"beans and a nice Chianti."" In the original book, however, Lecter stated that he ate the meal with ""a big Amarone"". Chianti was chosen for the movie because of its recognition. Chianti A Chianti wine () is any wine produced in the Chianti region, in central Tuscany, Italy. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a ""fiasco"" (""flask""; ""pl. fiaschi""). However, the ""fiasco"" is only used by a few makers of the wine as most Chianti is now bottled in more standard shaped wine bottles. Baron Bettino Ricasoli (later Prime Minister of the"
"credits his contemporary, Roman gastronome Marcus Gavius Apicius, with feeding dried figs to geese in order to enlarge their livers: Hence, the term ""iecur ficatum"", fig-stuffed liver; feeding figs to enlarge a goose's liver may derive from Hellenistic Alexandria, since much of Roman luxury cuisine was of Greek inspiration. ""Ficatum"" was closely associated with animal liver and it became the root word for ""liver"" in each of these languages: ""foie"" in French, ""hígado"" in Spanish, ""fígado"" in Portuguese, ""fegato"" in Italian, ""fetge"" in Catalan and Occitan and ""ficat"" in Romanian, all meaning ""liver""; this etymology has been explained in different"
"Ledger, the young actor who spent some of his final days living in a rented loft space at 41 Broome street just down the street from the eatery. Grotta Azzura was one of the first places to serve ""Lobster Fra Diavolo"" (brother devil in Italian), an Italian American dish rather than a continental Italian one. Wine expert Victor Hazan and his wife the chef Marcella Hazan once told the New York Times that they first remembered eating it there circa 1940. Marcella went on to say ""You brought me to that restaurant. I remember the dish clearly because it was"
"sauce with mushrooms and kidneys in mustard cream sauce are probably the most famous ones. The famous ""stoofvlees"" or carbonade flamande, a beef stew with onions and brown beer, used to contain pieces of liver or kidney, to reduce the costs. Pork tongues are also eaten cold with bread and a vinaigrette with raw onions or some mustard. In Italy consumption of entrails and internal organs is widespread. Among the most popular are fried or stewed brains; boiled stomach (trippa), often served in a tomato sauce; lampredotto (the fourth stomach of the cow), boiled in broth and seasoned with parsley"
"with which Saint Lawrence was roasted. Dioneo narrates this story which mocks the worship of relics. The story originates in the Sanskrit collection of stories called ""Canthamanchari"". This story—a classic from the collection—takes place in Certaldo, Boccaccio's hometown (and the location where he would later die). Friar Cipolla's name means ""Brother Onion,"" and Certaldo was famous in that era for its onions. In the story one can sense a certain love on Boccaccio's part for the people of Certaldo, even while he is mocking them. During the seventh day Dioneo serves as king of the ""brigata"" and sets the theme"
"French cook Auguste Escoffier took inspiration from him. Of particular interest is the story told by Artusi himself regarding a bad experience which occurred during the summer in Livorno in 1855, when Artusi came in contact with cholera, the infective disease that in that era took many lives in Italy. Once in Livorno, Artusi went to a restaurant to have dinner. After eating minestrone, he decided to rent a room in the building belonging to a man called Domenici. As Artusi would later recount, he spent the whole night suffering from horrible stomach pains, which he blamed on the minestrone"
"gras while preserving its delicate taste is difficult, and therefore rarely practiced. Even so, there are restaurants in Israel that offer grilled goose foie gras. Foie Gras also bears resemblance to the Jewish food staple, chopped liver. Appreciation of fattened goose liver spread to gastronomes outside the Jewish community, who could buy in the local Jewish ghetto of their cities. In 1570, Bartolomeo Scappi, chef de cuisine to Pope Pius V, published his cookbook ""Opera"", wherein he describes that ""the liver of [a] domestic goose raised by the Jews is of extreme size and weighs [between] two and three pounds."""
