So did I.
I'm not sure why truffles aren't mediterranean. It's a regional Italian ingredient and isn't that what the best of Italian cuisine does? Make excellent use of local ingredients?
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sumi - Aug 02, 2007 10:36:48 am PDT #1284 of 23273
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Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 10:48:54 am PDT #1285 of 23273
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Truffles are mostly found in France and Italy. I mean, it's like saying I can't use cheddar cheese because it's found in Wisconsin, not in DC.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2007 10:57:02 am PDT #1286 of 23273
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Yeah, that was hilarious. DiSpirito was like, "I've dug up truffles in Italy!" Colicchio was all, "Not by the Mediterranean, you haven't."
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 11:46:27 am PDT #1287 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Truffles are certainly French Italian. But to me, Italian does not equal Mediterranean. Just like all French food wouldn't be described as Mediterranean.
brenda m - Aug 02, 2007 12:00:40 pm PDT #1288 of 23273
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Yeah, I don't know. Kind of have to go with Colicchio on this one. It's not so much specific ingredients but distinctive flavors that mark something "mediterranean" (or whatever region), and truffles aren't really it.
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 12:02:52 pm PDT #1289 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Truffles say woodsy, earthy to me. Not sea, sex, and sun.
Lee - Aug 02, 2007 12:05:40 pm PDT #1290 of 23273
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Didn't they say Italian/Mediterrean though, not just mediterranean?
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 12:17:15 pm PDT #1291 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think they just said Mediterranean, because I remember saying after the instructions "that's pretty specific" and thinking we would see five dishes of pasta, olives, tomato, etc.
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 12:21:23 pm PDT #1292 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
From the Bravo website: "The chefs were asked to create their own frozen pasta dishes in the vein of Bertolli Mediterranean Style Frozen Dinners to be served up to customers at a local grocer."
Lee - Aug 02, 2007 12:22:05 pm PDT #1293 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah. I must be misremembering it then. I watched pre coffee kicking in this morning.