Happy Chanukah to all our friends. May this Holiday season find you happy, safe and surrounded by family!
Check out our Holiday Chef Specials, Seasonal Cocktails and unique Holiday Celebration Schedules; and don't forget to book for Christmas Eve Dinner and New Years Eve Bash ( or just ala carte lunch/dinner all day long Friday, December 31 )
Thanks for reading and see you at Casa Dante!
Dom & Toni Marino
Proprietors
Casa Dante
Christmas Eve dinner will consist of the traditional fish offerings as well as many regular menu choices. A quiet, comfortable evening for those celebrating this holiday.
New Years Eve Bash celebration is booking now. Please reserve your places. Last years party was grand, even in the throes of this "great recession" and all indications are that this year's will be a blast. Julian and Dominique will be entertaining us all night long. See our website or Call for details or reservations, please!
And, of course, we will be available for large or small parties all season long. Call for information or reservations. We will do our best to make your holiday season memorable and fun!
3.5 stars Star Ledger, 2010 Wine Spectator Award, 2009 & 2010 Wine Enthusiast Award 2009, Best Italian in NJ by AOL, Top three Italian inNJ, Inside Jersey Magazine
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fine entertainment for your listening and dining pleasure
See the entire live entertainment schedule on www.casadante.com/entertainment for November & the New Years Eve Bash and scroll down here
for recipes, tid-bits and other"happenings" at Casa Dante!
James Beard Award
We are currently campaigning to get our Chef, Gregg Freda, nominated for a prestigiousJames Beard FoundationAward to honor his passion for food and this industry. Gregg has been heading the direction of the cuisine in Casa Dante for five years. Prior to our establishment Gregg was the Executive Chef at Panico�s Italian Restaurant in New Brunswick. His culinary accomplishments have been numerous and noted. We would like to have his extensive experience and excellence recognized by the James Beard Foundation. As such, I implore you to kindly take the time to write in his name along with Casa Dante�s in this easy form at the JBF website. Just register and vote.
You will be honoring an individual who truly deserves the recognition of his peers and patrons!
If ladyfingers are soft, toast them in a 350�F oven for 6 to 8 minutes. Stir water, 3 tablespoons brandy and coffee granules in a small bowl until the granules are dissolved. Brush over the flat side of the ladyfingers.
Bring 1 inch of water to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Combine reconstituted egg whites, sugar and cream of tartar in a heatproof mixing bowl that will fit over the saucepan. Set the bowl over the simmering water and beat with an electric mixer at low speed for 4 to 5 minutes. Increase speed to high and continue beating over the heat for about 3 minutes more. (The mixture should form a ribbon trail.) Remove the bowl from the heat and beat until cool and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.
Beat mascarpone and cream cheese in a large bowl until creamy. Add about 1 cup of the beaten whites and the remaining 1 tablespoon brandy; beat until smooth, scraping down the sides. Fold in the remaining whites.
Line the bottom and sides of a 3-quart trifle bowl or souffl� dish with ladyfingers, flat sides toward the center. Spoon in one-fourth of the filling and top with a layer of ladyfingers. Repeat with two more layers of filling and ladyfingers, arranging the fourth layer of ladyfingers decoratively over the top, trimming to fit if necessary. Top with the remaining filling. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours or up to 2 days.
Before serving, sprinkle the tiramis� with chocolate shavings and dust with confectioners� sugar.
Tips & Notes
Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. | Equipment: 3-quart trifle bowl or souffl�� dish
Ingredient Note: Dried egg whites are pasteurized�a wise choice when making meringue toppings that may not reach 160�F (the temperature at which eggs are considered "safe"). You'll find them in the baking or natural-foods section of most supermarkets. Reconstitute according to package directions.
Tip: To make chocolate shavings: Place a block of chocolate (2 ounces or larger) on wax paper and microwave on Defrost until slightly softened but not melted, 15 to 30 seconds. Use a swivel-bladed vegetable peeler to shave off curls. If the chocolate gets too hard to shave easily, warm it again.
Nutrition
Per serving:216 calories; 7 g fat (4 g sat, 0 g mono); 29 mg cholesterol; 32 g carbohydrates; 4 g protein; 0 g fiber; 54 mg sodium; 47 mg potassium.
Did you know? Lots of Food Facts! Enjoy!
Coca-Cola would be green if coloring weren't added to it.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old! ( I'm not sure if I didn't make this one up?)
