homemade meat sauce just like grandma used to make.

My favorite is Scungilli Fra Diavolo

hmm, I’m a big fan of a really good pizza. But I also would never turn down a risotto, or a really cheesy baked manicotti… oh man, gary, now you’ve made me want italian food!

gary,

did you have a group of japanese tourists in the room during that show? what was all that ”clicking”?

QOTD

my favorite italian food is my girlfriend’s tomato lasagna because she makes it with love.

peace,

dustin

QOTD : Lasagna, but really, is there any Italian food I won’t eat? Ummmm, no.

Andy loves lasagna, Edie like spaghetti and meatballs. Gnocchi is great too. We have never had a Borolo and don’t even own one, but we’ll have to try one on a list sometime. Great ep Gary, bet you’re glad to be back!

gnocchi with pesto…ei gnocchi with anything.

Gary, whatelse can I say besides THANK YOU for mentioning my name on the show.

You are very welcome to Brazil at anytime, you could come down here, visit the wineries in the Northiest (paralel 8, close to the equador), them go down to the south, where the noble wines are produced.
After a short time there, you leave to Uruguay, Argentina ending up on Chile.

Ah, of course that a stop and go in Sao Paulo to see me is requested.

Cheers,

Sam

Great show on Barolo’s. Nice to see that the ’04 vintage is worth the investment.

Other than the standard Italian (pastas, red sauces, etc.) my favorite Italian meal is Osso Bucco with a nice fresh gremolata and saffron risoto.

Bob

Gary – Do I spy a Thunder Cat wearing a JETS jersey?????? OH MY…………………….We wanted you to be creative but REALLY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Great recommendations… now I just need to convince my wife to allow me that corner wine cellar…

QOTD: Polenta e porcini

QOTD: very hard question…like asking what your favorite wine, song, movie…Top two… fresh homemade tagliatelle, tossed with shallots, crisp pancetta and topped with grated pecorino cheese. Or a mushroom risotto and a bottle of Barolo with either. Cheers

Gary,

Another lurker coming out. I’ve been watching for about 50 episodes (plus I’ve been back to many in the archives). The QOTD is my motivation for finally leaving a comment.

QOTD: I’m big on lots of different Italian foods arrosticini (lamb spiedini), roast porchetta on a crusty roll with spicy pickled eggplant, polenta with meat and mushroom sauce, rapini sauteed in lots of garlic and olive oil. It’s hard to stop…

…and the wines: Cannonau di Sardegna (Sella&Mosca riserva 2003), Valpolicella (ripasso, lately), Montepulciano D’Abruzzo (La Valentina)

Scampi – nothing better!

My favorite Italian food is WINE!