What Goes with Gorgonzola?
New York’s Governor Paterson is proposing to allow grocery stores to sell wine. The owner of a wine shop does not object, but asks for “reciprocity” — like allowing wine stores to sell cheese. Here is the conclusion of his piece in today’s Times:
Wine, after all, has always been more than a floor-stacked commodity. A pleasure to be savored, a conduit for culture, and the fastest way to bring people together that I know of. It’s also hard to buy without trusted help. Come to us with a recipe for gnocchi with Gorgonzola, for example, and we will help you pair it with the perfect wine — a nebbiolo from Italy’s Langhe region, in this case. And we will know you by name. Try getting that from the teenager with the name tag and vest.
Bravo, Signore Pasanella! Ben detto. Do any of the upper West Side Commonweal crowd know where to find his wine shop?
Yes, yes, please–the name of the wineshop. Pasta alla Gorgonzola is an acquired taste, I suspect, but once acquired, it’s never forgotten.
Reciprocity is only fair. Besides, my favorite wine shop in Asheville would only be able to provide even greater suggestions than they provide now.
One hippie-style pizza place in Asheville used to sell a pizza well-topped with almonds, cashews, and sunflower seeds with olive oil and no tomato sauce. I found Gorgonzola a welcome addition to the pie. (Did I just cause groans?)
Plus, are any other posters on this blog absolutely fascinated by the remnants of blue laws and the matter of what can and cannot be sold in certain stores in certain states on specific days?
“Plus, are any other posters on this blog absolutely fascinated by the remnants of blue laws and the matter of what can and cannot be sold in certain stores in certain states on specific days?”
Fascinating, yes. But even more fascinating is that the blue laws used to be one of the marks of “conservatism”, where some days were bracketed out in some ways from commerce for religious reasons. Nowadays, conservatives would likely see them as restraint of trade (unless they involve an actual vice) and a violation of what sometimes seems like their current religious principles.
A wonderful market in Northern Westchester, Turco’s in Yorktown Heights, makes fantastic fresh walnut and gorgonzola ravioli. Well worth a stop on the way from Bloomingburg to, say, “the Big Apple.” Just off NY route 35. Glad to hear you will be in the “extended” neighborhood fr. K.