Holy Cannoli! The Adventures of the Sweet Couple

Logan and I were given another great opportunity to stage at a well-known restaurant about 20 minutes from the winery: Antichi Sapori . This experience was very different from Taverna Garibaldi , from the way the kitchen was run to the people in it.  Frist off, we pulled up to a restaurant in the middle of nowhere with 12 continuous years of being recommended by the Michelin Guide. For those of you reading, this is something that means a lot in the industry. The Michelin Guide has critics who come and critic everything at your restaurant from service to food and everything in between. They allocate one, two, or three stars to a restaurant, three being the best. Most of the best restaurants in the world have three stars. Being recommended means that the Michelin Guide went there, and feel they would recommend people to go there, they just are not high enough up for stars.  Anyways, we walked into the restaurant to a very surprised, and slightly unfriendly staff. I ...

Logan and I were provided with the opportunity to travel to three different restaurants this week around Winery Tormaresca. Our first stop was Taverna Garibaldi , in the nearby village of Minervino Murge. This restaurant has a B&B attached to it and is where we stayed for the time we were not at the restaurant.  The chef and owner here is Michela Barletta, who welcomed us with open arms. In Italy, children begin learning English in Kindergarten and her son, who is just 13 years old, was our translator. Logan and I are a good team when speaking Italian as I often understand it, but he is better at answering. This village is about a 20-minute drive from any other village, therefore they have their own dialect and accent, so much so that Logan and I had major difficulties understanding and speaking to them. Thank goodness for her son! We worked here for 2 days, but Friday was more of an introduction to the kitchen, cooking different things for family meal. Here are a few ...