A restaurant in Viterbo Italy cooks pasta, meat, fish and desserts with traditional cherries from Tuscia area for a special gourmet dinner
Finding the right event for tasting Italian food is not that simple. In Viterbo, lovely town one hour’s drive from Rome. On June 2nd 2007 a gourmet dinner will take place by serving all the dishes cooked with local cherries. Yes, Italian cherries associated with appetizers, pasta, meat, fish, bread and dessert. A courageous dinner organized by young entrepreneur Simona Cannone, owner and chef of restaurant pizzeria Rosa Blu in Graffignano, locality in the green Province of Viterbo. The food and cherries are the best way to understand ancient Italian agricultural origins and pick-out the taste of Italian delicacies. The menu includes a selection of various appetizers with cherry, whipped rise with green pepper and local cherries, potato gnocchi with cherry cream and thymus, red mullet fish fillet with cherries and brandy (Italian grappa) , Roast beef filled with cherries, baked potatoes, green salad and cherry desserts. Every dish will be served with a different kind of typical Italian wine associated. The culinary event is supported by Associazione Nazionale “Città delle ciliegie” , Italian association of cities in Italy which have a traditional and typical culture of several varieties of cherry. As the director of Italian cherry cities association Carlo Conticchio says: “ The event organized by Rosa Blu restaurant in Graffignano, in the Province of Viterbo represents a meaningful example of that growing culture of revisiting in a modern key foods and delicacies that are so appreciated in Italy and all over the World”. For further information please contact Mr. Giulio Gargiullo: +39 3397886844 or visit www.rosablu.info .
