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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Zucchini Blossoms and Other Longings
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chicken isn’t the only thing good for a skillet — zucchini blossoms make for good frying.
Photo: Chris Walker/KRT
A late posting today, but I’m glad I waited: it gave me time to catch Antica Posta owner Marco Betti’s email about spring specials going on at the Buckhead restaurant. Among spaghetti al pomodoro paired with Chianti for a mere $19, the restaurant returns to its Italian roots with flash-fried zucchini blossoms. Go to Antica Posta for more information.
Oh yummers. When I was reviewing restaurants for The Providence Journal in Providence, RI, the “Little Italy” of that city along Atwells Avenue (natives call it “the Hill”) always had a springtime festival with fried zucchini blossoms — called fiore di zucca. Here they fried them stuffed with a cheese — usually mozzarella — as they do in Lazio, the region just below Tuscany and above the Amalfi Coast. They are a way to salute spring and say hello to early summer, and tastes as if warm weather popped open in your mouth.
Another warm-weather ritual happening soon is Tiger Mountain Vineyard’s annual “awakening of the vines” on Saturday, May 17 from noon until 3 p.m. They’ll be roasted sausages, artisan cheeses and breads and of course — wine tastings. A bonfire of winter prunings will take place at 1 p.m. It’s $40 for the general public, $20 for members.
Do you have a special place you go to each year as warm weather returns? A favorite patio? A traditional pub with an outdoor seat just for you? A special place to picnic?
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