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During a vacation in Italy, a friend I was traveling with ordered prosciutto and melon as an appetizer. I thought of all the delicious choices on the menu, it was the most boring. And then I tasted it. Wow! The contrast between the tissue paper thin, perfectly cured, salty prosciutto and the juicy, ripe, sweet […]
WHAT’S THE STORY ON BALSAMIC VINEGAR? Many years ago, I heard people bragging about how they spent hundreds of dollars on balsamic vinegar. I thought they were nuts. But one day I happened to be in a cooking store when they were having a balsamic vinegar tasting. For the first time, I experienced what everyone […]