"Victor Sack" > ha scritto nel messaggio
.. .
> Giusi > wrote:
>
>> Can you imagine the dogana hangup if I import a case of US wine to
>> Italia?
>> I sent an antique ring to my kid via UPS 2 years ago. It was tiny. It
>> cost
>> ?42 to send it.
>
> You do not have to import it yourself, just buy it from an online
> purveyor in Italy, or an EU country. Surely there are some such
> sources? It certainly is not a problem in Germany. I have found the
> following in about two minutes, just as an example:
>
> <http://www.vinibianchirossi.com/vendita-vini/vini-california/california-wine.asp>
>
> <http://www.winet.it/italiano/prodotti_articoli.asp?Categoria=*****&ZonaProduzio ne=RA&Produttore=*****&Annata=*****&PrezzoDa=&Prez zoA=&STATO=T&Ricarica=&Ricerca=Avanzata>
>
> <http://www.dileva.it/shop/scat.asp?ctg=Vini+internazionali&sctg=California&l g=it>
>
> <http://www.divinegolositatoscane.it/cgi-bin/articoli.cgi?per_pagina=30&r=11&cod_scat=&cod_cat= &cat=23|0|99&ricerca=&cod_regio=&slowfood=&ordina= nome_asc&limit=0&limite_inf=0&pag=1>
> The shipping charges here are 7 euros for orders under 100 euros.
>
> Victor

I'm going to look there. If it costs ?7 for shipping, it will be
stupendous, because nothing I've ever purchased has shipped that cheaply.
AAMOF, it has been cheaper to drive using $8 per gallon gas to pick things
up, plus then I knew I'd get them.

Lately the post and dogana are trying to collect duty on EU purchases and on
gifts from anywhere. Expats are considering a class action, now that
they're legal. I received a box with 2 used (vintage) T shirts and some
Ziplock bags and had to pay ?18 (US$27) to the postman to get it.
--
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"Victor Sack" > ha scritto nel messaggio
.. .
> Janet Baraclough > wrote:
>
>> Syllabub and cheesecake are such common foods in Europe, would Italians
>> interpret them as a "taste of American cooking"?
>
> Italians generally know quite a bit about their country's - and
> particularly their region's - cuisine. It is my impression that they
> generally do not know much more about cooking in other European
> countries than they they do about American cooking, though.


Got that right. Stereotypes are promulgated even on cooking shows. French
food is always oversauced, British food is bland and heavy, German the same
and always includes wurstel, etc.

>> Giusi is aiming to give her guests something uniquely American.
>
> I do not think she does. It would be generally pointless, anyway. >
> Victor

I think what I've mentally done is decide on a period, probably the Fifties,
and tried to come up with dishes that were already good then, rather than
dishes from the ethnic and cookery explosion that has happened since 1960s
and Julia Child. That's the period in which Italy fell in love with
America. Never blown away with US food, they now believe that we eat
nothing but hotdogs, hamburgers, bad pizza and bad spaghetti or lasagna.
They think that we drink hard liquor all the time and only drink wine when
we come here. (They also think Tabasco is Mexican.) Many Italians are very
suspicious of foreign foods, but when they eat the things I have made, like
apple pie, lemon meringue pie, apple crisp, peach cobbler, chili and US
potato salad, the general reaction is "Who knew?" Some other things have
been more "Who cares?"
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sf wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:53:56 -0500, Tracy > wrote:
>
>> What about cupcakes for dessert?
>> I just came across a recipe for vanilla cream filled, ganache frosted,
>> chocolate cupcakes. I think it was on the foodnetwork website.
>
> Jeeze, Tracy.... be kind. Post the recipe!
> I think chocolate filled cupcakes ala molten chocolate cake would be
> *deeeevine*!
>
My bad...here's the link. Now I have to make them.
http://tinyurl.com/2ngbzf

It's from Sweet Dreams with Gale Gand. I like her show. A friend of
mine makes her eclairs which are fabulous! And I don't really like
eclairs that much.

-Trach

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:41:43 +0100, "Giusi" >
wrote:


>I think what I've mentally done is decide on a period, probably the Fifties,
>and tried to come up with dishes that were already good then, rather than
>dishes from the ethnic and cookery explosion that has happened since 1960s
>and Julia Child. That's the period in which Italy fell in love with
>America. Never blown away with US food, they now believe that we eat
>nothing but hotdogs, hamburgers, bad pizza and bad spaghetti or lasagna.
>They think that we drink hard liquor all the time and only drink wine when
>we come here. (They also think Tabasco is Mexican.) Many Italians are very
>suspicious of foreign foods, but when they eat the things I have made, like
>apple pie, lemon meringue pie, apple crisp, peach cobbler, chili and US
>potato salad, the general reaction is "Who knew?" Some other things have
>been more "Who cares?"

guisi, i would be honored and i'm sure delighted to eat any meal you
cooked.

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:41:43 +0100, "Giusi" >
> wrote:
the general reaction is "Who knew?" Some other things have
>>been more "Who cares?"
>
> guisi, i would be honored and i'm sure delighted to eat any meal you
> cooked.
>
> your pal,
> blake

That is just the kindest thing I've heard all day. Thanks!

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:35:47 -0800, sf wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:50:34 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
>>Not at a nice dinner. I agree. Don't know about the icon thing
>>either. But they sure do make a cocktail party fun.
>
>Cocktail party? Not a frat house orgy?

I should have said a party that food wasn't the main event. Make you
happy? LOL. And what's wrong with a frat house orgy?

Lou

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:06:33 +0100, "Giusi" >
wrote:

>"blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
.. .
>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:41:43 +0100, "Giusi" >
>> wrote:
>the general reaction is "Who knew?" Some other things have
>>>been more "Who cares?"
>>
>> guisi, i would be honored and i'm sure delighted to eat any meal you
>> cooked.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
>That is just the kindest thing I've heard all day. Thanks!
>
any old time.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:46:50 -0600, Lou Decruss >
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:35:47 -0800, sf wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:50:34 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>>
>>>Not at a nice dinner. I agree. Don't know about the icon thing
>>>either. But they sure do make a cocktail party fun.
>>
>>Cocktail party? Not a frat house orgy?
>
>I should have said a party that food wasn't the main event. Make you
>happy? LOL. And what's wrong with a frat house orgy?
>
>Lou

it has all those frat boys in it.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:46:50 -0600, Lou Decruss >
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:35:47 -0800, sf wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:50:34 GMT, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> >>
> >>>Not at a nice dinner. I agree. Don't know about the icon thing
> >>>either. But they sure do make a cocktail party fun.
> >>
> >>Cocktail party? Not a frat house orgy?
> >
> >I should have said a party that food wasn't the main event. Make you
> >happy? LOL. And what's wrong with a frat house orgy?
> >
> >Lou
>
> it has all those frat boys in it.


There's some pretty cut frat boiz floatin' around...


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