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Article: LETTERS TO THE TRAVEL EDITOR
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 16, 1995
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Capital Cuisine
I very much enjoyed your March 12 Travel section with its culinary
survey of European capitals. However, a few comments appear to be in
order.
The airelle is not a mushroom but the red bilberry, vaguely
reminiscent of our cranberry. It goes superbly with duck or venison,
as I found out some years back at one of the finest restaurants of
Troyes, in the province of Champagne. Likewise, sogliola is not bass
but sole. It is prepared lusciously at Da Cesare, near the Vatican,
as well as at the better restaurants at Ostia, Rome's opening to the
sea.
In Rome, your reporter was right on the mark about Da Mario, truly
a haven of earthy and soulful food for, relatively, a song. On the ...