Pomodoro East

My interview with Chef Debra and Ernie Paquette from Restaurant Zola

part one

part two

part three

Chef Frank Stitt visits Nashville today for a cooking demo and book signing

The legendary Frank Stitt is coming to Nashville for a cooking demo and book signing at Williams-Sonoma in the Mall at Green Hills.

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Be sure to pick up a copy of his new book "Bottega Favorita, A Southern Chef's Love Affair with Italian Food" ($40), his new cookbook of Southern-tinged Italian dishes, two cuisines he feels share the commonality of bringing out the best of the most simple ingredients.

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The demo and book signing is at 1 p.m. Feb. 27 at Williams-Sonoma (the Mall at Green Hills, 2126 Abbott Martin Road). Call 292-5066.

Mario's Ristorante burns again!

See some video on the video bar on the left side of this blog.
~Corey

Crews responded to a two-alarm fire at a fine Italian restaurant in Nashville.

According firefighters, Mario's, located at 2005 Broadway, caught fire around 12:45 p.m. Officers shut down 21st Avenue as crews worked to completely put out the flames, which could be seen shooting through the roof.

The inferno quickly gained an audience, and witnesses said that Mario's looked like a complete loss.

Mario's has been vacant since 2006, and no one was in the restaurant Tuesday at the time of the fire.

Stay updated on this news at Newschannel5, Nashville.

Lunch at Corrieri's

Our sandwiches:

10K Lira-
A real Italian sub. Loads of prosciutto cotto, salame toscano, mortadella, coppa and sopressata. For cheese we add provolone and mozzarella. For flavoring we add spinach and peppadew peppers. All served in a big hunk of foccacia drizzled with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, kosher salt, freshly cracked black pepper and italian seasonings.

El Mucca-
Italian roast beef, roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, tapenade, red onions, roma tomatoes and spinach. Great on the sweltering days of summer.


It was a nice day with perfect weather, great food and company. The food, as always, was sheer bliss and brought on talk of food and how, when done properly, it is just a mind-boggling event.

I look forward to visiting this amazing establishment...again and again.

Be sure to visit Corrieri's Formaggeria for good food.

Uncle Gio's and Innocento wine...Delicious

We had attended the Williamson County Chamber of Commerce mixer at Prairie Life Fitness in Cool Springs. Afterwards Laurel recommended a visit to Uncle Gio's and what a good choice she made. The four of us walk in the front door and meet Gio immediately. We were escorted over to the bar area to enjoy some wine and to have the chance to talk and get to know Giovanni a bit. Shane the bartender/server/nephew recommended the Frutti Di Mare with a red sauce and he was right, it was absolutely delicious. The servings were huge and plenty of meat and just the right amount of sauce which I appreciated so very much.


The wine was flowing, we had a feast on the table of this great Italian food and the conversations were delightful and boisterous. We started off with a good table chianti and after one glass of that we started into the Innocento which was superb and like velvet shimmering over my tastebuds. It was wonderful alone but it was also a perfect compliment for our food.


~Innocento 2003- Toscana Tramonti~

Thanks Gio and don't worry, we will be back and we will make sure all of our friends know you are there.

Frutti Di Mare is a seafood platter, Italian style, with Mussels, Shrimp, Scallops and Calamari served over a bed of Linguini and red clam sauce.


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Uncle Gio's Pizzeriae' Ristorante
6448 Nolensville Road
Nashville, Tn
615-941-8262


Prairie Life Fitness
300 Shingle Way
Franklin, Tn 37067
615-764-3984
Hours:
Mon - Fri, 5am - 11pm
Sat & Sun 6am - 11pm