Just got back from the Ukraine where my son and I did a roots search walkabout (ride- about via pot holed roads and beautiful countryside and remote villages. The trip was full of discoveries and while there were many food highlights (and vodka highlights) in the Ukraine the trip began in Rome and ended in Milan and that's where the food starred.
In Rome, Elba(the friend not the river) suggested Colline Emiliane since 1931 serving Bolognese style..family...home like..we just kept saying"fresh" and "the best". The pasta with asparagus and the pork with mashed and the vegetable soup all earned ranks.
In Milan, we went at Corey's suggestion to Peck on via Spadari. Also lovely...when done I mentioned to manager Tiziano Barani that I was going to blog Peck...he whisked us away to his new shop on Via Cantu around the corner : Dean And Delucca, Zabars...eat your heart out. Wines and fish and meat and rare coffees and more dining upstairs. On the canal we sampled appetizer spots and then settled in to a review of our travels in the upstairs of a fine restaurant ,Reflections.Also great look at roof food expo at la rinascente..top of department store (macys cellar in the sky with diamonds?).
Meals in the Ukraine began In Chernovitzy and continued north through Rovno to Lvov. Always good salads and pirogie and stews. Warm people...some heartwarming and some sad talks. Dasvidania. Ariverdeci.
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| The window in Pecks new Milan store |
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| Pecks |
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| Pecks bad boy |
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| Canal in Milan |
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| Opera House Hotel Lvov overlooking guess what |
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| A variety plate near Rovno |
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| potato pancakes in the Ukraine |
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| Chernovitz treats |
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| The family mill in korilifka(see film "NO PLACE ON EARTH" |
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| Pecks |
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| asparagus pasta at Colline |
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| simple |
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| Vegetable Soup from Colline |
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| Tiny and sweet |
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| Borscht with pork on the road to Lvov |
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| veal in cream sauce |
