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d to your table so that you can look over the options before committing if you ve never had a 6 5 slavic man expounding on cuts of raw flesh while referring to you as my dear madame let me assure you it s a unique experience my father and i split a massive st peter s fish roasted whole and fettucine tossed with buttery tomatoes clams and shrimp one dessert espresso and amaro later i was one happy italophile a word of caution make sure to bring your kronen because while la finestra is delicious it isn t cheap so if you find yourself in prague and dreading another meal of vepřo knedlo zelo pork dumplings and sauerkraut let me offer up these two options for a bit of variety both vino di vino and la finestra in cucina are in the city center in prague 1 staré město vino di vino štupartská 769 18 tel 420 222 311 791 email info vinodivinopraha cz la finestra in cucina platnéřská 90 13 tel 420 222 325 325 email info lafinestra cz leave a comment posted in uncategorized tags italian cuisine prague restaurants travel posted by madeline s plate june 14 2012 a long weekend in ireland i just may have the slightest bit of a fixation with ireland maybe because i have roots both protestant and catholic in the country maybe it was all those nanci griffith songs about grafton street that my mother used to play maybe that class on yeats i took sophomore year but despite my enthusiasm of which there was a lot i had never been to the country itself that changed this year on my birthday i was taken to a lovely celebratory dinner at rustic stone and over the course of a long weekend discovered baby guiness and the wonder that is irish brown bread most of the time was spent in dublin with one day trip to see the cliffs of moher in county galway after living for 18 months in texas my mind was blown by a country so small that we could drive from one coast to the other and back in a single day well played ireland well played indeed this slideshow requires javascript leave a comment posted in uncategorized tags county galway dublin europe ireland travel posted by madeline s plate march 26 2012 the whip in still awesome no longer a secret a hole in the wall has only a tenuous hold on its status this is usually good for the business but harder for us existing customers to swallow friends i am sad to say that day has come for the whip in when did the moment occur when it was featured in the chronicle when gastronomica profiled its blend of convenience store craft beers and indian snacks as a classic example of austin americana no one can pinpoint the exact moment when whip in crossed the threshold of popularity for me the moment of transformation came when i entered last week and found shelves that used to hold groceries cleared away to make room for more tables it was a thursday at 6 30 pm and the place was packed the clientele was young and friendly the beer list as diverse as ever and a band that seemed to have lost its way from the nearby high school was enthusiastically playing in the corner the whip in is still a great place to catch up with a friend over a texan amber and a plate of naan goat sliders it still sits defiant on the side of i 35 a lone refuge from the big box stores and fast food chains that line the frontage road but it is no longer a hole in the wall i went with a fellow writer and food enthusiast a native austinite who wears his homegrown status as a badge of honor he shook his head mournfully and complained about everyone discovering his find but his smile came back when he tasted the obsidian stout so go to the whip in you don t want to be the last one in austin to enjoy it the whip in is open every day 10 am midnight located at 1950 i 35 south between the riverside drive and oltorf street exits 512 442 5337 http www whipin com leave a comment posted in uncategorized tags austin bars places in which i lurk posted by madeline s plate march 23 2012 surviving sxsw every year austin is overrun for one week in march if you live and work downtown as i do it s impossible to escape the first half of the week isn t so bad sxsw begins with an interactive portion devoted to online start ups and innovations these attendees are mostly male hip geeks yes that s no longer an oxymoron they re too stylish to be mistaken for the typical austinite and are often found in black rimmed glasses mid week the music festival begins and a demographic shift occurs the entrepreneurs board their planes back to new york and the bay area in their place arrive droves of hipsters with tight fitting pants and anachronistic facial hair close on the hispters heels are lovers of debauchery in every form united by a desire to enjoy the hundreds of shows parties and free drinks my sxsw stamina is absurdly low for someone in their mid 20 s i am unwilling to wait in line for 3 hours to drink a free lukewarm pbr and hear an up and coming band from columbus oh call me crazy however if you can t beat them and you really can t join them i went to an awesome grubwithus dinner for y combinator alums hit up some tech parties with a friend from art sy and enjoyed a few live bands from one of my native cities my favorite restaurant in austin was open for lunch another lagniappe leave a comment posted in uncategorized tags austin sxsw posted by madeline s plate february 3 2012 that s right woodchuck chuckers it s groundhog day a k a how to throw a groundhog day party do you recognize the title it comes from one of the best american comedies in existence groundhog day february is the month that winter begins to seem endless when i crave sunshine and sandals even in austin where winter this year has been only a formality i felt in need of a party to lift the february blahs when my roommate and i discovered our shared love of watching bill murray relive the same day again and again we knew it was the perfect excuse for a party key ingredients to our soiree winter cake devil s food cake with meringue icing spring cake lemon sponge cake with crystallized ginger and rose whipped cream groundhog cake jam spice cake with caramel cream cheese icing playlist standard party mix with i got you babe playing every fourth song entertainment groundhog day playing in the background be warned that even with closed captioning and no sound your guests will begin to migrate to the television the movie is that funny constructing a groundhog cake was easier than i anticipated one 8 round cake was cut into two half moons and spackled together with frosting then a second round was used to make smaller half moons that were added on to the sides a bit of angling with a sharp knife and the whistlepig was born be aware that it takes a lot of icing to create a groundhog i made about 2 5 batches in total for the ears nose and paws marzipan dipped in chocolate is pleasing to both the eyes and tongue one last thing don t forget to propose a toast to world peace leave a comment posted in uncategorized tags baking cake groundhog day posted by madeline s plate december 21 2011 a glimpse of a roman family on the front page of the wsj com today is a feature on life in the euro zone six interviews with six european families each talking about their current standard of life they don t name the city the italian family lives in but it was easy to recognize their apartment is on via beatrice cenci a small side street in the jewish ghetto near my favorite spot for fried