Comments for The Provender

Comment on Florence’s Ringo gets by without help from his friends…but with amazing slow food – June 24, 2009 by Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:15:42 +0000

Wow. theprovender.com is the shit.

Comment on Padua, Scrovegni, Giotto & Le Calandre – Part I by accomodationvenice

accomodationvenice — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:51:49 +0000

I love the Cappella degli Scrovegni too!

Comment on About by Bree

Bree — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:14:13 +0000

Great blog dear friend. This will contribute to some weight gain I can already tell. Delish!

Comment on About by Chad G

Chad G — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:53:59 +0000

Al: Thanks for checking out The Provender. I'm thrilled you like it. I like you list of LA favs (I'll need to start developing one of my own) and I think I will have to try them and post them to the Blog. Please keep checking in for more postings and tell your foodie friends. Best, Chad

Comment on About by Al McMordie

Al McMordie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:29:29 +0000

Hi Chad,
I was sitting next to you @ Ludo Bites tonight, so I dropped by your blog. Nice work! Did you enjoy your meal tonight? What were your faves? I regularly go to The Slanted Door, and you had pics of two items (the hue rice dumplings and the roast pork w/ grapes) that I’ve yet to try. The pics look so good, that I’ll definitely have them when I’m in SF next month. For what it’s worth, my fave dishes in LA are:
#1 Il Grano’s Open Spinach Raviolo w/ Creamed Corn & Lobster; #2 Vincenti’s Strozzapreti Bolognese (an off menu item that, if you ask for it, they’ll make it); #3 Osteria Mozza’s Tagliata; #4 Father’s Office’s Soft Shell Crab w/ Thai Chili Vinaigrette and Corn (a summer chalkboard special); and #5 Nobu’s “Kamameshi” dessert. Congratulations on your engagement. Al McMordie

Comment on Dining among the Florentine princes at La Giostra – June 23, 2009 by cgutstein

cgutstein — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:54:49 +0000

Nipitella is an herb used in Italian cooking from the Florence/Tuscany region. See more about it here and here. I'd just like to add that I usually judge an Italian restaurant by the quality of its osso buco. I love osso buco and find that it is a very easy dish to make, but an extremely difficult dish to make very well, let alone excellently. At it's finest, osso buco is wonderful; tender in texture, savory and earthy yet sweet (from the veggies and marrow) and made even more delicious by the accompanying food (traditionally, a saffron risotto). La Giostra produces one of the finest osso buco's I have ever eaten.

Comment on Dining among the Florentine princes at La Giostra – June 23, 2009 by deb cuffaro

deb cuffaro — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:42:49 +0000

Incredible meal. What is Nipitella?

Comment on About by Steve Plotnicki

Steve Plotnicki — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:06:41 +0000

Excellent review of Le Calandre. I visited the restaurant a number of years ago and the review is up on my old blog at http://www.oad.typepad.com. I would like to invite you to participate in our dining guide. I have just released the 2009 results for Europe and the U.S/Canadian results were released back in April. You can read them or download them at my url and there is a link where you can register to rate restaurants on the sidebar. Thanks!

Comment on Osteria San Marco, Venice, Italy – June 22, 2009 by Tom Schreiber

Tom Schreiber — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:02:48 +0000

Looks like a great place to visit! Enjoy Chad -T