tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275793266211085667.post7010578556704858573..comments2017-06-08T03:31:57.777+01:00Comments on st.pierre ON WINE, etc.: IN ITALY, PINOT NO-NOBrian St. Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562753301503574639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275793266211085667.post-82863742681539871332009-11-22T16:20:57.010+00:002009-11-22T16:20:57.010+00:00Fred's a lesson for us all--he finds the good ...Fred's a lesson for us all--he finds the good in things. And those are two of my favorite books, as much fun to read (rare enough) as to cook from.Brian St. Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562753301503574639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275793266211085667.post-64709172358234626712009-11-22T15:51:50.676+00:002009-11-22T15:51:50.676+00:00Recipes from Paradise made such a great case for L...Recipes from Paradise made such a great case for Liguria that I seriously considered selling the farm and moving there. La Terra Fortunata made a great case for Friuli-Venezia Giulia and caused me to want to know more about the old relationship between Trieste, Vienna, and the rest of Europe. Over on your Dad's Cooking blog, http://dads-cooking.blogspot.com/, the other day, we were talking about the demise of Gourmet, a lot of which I put on a failure to write for people who want to read good stuff. Plotkin writes good stuff, even great stuff. It is too bad there aren't more in his class.writeitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275793266211085667.post-25665121760054095852009-11-21T22:07:54.733+00:002009-11-21T22:07:54.733+00:00The style there isn't so much around salami as...The style there isn't so much around salami as the preferred cured meat. Fred Plotkin has written more good stuff about Italy than anybody since Byron, bless him (Fred, that is)--check out La Terra Fortunata also, his book on Friuli. He's right about almost everything, though Cima Ripieni is one where where we have to agree to disagree--you hear about it, it sounds great, you order it, eat it, and. . . that's it?Brian St. Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562753301503574639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275793266211085667.post-50394352552204682752009-11-21T15:12:40.527+00:002009-11-21T15:12:40.527+00:00When I read that you went to Liguria and the only ...When I read that you went to Liguria and the only meat you saw was prosciutto, I had to wonder about the salami. Genoa salami. Anyway, thanks for this memory. It gave me an opportunity to look at Recipes from Paradise: Life and Food on the Italian Riviera, a combination cookbook and travel book with a few anecdotes related to writers and musicians, by Fred Plotkin. He says what you say about there being more fish than meat, and more white wine (which complements the delicate dishes) than red, which is expensive. He says perhaps the most famous meat dish is Cima Ripieni, stuffed veal breast.writeitnoreply@blogger.com