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When is it ok to complicate a #classic dish like Cacio e Pepe? What is a “#tweak”and what is #sacrilege? Tough question. It’s really hard for me to answer it Changing pastas is a tweak, changing ingredients is a problem I guess it also comes down to what you want to call it If its not a #CacioPepe don’t call it one, or call it one and be sure to serve any extra items on the side, so there is separation Like we see here But for sure it has to be ONLY #pecorinoRomano and pasta water coating the pasta itself In the center is a classic #cacioEpepe, which is then surrounded by a “Bloody Mary” sauce and garnished with smoked fish, and Pecorino is the only cheese that goes with fish so it all works, and the smoky goes easily with the sheepiness of the cheese, its not a stretch #ImConstantlyThinkingAboutThis #SoManyFineLines #WithTheseHistoricDishes #PeasantCuisine #Restraint #DontPissUsItaliansOff #ThisCuisineIsSacred #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors (at Il San Pietro di Positano)

#classic #tweak #sacrilege #caciopepe #pecorinoromano #cacioepepe #imconstantlythinkingaboutthis #somanyfinelines #withthesehistoricdishes #peasantcuisine #restraint #dontpissusitaliansoff #thiscuisineissacred #chasingghostsandancestors

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I GOT DIAMONDS ON MY FISH! LOREM IPSUM

#chasingghostsandancestors #pepperporn

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The Savior of #Ravello With all the expensive hotels and “ristorante”in Ravello there is a def hole that needs filling in the #reasonable and #soulful category It’s a gaping hole actually and #NettaBottone is up to the task You really don’t need the menu, Netta will be over to you table to tell you what to eat, you listen to her people, please just shut up and listen And you better eat all of it because most of the veggies come from her own garden and she won’t stand for any waste We crushed it today with her and it’s all up on my #IGStories right now and on my highlights under “Ravello” and it’s a #mustseesituation #WhatALunch #SheMadeMeEatEVERYTHING #IGaveInHappily #ShesAnOldFriend #Over20Years #ThisIsTheRealItaly #ShutUpAndEat #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #TheBestPlaceInRavello #InNettasHands These are the #antipasti and #pasta dishes we had (at Cumpa Cosimo Ravello)

#ravello #reasonable #soulful #nettabottone #igstories #mustseesituation #whatalunch #shemademeeateverything #igaveinhappily #shesanoldfriend #over20years #thisistherealitaly #shutupandeat #chasingghostsandancestors #thebestplaceinravello #innettashands #antipasti #pasta

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#Porcini, #Butter #Pasta and #Punk If I had four hands I would play wicked guitar licks while I ate this Some #HeadBanging. Some #StageJumping. Some #PunkRockSensibility Because food like this belongs to #RockAndRoll #Simple and #Badass because the ingredients are #Perfect #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #TuscanyOnCrack #LongLiveRockAndRoll This meal is up right now on my #IGStories and then will be under “Florence 2”in my highlights after it vanishes (at Osteria Mangiando Mangiando)

#porcini #butter #pasta #punk #headbanging #stagejumping #punkrocksensibility #rockandroll #simple #badass #perfect #chasingghostsandancestors #tuscanyoncrack #longliverockandroll #igstories

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#Venice Day 2 We hit #RistoranteQuadri today for #lunch One of the most beautiful rooms and the only restaurant overlooking #PiazzaSanMarco We went for the “RAF” #tastingmenu, 8 courses of inventive #VenetianCuisine It’s all up right now on my #IGStories and on my highlights under “Venice 2” #Venezia #ExploringNewPlaces #Evaluating #Processing #ThisIsMyJob #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #SummerInItaly2018 (at Ristorante Quadri)

#igstories #venetiancuisine #evaluating #ristorantequadri #exploringnewplaces #piazzasanmarco #chasingghostsandancestors #summerinitaly2018 #venezia #tastingmenu #venice #lunch #thisismyjob #processing

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#CacioPepeTutorial as a prelude to #CacioPepeWeek will be broadcast on @CacioLovesPepe #IGLive at around 11am my time here in Italy which is 5am NYC time and 2am west coast time Friday (tomorrow for you today for me) If you can get up early or stay up do it I will be answering questions in the moment with Santino and Vincenzo and my dogs Cacio and Pepe helping me It’s Cacio’s birthday so we will let her and Pepe have some as a sort of special birthday cake Should be fun #LetsDoThis #WhatAWayToCloseOutTheVilla #PositanoNext #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #TeachingYouToFish #FeedingYouForLife Starting this Saturday the 25th we will do $9.95 bowls of #CacioPepe at all my restaurants till the 31st in honor of both my dogs birthdays #YoureWelcome (at Santa Croce (Amalfi))

