This morning, Patti Jackson and the Marzovilla family were on Good Day New York on Fox 5. They made cavatelli with broccoli rabe. Four segments were shot; Dora was shown with the grandkids making the pasta and then Patti prepared the dish with the anchor. I'll post a link to video later.
Update: You can see the video of Patti making cavatelli with broccoli rabe at i Trulli at the Good Day site, or see it below.
http://www.myfoxny.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=4747
This morning, Patti and the Marzovilla family were on Good Day New York on Fox 5. Here they are filming this morning at 9….
Many friends have expressed concern that my homemade aged eggnog may not be the safest brew. Yet my feeling has always been at approximately 60 proof, there is no way that it would prove a hospitable environment for bacteria.
And now there is some backing from science! The good folks at Science Friday spoke with some microbiologists.
Today is my one year anniversary as a Software Engineer at Google.
My friend Patti Jackson is the Executive Chef at i Trulli. Last weekend was the birthday of Nicola Marzovilla, the restaurant’s owner. Nicola’s wife Astrid planned a large surprise party, and Patti made a cake. Patti worked and trained as a pastry chef for a long time, and a few months ago she made a wine bottle cake for our friend Peter.
Patti constructed the cake in the i Trulli kitchen with the help of her friend Christine Lau. The top of the cake has not been finished; you can also see the inspiration for the design: Nicola’s new wine from Italy called Massoferrato
Patti rolled out a final piece of fondant.
The i Trulli kitchen is in the basement of the restaurant. The cake was carefully carried upstairs and left of the bar while we waited for the van. One of the trickiest parts of the evening was making sure that Nicola didn’t come into the restaurant and see the cake. The managers had to reassure him many times that everything was going smoothly that night, and that there was no reason to come in.
The cake was loaded into a van. Here you can see why Patti left the cake unfinished–she needed to be able to keep the cake steady as we drove from the restaurant to the party location. In the background is Christine.
Patti finished the cake by applying the previously prepared fondant to the neck of the wine bottle cake.
I helped Patti carry the cake into the venue through the kitchen.
Not only was Nicola surprised by the party, but also the cake was totally unexpected.
Dora Marzovilla, Nicola’s mother, prepares the fresh pastas at i Trulli.
Later in the evening, candles were added to the cake.
After delivering the cake, Patti headed back to the restaurant to change. When she came back, she lent a hand in the kitchen giving directions on how to disassemble and cut the cake.
The serving of the cake went quickly; servers flew out of the kitchen with trays of cake.
The cake was stacks of rounds held together using dowels. The construction was similar to the construction of a traditional wedding cake.
Yum. Cake
In early October, I looked out my window to see fireworks exploding on the skyline. It was the 100th birthday of the Manhattan Bridge. Interestingly, the fireworks were south of the Brooklyn Bridge. I was okay with that since it gave me a better view.
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of debate about health care in the United States. Here are a couple of pieces I found interesting. I certainly didn’t agree with what everyone wrote below, but I found the pieces thought-provoking.
Early this past summer, Michael Ruhlman issued a challenge to have chefs create a BLT from scratch. Many people responded, but a great entry came from an an American chef in Australia, . One of the most interesting parts of what he did was to create a terrific web info-graphic detailing his work: Project BLT @ One Hungry Chef.
BLT. Yum.
Foreign Policy posted an interactive map to failed states in June. Even though it’s a quite a few months later, it makes for interesting reading. You can check it out at 2009 Failed States Index – Interactive Map and Rankings | Foreign Policy
My friend Patti has been in the media recently.
This past summer, she was featured on the Food Network on the “Best Thing I Ever Ate”:
The rabbit is a standard item on the menu at I Trulli.
