About Italian Food: Back from Verona

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Italian Food Italian Food Quick/Easy Recipes Le Basi Classic Recipes From Kyle Phillips, your Guide to Italian Food Just got back from Verona, where I was tasting the wines of the newly released 2007 vintage of Amarone. It was a fairly difficult vintage, that yielded wines that are a bit softer than usual, for the most part with very ripe fruit (towards prune), and with fairly low acidities. I Did taste some I liked, however, and had occasion to taste a number of 2006 Amarones as well. 2006 was a much better vintage, and though they were very young, they were also very good. In short, the 2006, which is now in stores, is worth thinking about for special occasions -- ideally in a few years' time, but if you have to drink them now you will enjoy them. Just less than you will in the future. Almost Wordless Wednesday: That's... Chocolate? Yes indeed, the packing materials are straw and cardboard, but everything else here is chocolate, beautifully sculpted and colored by the Mastre Cioccolataie of the Pasticceria Grandazzi, who had an... Read more It's Polenta Weather In other words, the air is crisp and (when it gets dark) the moon shines brightly in the night sky. This is the perfect time of year to set a... Read more Neve? More Snow? Yes folks, the air has that snowy scent to it, and we have been told not to drive unless we have to, because the white stuff may come. Since there... Read more Fish Recipes: Cacciucco If smaller, less expensive fish are readily available where you live, it's difficult to beat a steaming bowl of cacciucco when it's cold out. True comfort food! See More About:  italian soups  fish soups  fish recipes Italian Food Ads Italian Food Authentic Italian Italian Dessert Menu Italian Pasta Dishes Italian Recipes Featured Articles Meat Recipes: Svizzere, or Hamburgers Vegetables and Side Dishes: Cabbage Salad Egg Recipes: Cauliflower Frittata Cheese Dishes: Making a Cheese Basket Apple Tart, Tortino di Mele Wine: Valpolicella   More from About.com Over the Counter Cold Medications How to choose the right medication for your cold and flu symptoms. More> Should Kids Get Flu Shots? Think your child is too healthy to need a flu shot? Think again. More> This newsletter is written by: Kyle Phillips Italian Food Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Italian Food newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads Italian Regional Cooking Italian Finger and Party Foods An Authentic Italian Meal Il Carnevale A Venezia: Treats and Masks Keeping the Chill At Bay: Polenta Advertisement