#caciopepetutorial #caciopepeweek #iglive #letsdothis #whatawaytocloseoutthevilla #positanonext #chasingghostsandancestors #teachingyoutofish #feedingyouforlife #caciopepe #yourewelcome

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#UnusualAntipasti When you discover you have a #grapefruit tree on the property of the villa you are staying at, and the flesh is the sweetest softest most tender citrus you have ever eaten, so you just shave off the rind, slice it, and lather it up in a Tuscan olive oil with basil leaves and peperoncino #Whoa #GodTalkingToMeHere #IAlwaysListen #BestGrapefruitEver #WeGot20OfThese #ImThinkingOfHowToUseThem #StayTuned #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #SurpriseTreasure (at Amalfi, Italy)

#unusualantipasti #grapefruit #whoa #godtalkingtomehere #ialwayslisten #bestgrapefruitever #wegot20ofthese #imthinkingofhowtousethem #staytuned #chasingghostsandancestors #surprisetreasure

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“The View of the #Duomo from the #Belvedere” Every time I see this view I think of Anthony Hopkins as #HannibalLector from the Movie The Silence of the Lambs If you remember the movie there was a drawing of this on the wall in #Hannibal’s cell “All that detail just from memory Doctor” #CattedraleDiSantaMariaDelFiore #Florence #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #ForteBelvedere (at Forte Belvedere)

#duomo #belvedere #hanniballector #hannibal #cattedraledisantamariadelfiore #florence #chasingghostsandancestors #fortebelvedere

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#PiciDiToscana There are few #handmade pastas that get me this excited, well actually maybe more than a few lol #Pici is a hand rolled “spaghetti” that originated in #Siena It is served just about every way #spaghetti is. It is made with #flour, #water and #oliveoil. It’s thick and a bit chewy and therein lies its charm Here we have it “alla Briciole” in a #pecorino sauce with #roastedgarlic and #breadcrumbs The videos of this lunch are live right now on my highlights under “Florence 3” #PastaToscana #Classic #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #ExploringTuscany #SummerInItaly2018 (at Il Salviatino)

#piciditoscana #handmade #pici #siena #spaghetti #flour #water #oliveoil #pecorino #roastedgarlic #breadcrumbs #pastatoscana #classic #chasingghostsandancestors #exploringtuscany #summerinitaly2018

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#IGTV Check my #InstagramTV over the next 45 days for updates here in #Italy I’ve never used it before so it’s going to be a work in progress between #IGStories, #IGLive and regular IG posts to cover the entire trip with also some #YouTube posts mixed in as well so def subscribe NOW to YouTube.com/RealFrank (link in bio) #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #TheNextLevel #CompleteCoverage #Tips #Recos #RealFrank #SummerInItaly2018 (at Duomo di Milano - Duomo Cathedral Ita)

#realfrank #youtube #igtv #completecoverage #chasingghostsandancestors #italy #thenextlevel #recos #tips #iglive #instagramtv #igstories #summerinitaly2018

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#SalentinoSentences There is a peace to the middle of nowhere A languishing longing for space The fertile plains with no end Suns that refuse to set Rural, #rustic, and plenty of basic Sprawling rocky coasts, ricci and a knife Plenty of beaches, all the chairs are soldiers Wild #cicoria with dry #Fava The birthplace of #Crudo Sunrise stained stone So many trees older than Christ #BaroccoLeccese with all their might Old ladies making pasta like machines Broken pomegranates form death scenes So much white and so much green #GoodByeSalento #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors (at Salice Salentino, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqJMyAbFnNv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18vmc5in8da6e

#salentinosentences #rustic #cicoria #fava #crudo #baroccoleccese #goodbyesalento #chasingghostsandancestors

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#SalentinoSentences There is a peace to the middle of nowhere A languishing longing for space The fertile plains with no end Suns that refuse to set Rural, #rustic, and plenty of basic Sprawling rocky coasts, ricci and a knife Plenty of beaches, all the chairs are soldiers Wild #cicoria with dry #Fava The birthplace of #Crudo Sunrise stained stone So many trees older than Christ #BaroccoLeccese with all their might Old ladies making pasta like machines Broken pomegranates form death scenes So much white and so much green #GoodByeSalento #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors (at Salice Salentino, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqJMMUzlbdX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ow3h1x4bj2ab

#salentinosentences #rustic #cicoria #fava #crudo #baroccoleccese #goodbyesalento #chasingghostsandancestors

