Regional Italian meets Kansas Tastes- 10/15/09

This particular evening had me running between dining line and dining room. The line had Italian dishes. The dining room had dietitions who had set up a display on healthy eating and counting calories.

Again, the lightening for the Italian dishes was much too dark just like it was at Giovanni's Cafe. I don't get it. Do people think Italians are children of darkness or something? Why do Americans think Italian ambiance is dimly lit? Italians want to see what they're eating too! Needless to say, it made picture taking difficult.

Pasta puttanesca looks better when it's wrapped around a fork!

The penne carbonara and panzenella bread salad. Does "bread" sound more appealing that "croutons"? Discuss....

"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli!"