Perched near the tower in Castilina in Chianti, we were welcomed by Fiurenzo (the best waiter ever) with a firm hand on Ellen’s arm as he pulled us to a great table on the patio. Fiurenzo brought us an enormous plate of ripe melon wrapped in proscuitto. He was delighted when we wouldn’t let him take our plate of wild boar sauce away because we wanted to sop of the oil and spices with our bread. He called this "scarpetta" and he showed us how to douse the already oily plate in more oil, salt and pepper and cut mop up the leftover sauce with bread chunks. Molto buono! He spoke maybe one word of English to us and throughout the meal, we really were his guests. We invited him to pose for a picture with us:
No comments:
Post a Comment