What Fills My Plate

America Invades Monselice A few weeks ago we were driving through Monselice, a small town near Venice.   To our surprise, just below the old castle a new restaurant was being built.   It caught our eyes because it look so out of place.   It looked so American against the Italian buildings.   It jumps right out at you. We have been waiting for it to open, and found online the menu of what they will offer.   A lot of it looks like Bubba Gump’s menu and some of it looks tailored to what they must think is Italian taste.   I found only a few items I would try, but to be honest it seems a bit over priced.   This week at my local meat market I ordered ground beef.   I have to tell them to grind it twice and I noticed that they grabbed a fairly lean piece of beef to grind.   After making burgers with it we had a discussion of how it tasted.   I have aways been a bit disappointed with Italian beef as it seems a bit loaded with water.   If you cook a burger in a skil