Comments by "CuteCatFaith" (@CuteCatFaith) on "Green Gold, The Olive Oil Chronicles: Being Frank (Episode 2)" video.

  1. I'm watching this again!  Italy is fantastic.  I've never been South of Rome but I'm sure the South and Sicilia have wonderful things.  I studied in Firenze and have friends around Lucca and Pisa and we visit as often as we can, and we also enjoyed a long vacation in Venezia, which I already knew very well.  I like to stay in room five at the Hotel Carpaccio, which is on the Grand Canal.  It's in the old Terraced Palace and it's funny, when you phone, they deny they are a hotel, then it's full, then they quote you a high price, then you have to argue them down and say no, I know you're a hotel, I've stayed there six times, I want room five, please!  The food is excellent in Italy, and I just bought an award winning oil in a port in Hyères, France.  It was expensive but great to have back here in Paris.  Not all the "small mill" oils are good, I bought one in Gordes my spouse didn't like, but a good vendor has a way for you to taste and smell it and usually you can visit their mill.  I like the clandestine restaurants in Italy.  I was taken to one way up on a mountain by an old castle near Lucca and Pisa.  A Sardinian family was expecting us, you have to phone.  For something like 20 euros each, we had great Sardinian wine, olives and appetizers, homemade ravioli and a roast suckling pig garnished with radishes.  It was all fantastic, and I speak Italian and learned some Sardinian, which is really pretty.  The food is awesome here in France and I've worked as a chef's assistant here in Paris, but really, Italian food is special.  I really recommend a visit to Italy.  You'll be hooked on the food so fast it's scary -- you'll realize you had no actual idea what Italian food is! 
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