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 8, 2020 | Italian Food, Italian Ingredients
Foraging has been a big deal in cuisine for the past few years. I would do it myself but being from Italy I don’t know the local area that well and I might get eaten by a coyote if I wandered out looking for ingredients. Fortunately, one of my friends is one of the...
Jan 16, 2020 | Italian Ingredients
I am very proud to announce that we will be serving Oro Bailen Picual at Bello. This was ranked the number one olive oil in the world by EVOOLEUM in 2019. It has received countless other awards as well. Bello, it is so good! Picual is the name of the variety of olive...
Nov 24, 2019 | Bello Menu Spotlight, Italian Food, Italian Ingredients
There is perhaps no ingredient that better illustrates Italian luxury than white truffles from Alba. They have an explosive aromatic profile that fills the room and almost overpowers the senses in an almost sensual way. They are also very expensive – around...