"Ovid (43 BCE–17). The statesman Seneca (4 BCE–65) was a vegetarian and said that he found the practice not only moral but delightful, as were the philosophers Plutarch (46–120), Plotinus (205–270), and Porphyry (232–305). Porphyry wrote two tracts on the issue, ""De Abstinentia"" (On Abstinence) and ""De Non Necandis ad Epulandum Animantibus"" (On the Impropriety of Killing Living Beings for Food). Plutarch, who was Greek but lived in Rome, argued strongly against meat eating, seeing it as responsible for much of the cruelty in the world: For the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of"
"be a doctor, and thought it appropriate to promote the monument. At an approximate cost of $3.200, the monument stands in the village of Balón. A plaque reads (in Galician, free translation): ""The Liver [is the] basis of Life"", and below ""Through History, Mankind tried to cure all illness. By helping it on this duty, you are doing a great job. We are grateful for it"". Humans commonly eat the livers of mammals, fowl, and fish as food. Domestic pig, ox, lamb, calf, chicken, and goose livers are widely available from butchers and supermarkets. Liver can be baked, boiled, broiled,"
"word for courage. The legend of Liver-Eating Johnson (died 1900) says that he would cut out and eat the liver of each man killed after dinner. In the motion picture ""The Message"", Hind bint Utbah is implied or portrayed eating the liver of Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib during the Battle of Uhud in 624. There are narrations that suggest that Hind ""tasted"" (rather than ate) the liver of Hamza. On November 26, 1987, the city of Ferrol, Spain, inaugurated what is believed to be the only monument to the liver in the world. The then-mayor, Jaime Quintanilla, also happened to"
"Hawaii. It used to be eaten on New Year's Eve. Liver (food) The liver of mammals, fowl, and fish is commonly eaten as food by humans. Domestic pig, ox, lamb, calf, chicken, goose, and cod livers are widely available from butchers and supermarkets. Animal livers are rich in iron, copper, the B vitamins and preformed vitamin A. 100 g cod liver contains 5 mg of vitamin A and 100 µg of vitamin D. Liver can be baked, boiled, broiled, fried, stir-fried, or eaten raw (""asbeh nayeh"" or ""sawda naye"" in Lebanese cuisine, liver sashimi). In many preparations, pieces of liver"
"called ""chiva"". It is a digestif, or alcoholic drink taken after meals. It was most in demand with miners from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century. This drink was thought to calm nerves and promote the health of the miners. It was invented by Jacobita Galán Archundia, owner of a bar, who infused medicinal herbs into alcohol. The recipe varies with every family and establishment that makes it, and each is jealously guarded. It is typically prepared with the herbs prodigiosa and anise. However, despite its supposed curative properties, it is now mostly drunk by tourists to the town."
"Liver (food) The liver of mammals, fowl, and fish is commonly eaten as food by humans. Domestic pig, ox, lamb, calf, chicken, goose, and cod livers are widely available from butchers and supermarkets. Animal livers are rich in iron, copper, the B vitamins and preformed vitamin A. 100 g cod liver contains 5 mg of vitamin A and 100 µg of vitamin D. Liver can be baked, boiled, broiled, fried, stir-fried, or eaten raw (""asbeh nayeh"" or ""sawda naye"" in Lebanese cuisine, liver sashimi). In many preparations, pieces of liver are combined with pieces of meat or kidneys, like in"
"to the allure of this very specifically female achievement. Both Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) and Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) were reportedly ""anorexia mirabilis"" sufferers. They both refused food, but drank the pus from the sores of the sick. Angela of Foligno is reported to have said it was as ""sweet as the Eucharist"", and also to have eaten the scabs and lice from those same patients, though precious little else. In the time of Catherine of Siena, celibacy and fasting were held in high regard. Ritualistic fasting was both a means to avoid gluttony (one of the seven deadly sins),"
"egg, olives, bay leaves, laurel twig, and anise. He gives instructions for kneading bread, making porridge, Placenta cake, brine, various wines, preserving lentils, planting asparagus, curing ham, and fattening geese and squab. The Roman poet Horace mentions another Roman favorite, the olive, in reference to his own diet, which he describes as very simple: ""As for me, olives, endives, and smooth mallows provide sustenance."" Meat, fish and produce were a part of the Roman diet at all levels of society. Romans valued fresh fruit, and had a diverse variety available to them. Wine was considered the basic drink, consumed at"
"may have originated in the Paleolithic, when early humans drank the juice of naturally fermented wild grapes from animal-skin pouches. Paleolithic humans consumed animal organ meats, including the livers, kidneys, and brains. Upper Paleolithic cultures appear to have had significant knowledge about plants and herbs and may have, albeit very rarely, practiced rudimentary forms of horticulture. In particular, bananas and tubers may have been cultivated as early as 25,000 BP in southeast Asia. Late Upper Paleolithic societies also appear to have occasionally practiced pastoralism and animal husbandry, presumably for dietary reasons. For instance, some European late Upper Paleolithic cultures domesticated"
"statura, feritate ac venatione bisontis"" (""A Song about the Appearance, Savagery and Hunting of the Bison"", 1523). Bona Sforza, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania, introduced the fork and traditional Italian food - olives, olive oil; made wine and wheat flour more popular. Parsnips, cauliflowers, spinach and even artichokes were introduced and grown. It is assumed that Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania had their own kitchen garden. Daughter of Bona Sforza, Catherine Jagiellon after marying John III of Sweden introduced the fork and other cultural habits to Sweden. In XVI rulers and nobleman of Lithuania consumed grapes, oranges, melons,"
