Sep 25, 2020 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Business Metaphors, Italian Food, Pasta
One of the best dishes my mom made when I was a kid was Minestra. Minestra is a soup that uses the vegetables of the season. So there’s not really one recipe because it changes all the time. Unfortunately, I was making a popup of 7 courses of pasta at the restaurant...
Sep 18, 2020 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Business Metaphors, Italian Ingredients
When I started Bello I was determined to serve food that people here had never had before. Heck, a lot of the things I serve, most people in Italy have never had before. The problem (as I have discussed in previous posts) is that when you get too far out ahead of...
Sep 14, 2020 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Italian Food, Italian Ingredients
We are at the end of heirloom tomato season. One of the things that we like to do in Italy is to eat as much of a seasonal ingredient as possible while it is in season. But we don’t just eat it in its natural state. Of course, I eat lots of sliced tomatoes but I...
Sep 1, 2020 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Business Metaphors, Italian Food
As many people know, until modern times, most people faced starvation if they wasted food. The biggest source of nutrition in much of Western Europe was bread. So there are thousands of recipes for leftover bread. Meatballs, French toast and salad with croutons are...
Aug 24, 2020 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Business Metaphors, Italian Food
The Italian cuisine is a very old one. And while there are very traditional dishes, Italians have always tried new ingredients as they came available. Tomatoes, for example, were brought to Italy in the 1500s from America. We didn’t turn our noses at them for...
Aug 21, 2020 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Business Metaphors, Italian Food
As an Italian, I am a huge believer in tradition. We have recipes that date back over a thousand years. There is a reason that all of them entered our tradition in the first place. Bresaola is a traditional cured meat that is very useful because it takes a less...
