Macchi family mini-vacation in the Eastern Townships

I am re-posting this post because the Annual Ayer’s Cliff Fair is on this coming weekend!

“I am back from my 5 day vacation and wanted to share some pictures with you from the Annual Ayer’s Cliff Fair. Never mind the 20” low profile tires, you should have seen the tires on these tractors! Kids loved it and had a great day and when they are happy we are happy =).”

If you plan to bring your family please come up and say “Hi” if you see me!!

 

Truffle Oil Chef's Take

Italian cooking has for many apparent reasons always been very mainstream because of its simplicity, meaning that the ingredient are very common ones and known by most of us.

It has been argued and still is by many, that when traditionally prepared in a restaurant kitchen it can not reach the highest ranking of four stars. And then when it is made non-traditional it is by some not considered as Italian cooking. I would have to disagree!

Personally I would leave it up to the creator of the dish to choose what to introduce its creations. I believe that doing so, it will continue the story, that was begun by the actual “author” or “artist”, to the happy ending that we all are looking forward to, which is how we perceive the dish in the end.

That’s why it is so important to listen to the waitor/waitress that is introducing the dish, most of the time they are passing the message of what the Chef’s intentions are with its creation.

Now as we all know, not every book is for every one, nor every painting and that also goes for food.

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Truffle Carpaccio: Chef's Take

This week on my hunt for “A Chefs take” on the featured product: Truffle Carpaccio, I got two contributions of the same recipe!

Truffled Pizza! Sounds delicious doesn’t it, well it is absolutely marvelous.

Pizzeria Arlequino and Restaurant Bottega, both very dear clients of ours, generously shared pictures and recipe of the same creation but off course both with their own twist.

Ingredients:

• Mozzarella fior di latte
• Egg
• Truffle Carpaccio

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GIVEAWAY: Win A FIVE COURSE TASTING MENU FOR TWO AT RESTAURANT DNA

It is a real pleasure for me to give this away on my blog. DNA is a restaurant I absolutely love. And I am sure that the experience you will have there will most definitely be a memorable one. So here is the prize for this week’s giveaway:

The Prize:
A FIVE COURSE TASTING MENU FOR TWO AT RESTAURANT DNA

So Easy to Participate:

You just have to tell me in the comment section below which product that I covered on my blog was the most interesting to you and why.

Who Wins?

1. The winner will be selected randomly using http://www.random.org
2. The winner will be announced in the comment section below next Sunday at 9:00 PM

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