Hi Foodies,
Hope you all had yummy weekends.
This weekend was supposedly the Hamptons Film Festival but for us - it was the Hamptons Food Festival! We stayed with dear friends in East Hampton with their two dear dogs.
Our kickoff dinner was a slow-cooked duck served with an amazing berry chutney. The duck was bought from Iacona Farm on Long Lane in East Hampton. They have been selling delicious chicken, ducks, and geese since 1948. There is no wrong choice at Iacona Farm, including their amazing eggs, just watch out for the hanging wooden cut out of a chicken and you know you've found the right place.
And to think that most people on my train were busy talking about the celebrity parties they would be attending that night. I was happy thinking about the fabulous dinner that was ahead of me.
On Saturday evening, we dined on a divine porcini mushroom risotto matched by a Puglian red wine called Carminio from Lecce, 100% negro amaro barriqued in French Oak for six months. The website is http://www.cantinacarrozzo.com/home.htm. If you do not speak Italian, you'll have to find a friendly translator. We are going to try to find out where this wine is sold around here. If we do, you'll be the first to know.
Melissa Joachim, one of the forks, was given this bottle on her recent reconnaissance trip to Puglia. Yes, keep checking our website because we are planning a Tour de Forks Puglia in September 2007.
The link to the ingredients for our risotto dish is http://www.gustiamo.com/cgi-bin/front_end/prodotto?id=42227. On the website, it is listed as Risotto ai fungi - the comfort food for the connoisseur. Mangia bene! I wish I had a plate of it right now.
Please, let us know what your favorite meal was from this weekend?
We look forward to hearing from you.
All our best,
the forks!
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Hi Forks,
I always try to have yummy weekends. This past Sunday a friend from out-of-town and I snagged seats at the bar at Babbo. I forgot how good that place can be. We splurged on a $50 duck egg with guanciale, toasted country bread--and shaved white truffles! I followed that with a ravioli-like pasta, the name of which I can't recall, stuffed with lamb's brains and simply sauced with excellent butter and sage. Not for everyone, but I thought it was great. Other stuff was good, too, but these were the highlights.
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