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.
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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."
Truffles are certainly French Italian. But to me, Italian does not equal Mediterranean. Just like all French food wouldn't be described as Mediterranean.
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.
Truffles say woodsy, earthy to me. Not sea, sex, and sun.
Didn't they say Italian/Mediterrean though, not just mediterranean?
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.
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."
Ah. I must be misremembering it then. I watched pre coffee kicking in this morning.
the vein of Bertolli Mediterranean Style Frozen Dinners
that definitely gives some leeway. But, i think that we are again faced with that classic PR dilemma -- the contestant follows the challenge, but the judge wants something else.
Actually, I think that the point is moot, since the frozen meatball is what killed casey and dale.