Armindino Batali had two shopping tips for Kevin and I on our upcoming trip to Naples. He instructed Kevin to buy some traditional Almafian Jewelry for me, and for us to bring back 100 water buffalo so that we could get ourselves a plot on Vashon Island and, “make what the US is missing”, buffalo mozzarella.

Mary goes for Salumi

My guess is that we will take him up on tip number one.

Salumi Batali

Earlier this evening, Kevin, myself and a handful of AIWF members participated in a tasting of Batali’s salumi and WA wines.

The Tasting Room

I had thought it would be a salumi class or lecture, but really it was an opportunity to hear some of Armindino’s stories of Dario the famous Tuscan butcher, and other antidotes from his tours of Italian farms as well as chat him up about where his meat comes from and just how he enjoyed Anthony Bourdain’s, and the travel channel’s visit to Salumi. As if that line isn’t already long enough.

Mary and Salumi

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