Buona pasqua, tutti! Le Marche, Italia, 2012

The fiscal downturn only allowed us to indulge in 10 courses this year, or maybe we were waving goodbye to Berlusconi with 10 courses. Out of nowhere like the Messiah, St. Carlos of Tevez, the Easter meal kicked off with a buzz of anticipation of gastronomic porn and shattered diet regimes. Due to some sort of religious constraint the Easter meal is all seafood, and I will provide appropriate translations below...

   

Cozze al vapore marinate con salsa di vino bianco, panna, aglio e prezzemolo

Mesmerizing marauding medley of mussels

Vongole servite su vellutata di zucchine
Charismatic concoction of clams

 
Polpettine al salmone e merluzzo

Pucka pallet pleasing polpettine

Fainè ai frutti di mare

Seafood chickpea bake

Tagliatelle ai frutti di mare

Poisson permeated precocious pasta

Frittura mista dell’Adriatico

Fracas of fried fruit de mer

Trancio di pesce spada grigliato con succo di limone, sale e pepe

The Ho Down's honourable holistic (grilled) swordfish steaks

Pesce al forno alla Catalana

This was substituted by gamberini boiled in a cognac, vodka and parsley stock flanked by monstrous grilled scampi

Dessert

Uovo al cioccolato di Pasqua
Ostrich-esque Easter eggs

Frutta

Caffè