I now require soft, fresh white mozzarella cheese every morning. And sometimes as a first course in the evening , too. Strewn with red, juicy cherry tomato halves, a drizzle of this season’s gold-green olive oil, and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. This the cucina povere (cuisine of the poor) from Puglia, the Italian [...]
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Wonderful concept by Cadaretta Winery: show its cabernet sauvignon in a line-up of half a dozen similarly priced ($40) cabs. It showed OK, but thinking about it later, none of the wines really stood out. Is Washington wine getting blah? Maybe. Or maybe not: when I got home, I looked in my new book of [...]
