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A beautiful festive spring menu that will invite a true Easter Celebration.  Included in each order is a festive foil-wrapped Italian chocolate Easter Egg!

Comfort Foods Unite. This week's menu was inspired by comforting foods - those that only Nonna cooks to make us feel better.  When dealing with uncertainties, food connects us with our past and reminds us that we are not alone.

It Matters Not if you are Irish or Italian Menu ALL THINGS GREEN SALAD Festive Spring salad, Italian greens, apple, cucumber, edamame, avocado, broccoli, grapes & pistacchios   PAGLIA E FIENO AL PEPE “Straw & Hay” fresh egg and spinach tagliatelle, butter, pepper & parmesan    IRISH BEEF STEW Guinness stout & Chianti infused braised beef with onions, carrots & potatoes   SODA BREAD An Irish tradition   FRITELLE DI RISO St. Joseph’s Tuscan rice fritters     FEATURED WINE: Poggio al Tufo Rompicollo Toscano IGT, 2017              60% Sangiovese, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon Poggio al Tufo Rompicollo is a faithful expression of the terroir of the Alta Maremma, the southern coastal area of Tuscany. The grapes are primarily sourced from...

 Umbria: Italy's Green Heartland. One of Italy’s smallest regions, Umbria tends to get short shrift, overshadowed by its illustrious neighbor, Tuscany. But in Italy it is known as its “cuore verde”, green heart.The cooking is simple in Umbria. It has a relaxed approach and serves whatever happens to be in season. The menu this week highlights its plethora of vegetables, freshwater trout and of course the chocolate from Perugia.

Orvieto Classico 2019, Santa Cristina Campogrande. Expertly made by Antinori, Campogrande 2019 is a blend of Procanico (the local name for Trebbiano) and Grechetto. It is cool-fermented and sees no oak, so the natural varietal flavors come through clearly in a rather rich, mouth-filling and gently aromatic flavor.