So I picked up the latest issue of
Bon Appetit and I said, oh great! Italian food! So I start paging through it and I read "how to drink like an Italian", which was interesting. I'll have to pick up some Campari. Then there was an article on a bacon burger (Italian?), and another on boiled peanuts and hummus and Japanese pubs, then one on hollandaise sauce; then one on Houston -- at which point I'm asking myself where is this Italian food?? Then one on salmon, and then finally a little reminisence on an Italian mother-in-law; then one on cinco de mayo; then a huge ad on botox; another ad on Turkey; then a cucumber, mint and basil soda recipe; a big ad on Frei Brothers California wine; an ad on tuna; an article on new jersey asparagus -- I'm beginning to dispair!
Finally on page 102 there's "30 reasons we love Italy" followed by Italian dolce (reworked by American chefs of course) and the rest of the articles on Italy. Fortunately there are few ads here so maybe it really was worth the wait! At least they make it easy to tear out all the ads!
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Absolutely spot on!!! I leafed through the issue and thought yum great, better start from the beginning so as not to miss a thing. Not! So frustrating, page after page of all things not Italian! And then technicolor cookies...are you kidding! From the land of all things natural. Yes, I know Italian-American is shabby chic now too. Oh well, the possibilities for greatness were there but Bon appetit who rarely disappoints, did!
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