Oct 19
In Italian, that means "Hello Beautiful!!!!! - and wow, this place sure is! I have been coming to Italy for over 10 years now to cook, work, eat and vacation...and every time I am still amazed by the passion of the people for both the food and the history of Italy. Our first day was exciting, as I was able to experience some things that are new to me. We spent the morning touring a working Water Buffalo farm, where the proprietor also uses the milk to make some wonderful fresh buffalo mozzarella (mozzrella d bufala), that is mainly used for pizza and the Caprese salad, which we sometimes offer in the summer at Carino's. Below is a picture of the artisan cheesemaker heating the curd before shaping it into balls. My favorite cheese that he made was the ricotta di bufala, which had such an amazing sweet and nutty flavor I could not stop eating it or thinking of how good a fresh cannoli would taste with it.
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