RoaringRockRestaurant.com
presents ..
“Italian Food” & Italian Wine
Sunday, July 31 st
w/ help from Denise Palermo & Lauber Wine Selections
Featuring “Northern & Southern Italian”
Cuisines
2
Whites & 3
Reds &
‘5 Courses’
each course paired with a separate dish !
The total cost
for this event is $45.00 / Person
Server Gratuity is
not included
See the Menu - See the
Wines
Italian
cookery reflects the fact that the country
became ‘unified’ only in 1861 !
Until then each region had it’s own cuisine using only
ingredients
that could be gathered,
cultivated or
grown
locally and nowadays Italians
still prefer to base their
cooking on local ingredients because they regard quality and
freshness as more important than diversity and innovation.
The early Romans adored food but were
peasant farmers who ate only the simple rustic food they
could produce: grain, cheeses and olives. For them,
Meat was an unheard-of luxury; animals were bred to work in
the fields and were too precious to eat.
With the decline & fall of the Roman Empire there was a
return to simple basic foods but with the Renaissance came
great wealth because of trade
links
with other parts of the World in salt and exotic spices and
a renewed
interest in more elaborate food and vegetables !
Italy – Jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea
An entire Country formed almost entirely from Volcanic
action !
After millions of years it’s Volcanic soil is just perfect
for Wine Grapes
whose surface appears ‘dry & crumbly’ but contains an
abundance of
nutrients that only a
volcano can produce from below the Earth’s surface.
Almost the entire Country is a series of steep hills &
valleys with Wine grapes terraced in relatively small
plantings on these well - ventilated hillsides from the
Mediterranean and warmed by an intense daily sun!
Italy has more natural grape varieties than any other nation
and has been producing wine for thousands of years at least
since the Phoenicians & Greeks but most astounding of all
because of it’s remote hillside plantings
the grapes have been planted, cared for, culled & harvested
all by hand
with pride by each little village!
Why so many requests for Italian Food & Wine ?
It’s simply another country’s food that has become immensely
popular
because it’s basic, flavorful and very soothing !
When Robert Mondavi’s family lived in Michigan his father
was asked
by all the Italian Clubs, in the area, to go to
California and send grapes
back so their families
could make wine for only family consumption as
doing this was part of Italian culture and always has been !
The Federal Government, not to be out done, enacted
legislature that
allowed any culture to make 2 barrels of wine / year for
family use
because they knew the Italians were going to do it anyway !
Menu
First Course :
‘Curried’ White Bean Dip on Sesame
Rounds
La
Cala Vermentino Di Sardegna - 2009
Second Course :
Sautéed Scallops in ‘Spiced’ Carrot
Juice
with Orecchiette Pasta
Villadoria Moscato d’Asti – Piedmont, Italy - 2010
Third Course :
Grilled Chicken tossed
with Blue Cheese
&Walnuts on Spring Mixed Greens
Tuttobene Bianco Toscanno – 2009
Fourth Course :
Broccoli Raab tossed w/ xtra virgin
Olive Oil,
Bread Crumbs & Pecorino Romano Cheese
Caldora Montepulciano d’Abruzzo – 2009
Dessert Course :
Poached Peaches with Chocolate
Tuttobene Rosso Toscana – 2008
