Comments on: Question of the Week: Travel

By: troutbum70

troutbum70 — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:58:58 +0000

You got that right. I’ve avoided snakebite and fire this week. What else could happen? Things come in threes so I’m watching over my shoulder………

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:34:07 +0000

Knowing what I know of myself today, if I had to go back and start studies anew I would also choose cooking over law.

By: SusanHenderson

SusanHenderson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:20:48 +0000

Just as long as my coffee TASTES cheap.

By: David_Niall_Wilson

David_Niall_Wilson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:19:01 +0000

But Susan dear, BOTH were cheap.

By: SusanHenderson

SusanHenderson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:52:21 +0000

Ha!

By: SusanHenderson

SusanHenderson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:51:45 +0000

You should have stayed with me. We’d have had a fire and a bottle of wine. And Mr. H would play flamenco guitar.

Next time….

By: SusanHenderson

SusanHenderson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:50:37 +0000

Will do.

By: SusanHenderson

SusanHenderson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:49:52 +0000

I would like to have a chef. And I want my chef to make these kinds of things for me and tell me to stay out of the kitchen.

By: SusanHenderson

SusanHenderson — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:47:22 +0000

Better a pain than tragic.

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:00:50 +0000

Difficult question.
I like all food and the dishes change so much from one region to the other…
I do love vegetables though and here we get plenty (even some I’d never seen before), my favourite being the tiny artichokes (nothing like the huge globe artichokes we get in the north of France).
In Roma there is actually something fabulous done with artichokes, which is an old Jewish recipe: Carciofo alla Giudea (an artichoke which is cleverly cut through, flattened a bit and fried in olive oil for a long time). Despite it being fried this starter is not fat (there is no batter on it to retain oil) but crispy and the flavours of the vegetable are enhanced.