artichokes the family has passed on the job of doorman from generation to generation a mixed inheritance that comes with a free place to live in a neighborhood that despite its name is quite chic and a life sentence of being a doorman the 26 year old son now wants to buck tradition unfortunately he can t find work it was a familiar story to anyone who s lived in italy in the past five years at the end of each family s vignette the feature shows a menu of what they had for dinner for the roman family it consisted of white wine and water pasta with a sauce of tomato and fish salami mortadella and prosciutto casciotta and mozzarella bread the story focuses on employment not food but the pictures of each family show them gathered around the dining table food is still one of the easiest ways to understand another culture and the italian menu they show is typical i studied emilian cuisine and it s true that italy s food cultures remain more regional than those of the u s however this menu shows how many italian families are eating what could be called a national italian cuisine the mortadella comes from bologna the casciotta cheese from le marche and the mozzarella likely from campania leave a comment posted in uncategorized tags italian cuisine italy in the news rome posted by madeline s plate october 10 2010 nyt 36 hours in rome in today s travel section of the new york times is their recommendation for how to spend 36 hours in rome reading this from my new home in central texas i was struck with homesickness but they make some good recommendations my favorite cemetery is on there as is one of my favorite gelaterias gelateria dei gracchi down the street from my last apartment in piazza del risorgimento a trip to rome is in the works for late winter early spring until then i ll be writing about the world and food of austin a strangely compelling combination of breakfast tacos slow smoked brisket and vegan cupcakes leave a comment posted in uncategorized posted by madeline s plate august 16 2010 madeline s picks protestant cemetery tucked away in the southern part of rome is one of my favorite under appreciated spots in the happening neighborhood of testaccio just a few minutes walk from the piramide station is the protestant cemetery home of keats and shelley s graves officially it is called the cimitero acattolico the non catholic cemetery hence why even professed athiests can be found in its walls the conditions to be buried are three you are not catholic you belong to one of the 14 countries which includes the u s and does not include italy that manages the cemetery you are residing in italy at the time of your death of course this being italy personal connections trump all if you have a family member buried in the cemetery you can snag a spot even if you are a catholic italian because of the neighboring cat sanctuary feline custodians lounge and saunter between the the tombstones there is a landscaped area with benches perfect for picnicking perhaps with cheeses or take out from nearby volpetti in addition to keats and shelley italian political philosopher antonio gramsci is buried here located to the right of the entrance gramsci s grave typically has the most interesting mementoes with everything from bus tickets to communist manifestoes left in tribute if you re in the neighborhood the cemetery is a shady oasis from the chaos of rome sight seeing the protestant cemetery is open monday saturday 9 am 5 pm sunday 9 am 1pm last entrance 30 minutes before closing suggested donation 2 euros via caio cestio 6 accessible from piramide metro stop line b or buses 3 75 23 60 95 280 30 and 175 tel 39 06 574 1900 http www cemeteryrome it 1 comment posted in uncategorized tags madeline s picks posted by madeline s plate july 28 2010 madeline s picks brixen madeline s picks brixen this small town is nestled in the dolomites between austria and italy the italians call it bressanone and the austrians call it brixen by any name it s charming the main tourist season is during the winter when people flock to the slopes but my favorite time to visit is spring this is the region that most of italy s apples hail from and if you come in early may you ll see fields and fields of soft pink apple blossoms i ve already written about how much i love this region but it merited one more picture note why i have been so awol because i ve temporarily permanently who knows returned to the u s and been mourning italy besides searching for work on three continents i ve been completing some translation jobs and devoting myself to preparing for numerous standardized tests just came across the photos of my last months in italy the months where i was enjoying life far far too much to post regularly this is the first of several photos of my favorite places 2 comments posted in uncategorized posted by madeline s plate june 19 2010 paris breakfast of champions black fig roll from le grenier à pain goat milk yogurt with raspberries hard boiled egg one of the widely accepted wonderful things about europe is that so many countries are compressed into such a small space in late may i took a 2 hour flight from bologna and found myself surrounded by chic people speaking an incomprehensible chic language all in the same time zone paris was my first big city before new york before rome even before boston i first visited in the midst of what my family now calls the lost years due to the fact that all photographic evidence of the period has been destroyed at age 11 painfully awkward and unattractive but blissfully unaware of the fact paris was the most beautiful thing i had ever seen i returned when i was 15 and again at age 20 every time paris was its same expensively elegant self but this would be my first trip to paris after having fallen for italy by now italy has become my point of reference for all things european and glamorous i was curious how my first puppy love would look in the shadow of my first real relationship after living in rome paris seems not only elegant but also efficient the metro runs on time the buses appear when they say they will the french still do that whole strike thing europeans are so enamoured of but at least the strikes are announced on the transportation system s website rather than relying on word of mouth my hosts were french and for the entirety of our friendship had been faintly insulted by the fact that i had done a project on italian cuisine they gently probed but perhaps i had italian ancestry that drew me to the subject or i was one of those american women constantly on a diet or they murmured shaking their heads sadly i had suffered an unhappy romance with a frenchman and now avoided all things french when forced to confront the fact that i had the audacity and bad taste to prefer italian food they reacted sensibly and immediately set about trying to change my mind the result was that in 7 days i visited only one museum otherwise the trip was a buttery blur of pain aux raisins baguettes croque monseiur macaroons and boeuf bourguignon vive la france this slideshow requires javascript leave a comment posted in uncategorized older posts categories uncategorized what i m reading create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed madeline s plate sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy madeline s plate subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website 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