"ancient Rome, elite society members would vomit in order to ""make room"" in their stomachs for more food at all day banquets. Emperors Claudius and Vitellius both were gluttonous and obese, and they often resorted to habitual purging. Historical records also suggest that some saints who developed anorexia (as a result of a life of asceticism) may also have displayed bulimic behaviors. Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi (1566–1607) and Saint Veronica Giuliani (1660–1727) were both observed binge eating—giving in, as they believed, to the temptations of the devil. Saint Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) is known to have supplemented her strict"
"manners. After the fall of the Roman empire, goose liver temporarily vanished from European cuisine. Some claim that Gallic farmers preserved the foie gras tradition until the rest of Europe rediscovered it centuries later, but the medieval French peasant's food animals were mainly pig and sheep. Others claim that the tradition was preserved by the Jews, who learned the method of enlarging a goose's liver during the Roman colonisation of Judea or earlier from Egyptians. The Jews carried this culinary knowledge as they migrated farther north and west to Europe. The Judaic dietary law, Kashrut, forbade lard as a cooking"
"animal, comprising in Cicero's enumeration the gall bladder (""fel""), liver (""iecur""), heart (""cor""), and lungs (""pulmones""). The ""exta"" were exposed for litation (divine approval) as part of Roman liturgy, but were ""read"" in the context of the ""disciplina Etrusca"". As a product of Roman sacrifice, the ""exta"" and blood are reserved for the gods, while the meat ""(viscera)"" is shared among human beings in a communal meal. The ""exta"" of bovine victims were usually stewed in a pot (""olla"" or ""aula""), while those of sheep or pigs were grilled on skewers. When the deity's portion was cooked, it was sprinkled"
"in demand for, and the price of, liver. For some restaurants, liver and bacon was a signature dish: in 1925, the Homestead Room in St. Petersburg, Florida, took out a full-page ad praising its calf's liver and bacon. The dish is so hearty that ""The New York Times"" suggested it as a good food for winter, a season when ""the body demands more fuel and we turn to heavier dishes."" It was the favorite food of Charlie Finley, owner of the Oakland A's. Slices of bacon are fried and slices of calf liver (often covered in flour) are sauteed in"
"battle and that they have decided to change sides to save their lives. The Austrian officials' arrogance and a contemptuous joke against the Italians (""...courage?! Liver they say... That those in the know only eat liver with onions, and we'll soon eat that! [referring to the occupation of Venice where the dish is traditional]"") give the pair new strength and dignity sufficient to keep the information secret right up until their execution. First Giovanni Busacca refused to give any information and insult the Austrian officer then, when Busacca was sent to face the firing squad, also Jacovacci refused pretending Busacca"
"Europeans, in the form of hogs and cattle, were kept. Aside from the meat, it was not uncommon for them to eat organ meats such as liver, brains, and intestines. This tradition remains today in hallmark dishes like chitterlings, commonly called chitlins, which are the fried large intestines of hogs; livermush, a common dish in the Carolinas made from hog liver; and pork brains and eggs. The fat of the animals, particularly of hogs, was rendered and used for cooking and frying. Many of the early settlers were taught Southeastern Native American cooking methods. Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains"
"and the Atacotti, and the people of Plato's ""Republic"", to have community of wives and no discrimination of children, nay more, to be aware of any semblance even of matrimony"". In his treatise ""Against Jovinianus"" he describes the dietary habits of several peoples and includes a statement that he had heard that the Attacotti ate human flesh. Earlier in the same passage he describes a different people as eating ""fat white worms with blackish heads"", and others as eating ""land-crocodiles"" and ""green lizards"". Ancient writers sometimes ascribed exotic habits to far-away peoples in their works. Strabo, for example, said in"
"""consistent with other descriptions of Hitler's diet, which always included some form of meat, whether ham, sausages or liver dumplings."" Frau Hess's comments are also backed up by several biographies about Hitler, with Fritz Redlich noting that Hitler ""avoided any kind of meat, with the exception of an Austrian dish he loved, Leberknödl (liver dumpling)"". Thomas Fuchs concurred, observing that a ""typical day's consumption included eggs prepared in any number of ways, spaghetti, baked potatoes with cottage cheese, oatmeal, stewed fruits and vegetable puddings. Meat was not completely excluded. Hitler continued to eat a favourite dish, Leberkloesse (liver dumplings)."" Today,"
"the gall bladder (""fel""), liver (""iecur""), heart (""cor""), and lungs (""pulmones""). The ""exta"" were exposed for litatio (divine approval) as part of Roman liturgy, but were ""read"" in the context of the ""disciplina Etrusca"". As a product of Roman sacrifice, the ""exta"" and blood are reserved for the gods, while the meat ""(viscera)"" is shared among human beings in a communal meal. The ""exta"" of bovine victims were usually stewed in a pot (""olla"" or ""aula""), while those of sheep or pigs were grilled on skewers. When the deity's portion was cooked, it was sprinkled with ""mola salsa"" (ritually prepared"
"divinatory practice as derived from the Etruscans (see extispicy and Liver of Piacenza), but a certification according to Roman liturgy of the gods' approval. If the organs were diseased or defective, the procedure had to be restarted with a new victim (""hostia""). The importance of ""litatio"" is illustrated by an incident in 176 BC when the presiding consuls attempted to sacrifice an ox, only to find that its liver had been inexplicably consumed by a wasting disease. After three more oxen failed to pass the test, the senate's instructions were to keep sacrificing bigger victims until ""litatio"" could be obtained."
