Version 2011 of the Texas drought and heat wave is brutal in a record-breakingly bad sort of way. People are posting signs saying things like, "Satan called. He wants his weather back." Indeed. Amidst the Texas heat, water rationing and rolling blackouts I'm packing for the crisp fall weather of northern Italy. The Masters Course at the Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners lasts six months and begins at the school in Costigliole d'Asti and ends with an externship at a restaurant... somewhere... in Italy. http://www.icif.com/.
This is my blog of that journey. First stop, Milano. But first, a few more days of this hellish heat.
