amazing, authentic pakistani food. so what do we have here? fred: butter chicken crab. octopus tikka. little eggplants braised with, uh, anar seeds. pomegranate. little mushrooms. rabbit korma. fingerlings with a fenugreek and fennel. this is donkey nahari. anthony: yes, he did say donkey meat. is there something wrong with that? the dishes continue. a pakistani gumbo with okra and coriander. a sesame seed and green pepper curry. hanger steak palak paneer. all beef scotched egg. a puri with horse meat tartare. and an authentic goat biryani. wow. biryani s awesome. fred: are you full? david: yeah. it was food for 12. anthony: we did good work here. in the end, and perhaps as a nod to the anglo tradition, however, there will be stilton. ah, this is a genius meal.
using typical roman inventiveness the jews transformed unloved ingredients like anchovies, eggplants and artichokes into dishes that the entire city would eventually take to its heart. alongside pasta and offal, the influence of jewish cooking is the third pillar of roman cuisine today. italia set up a restaurant serving the best jewish food in the ghetto. in this kitchen, italia and her crack team raise the humble artichoke into food for the ages .
eggplants are a gift left by the arab domination in the 9th century and in sicilian cooking they often replace meat because they re cheaper and they grow everywhere. and then tomato? tucci: what kind of pasta are you using? of course, homemade, fresh cut macaroni. what else? and it wouldn t be a norma without salty baked ricotta on top. what do you think? i love it. i love it, it s so simple and it s really delicate. thank you. oh my god, it s so good. for the next dish, roberta s promised me something special.
and her granddaughter, alessandra are joining us for this rather formal dinner, complete with a white-gloved butler. thank you. so this is the first one, which is. princess stefania: eggplants with cheese. and pasta. princess stefania: aneletti. tucci: tell me about the tradition of timballo. princess stefania: they came from france. all the families of the aristocracy thought it was smart to have a french cook. they brought with them, for example, bechamel, that wasn t known here in italy because we had more arab cuisine. is this like, what? how many years. princess stefania: 1856. 1850s. i find it fascinating that even this most sicilian of dishes has origins elsewhere. yeah, it s a huge amount of work. you need to make it with somebody. yeah.
HARVEST. Mayor Nerivi Santos Martinez of Talavera town, the so-called Vegetable Capital of Nueva Ecija, shows the harvest from her garden on Monday (Nov. 1, 2021). She and other local officials encouraged their constituents to do other activities in lieu of visiting cemeteries or columbaria on All Saints' Day. (Contributed photo) CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija - Instead of visiting departed loved ones in cemeteries, local officials here resorted to other worthwhile activities in lieu of the usual observance of All Saints' Day and shared them on social media to inspire their constituents. Talavera Mayor Nerivi Santos Martinez harvested vegetables from her garden; Gapan Mayor Emerson Pascual went on live video from the city public cemetery to show the place has been cleaned up; and this city's Mayor Myca Vergara encouraged her constituents to ponder on the memories of their loved ones. All 136 private and public cemeteries and columbaria in the province are closed from Oct. 29