My friends Jim and Francesca got married in Todi in Italy a couple of weeks ago. Todi's in Umbria, next to Tuscany. Several of the New York gang went. It was great seeing everyone again.I thought Chinese weddings were food-filled. But man!! I hadn't been to an Italian wedding before.
After the church service - fantastic choir - sermon in Italian...bilingual readings...really nice old church... all old, grey, stone...we went to the Relais Todini - a hotel up on a hill, and ate from 1 in the afternoon till 6 30.
To be fair, Jim warned us not to eat too much of the antipasto and keep room for the main courses...all uh...five of them. But hey - bruschetta with truffles, lots and lots and LOTS of Procesco, fantastic cheeses, prosciutto e melone...come on! Then we went indoors for our mains. Three hours later, they had to rolled us out for the dessert buffet. I had the best panacotta I've ever had. Wish I had had room for the other stuff.