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#BaroloBoys Kicked it hard and oh so real just now at the church of #Langhe cuisine #TrattoriaDellaPosta alongside all my kindred wine spirits Men, who with barely a thought, take this journey with me year after year to #Piemonte Men who see the importance of #tradition and the continued support for the pursuit of effortless #regionalperfection Go to my stories right now and watch it all raw and unscripted I’m #vibrating and #spinning like a top after what is once again one of the best meals of the trip, but who knows we still have three more days to go #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #WhiteTruffleMadness T-minus 4 days till the truffles land in NYC [email protected] November 16th to at least the 25th Tomorrow I may decide to buy more and extend the dates so stay tuned @camilowineguy @yachtguru @albertmelera @paulonettonyc (at Trattoria Della Posta) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGfg7bF-bW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d8yenm3ar4rg

#baroloboys #langhe #trattoriadellaposta #piemonte #tradition #regionalperfection #vibrating #spinning #chasingghostsandancestors #whitetrufflemadness

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I hate being disappointed but it’s real and I should share it For over 15years I’ve been going for the #tastingmenu only lunch at #CastelFragsburg during the #MeranoWineFestival and every single one of those meals have been #extraordinary Outstanding execution. Simple gorgeous presentations. Laser guided combinations. Brilliant flavor creativity. Stunning maturity and restraint. I really looked forward to this one crazy lunch, completely different but mind blowing, every year as a sort of marker for me “What will they make us this year?” Today we showed up all wound up with #anticipation and #abruptly found out the chef left, no tasting menu, and of course the food, and in many ways the concept, has changed dramatically My heart is completely broken, a really fun tradition is over, and if you noticed, I didn’t sing at all today at lunch on my stories #EndOfAnEra #WeKnowWhereHeWent #NextYearWeFindHim #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #StillInShock #Feel!ikeILostALimb #IfICantSingICantSleep (at Castel Fragsburg- Relais & Chateaux) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqD8KQOlviR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xk3xd4wygu9d

#tastingmenu #castelfragsburg #meranowinefestival #extraordinary #anticipation #abruptly #endofanera #weknowwherehewent #nextyearwefindhim #chasingghostsandancestors #stillinshock #feel #ificantsingicantsleep

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#TruffleSabotage What I have been waiting for all year has arrived and is live right now on my #IGStories so get on it and take notes on #RealFrankTV A giant plate of #Albawhitetruffles to choose from in one of the best years for #truffles in #Piemonte that anyone can remember It’s already being compared to 2014 for #aroma and #flavor and after tonight I couldn’t agree more We quickly wiped out 140 grams between 7 people and completely #sabotaged this evenings supply at #MoreMacine in #LaMorra one of my favorite #simple #local #haunts for #AlbaWhites in the world We have 8 more #truffledrenched meals to go before I return to you with at least 6 kilos for @FrankRestaurant @SupperNYC and @LilFrankies this Friday November 16th To make a reservation for #WhiteTruffleMadness email us [email protected] #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #TruffleTime #BuckleUp #BaroloBoys (at Osteria More e Macine) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqD3v7bFOWM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=304cvz93m4vp

#trufflesabotage #igstories #realfranktv #albawhitetruffles #truffles #piemonte #aroma #flavor #sabotaged #moremacine #lamorra #simple #local #haunts #albawhites #truffledrenched #whitetrufflemadness #chasingghostsandancestors #truffletime #buckleup #baroloboys

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Ancient Primitivo di Manduria vines of @lisagilbee and her husbands estate #Morella here in the #Salento area of #Puglia Much like the #mangled #wicked olive trees that surround them, these #grapevines also evoke a #medieval sensibility They have a great story to tell, a story of #tradition and #longevity, a story of deep southern Wild Wild West #Puglia at its best, where it’s charms shine brightest when left alone and handled minimally But it’s more that that. It’s a never let go of our #history backdrop for the sensible and #sustainable production of food and wine that serves as a strong wing bone for flying extra high with #cuisine, it really is pure #magic #WelcomeToRuralParadise #NobleWork #KeepersOfTheKeys #HappilyFrozenInTime #ChasingGhostsAndAncestors #MasseriaLand (at Manduria) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp8H6cFFUQb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v7uxpe5flcsk

#morella #salento #puglia #mangled #wicked #grapevines #medieval #tradition #longevity #history #sustainable #cuisine #magic #welcometoruralparadise #noblework #keepersofthekeys #happilyfrozenintime #chasingghostsandancestors #masserialand