Showing posts with label Risotto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Risotto. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2011

Belated Vacation Review - Days 1-5 - Rome, Italy




The long awaited quick summary of the "Big Trip" in 2010.  From October 23 - November 14 the dear wife and I took our first vacation to Europe.  We embarked on a  whirlwind trip encompassing 12 cities in 4 countries over the course of 21 days.  Our first stop was Rome, as we had 5 days before we were due to dock embark the Star Princes for our Greek Isles Cruise we decided to visit the marvelous city of Rome and take a side trip up to Montevarchi to visit the Prada factory.  

Alas since this is a food blog, I won't bore you with all the boring details. 

A beautiful morning at Piazza Di Popolo (near our hotel), our 5 days in Rome were generally sunny with some rain showers in the mornings on 2 of the 5 days we were there.  The weather was in the low teens and was quite comfortable.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Mushroom Risotto

Since it was chilly (-5 Degrees) I decided to make some warm comfort food.  Since it's been a while doing a risotto, I initially was going to make a chicken and mushroom risotto but settled on mushroom risotto.

 Got all my mis-en-place (Mushrooms, onions, rice, chicken stock, butter, and olive oil)