"along with other valuable spices. In the 14th century, cubeb was imported into Europe from the Grain Coast, under the name of pepper, by merchants of Rouen and Lippe. A 14th-century morality tale exemplifying gluttony by the Franciscan writer Francesc Eiximenis describes the eating habits of a worldly cleric who consumes a bizarre concoction of egg yolks with cinnamon and cubeb after his baths, probably as an aphrodisiac. Cubeb was thought by the people of Europe to be repulsive to demons, just as it was by the people of China. Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, a Catholic priest who wrote about methods"
"the bitter solids left over from fermentation. Though beer was drunk in Ancient Rome, it was replaced in popularity by wine. Tacitus wrote disparagingly of the beer brewed by the Germanic peoples of his day. Thracians were also known to consume beer made from rye, even since the 5th century BC, as the ancient Greek logographer Hellanicus of Lesbos says. Their name for beer was ""brutos"", or ""brytos"". The Romans called their brew ""cerevisia"", from the Celtic word for it. Beer was apparently enjoyed by some Roman legionaries. For instance, among the Vindolanda tablets (from Vindolanda in Roman Britain, dated"
"a vulture (or an eagle) would peck out his liver, which would regenerate overnight. (The liver is the only human internal organ that actually can regenerate itself to a significant extent.) Many ancient peoples of the Near East and Mediterranean areas practiced a type of divination called haruspicy or hepatomancy, where they tried to obtain information by examining the livers of sheep and other animals. In Plato, and in later physiology, the liver was thought to be the seat of the darkest emotions (specifically wrath, jealousy and greed) which drive men to action. The Talmud (tractate ""Berakhot 61b"") refers to"
"Chopped liver Chopped liver is a liver pâté popular in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine. It is a common menu item in kosher delicatessens in Britain, Canada, the U.S., and South Africa. It is often made by sautéing or broiling liver and onions, adding hard-boiled eggs, salt and pepper, and grinding that mixture. The liver used is generally calf, beef, or chicken. The quintessential fat used is schmaltz, but different methods and materials exist, and the exact process and ingredients may vary from chef to chef. Shortening or oil is often substituted for the schmaltz. Chopped liver is often served on mazza,"
"century, the Italian friar Luca Pacioli wrote a book of ""culinary secrets"" which included ""How to Kill a Squab by Hitting with a Feather on the Head"". In 18th century France, ""pigeons à la crapaudine"" (""toad-like squab"") was a popular ""dish of skill"" for both rich and poor, in which the squab was arranged so that it looked like a frog, with the breast forming the frog's ""face"". Religious dietary laws once prohibited meat on fast days, but allowed frog's meat, as it was a water dweller. ""Pigeons à la crapaudine"" played with that convention, and is still part of"
"figures in the long list of comestibles enjoyed by the Milanese given by Bonvesin de la Riva in his ""Marvels of Milan"" (1288). In antiquity, its healing properties were thought so reliable that Pliny the Elder advised wearing the plant as an amulet to expel all evil (""Natural History"" 20.210). Purslane may be eaten as a leaf vegetable. William Cobbett noted that it was ""eaten by Frenchmen and pigs when they can get nothing else. Both use it in salad, that is to say, raw"". It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe,"