Half of the world�s population live on a staple diet of rice.
In France, people eat approximately 500,000,000 snails per year.
There are about 100,000 bacteria in one litre of drinking water.
Within 2 hours of standing in daylight, milk loses between half and two-thirds of its vitamin B content.
It Takes 3500 Calories To Make A Pound Of Fat!
Peanuts are used in the manufacture of dynamite. ( This can't be true?!)
It has been traditional to serve fish with a slice of lemon since the Middle Ages, when people believed that the fruit�s juice would dissolve any bones accidentally swallowed. ( My staff still believes this one)
The Average Person Eats Almost 1500 Pounds Of Food A Year! ( yeah! Whats your point?)
Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbour Henri Nestla.
An ounce of chocolate contains about 20 mg of caffeine.
TIP is the acronym for "To Insure Promptness."( I did not know this!)
The world�s oldest existing eatery opened in Kai-Feng, China in 1153.
Three quarters of fish caught are eaten � the rest is used to make things such as glue, soap, margarine and fertilizer.
To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, travelling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.
Spotted bananas are sweeter, with a sugar content of more than 20%, compared with 3% in a green banana.
There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.
Over the last 40 years food production actually increased faster than population.
Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.
Approximately one billion snails are served in restaurants annually.
Vitamin A is known to prevent "night blindness,"and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.
Carrots have zero fat content.
Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.
In the 1950's some 80% of chickens in Europe and the US were free-ranging. By 1980, it was only 1%. Today, about 13% of chickens in the West are free-ranging.
An onion, apple and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are caused by their smell.
China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make them.
Chocolate is the number one foodstuff flavour in the world, beating vanilla and banana by 3-to-1.
Each American eats approximately 22 pounds of tomatoes yearly. Over 1/2 of the tomato consumption is in the form of catsup and tomato sauce.
The average U.S. dairy cow produces 22.5 quarts of milk each day. Thats abut 16,000 glasses of milk each year; enough for about 40 people. ONe cow can give 200,000 glasses of milk in a lifetime.
Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second.
Onions contain a mild antibiotic that fights infections, soothes burns, tames bee stings and relieves the itch of athletes foot.
A family of four could live for 10 years off the bread produced by one acre of wheat.
It takes just 40 days for most Americans to earn enough money to pay for their food supply for the entire year. In comparison with the 129 days it takes the average American to earn enough money to pay federal, state and local taxes for the year.
Reportedly, there are more than 1,750 "O's" in a 15-ounce can of Spaghetti Os.
Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to indicate laziness.
1.5 billion cups of tea are enjoyed throughout the world every day.
Table salt is the only commodity that not risen dramatically in price in the last 150 years.
Burger King uses approximately 1/2 million pounds of bacon every month in its restaurants.
A study of 19,000 Americans found breakfast skippers are more likely to gain weight because they are more inclined to overcompensate for the loss of key nutrients at breakfast by eating more fat-rich, high-energy foods later in the day.
Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating.
Carrots were first cultivated in Afghanistan in the 7th century, and they started with yellow flesh and a purple exterior.
Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and ham
quote of the week
"I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol." Steven Wright.
If you want to contribute a quote send it to me at info@casadante.com Please write "quote" in the subject line.
If you want to contribute an original article or thought ( relative to our industry please) write me and I will approve and post.
Casa Dante's
40th New Years Eve Bash!
Live Entertainment, Dinner, Dancing, Champagne Toast, Party Favors and lots of fun!
This one will be amazing.
Julian & Dominique will entertain us all night long!
Book now as seating is limited and this will sell out quickly this year!
Hotel rooms & transportation available.
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For those of you just getting around to thinking of the Holidays...they're here! Call if you need reservations for a great meal on Thursday.
Casa Dante first opened its doors in 1971. We are in our 40th Anniversary year and our celebration is under way.
New Menu items, Bigger Wine Dinners, Unique Wine Tastings, Great Holiday deals, a Fantastic New Years Celebration! Stay tuned for more news........
Extra Specials for email group only
...we want you to take advantage of us!
We are offering a 10% discount on parties up to eight on Monday through Wednesdays for the month of December 2010. This is only for email or Blogger customers! Just print this and bring it along. You must be in our database, so make sure you are included by calling or emailing your request.
Mondays through December 2010...half price on bottles of wine up to $200 in our award(s) winning wine list. Just come in and order dinner. ( This one is really catching on....Monday evenings are becoming a big wine night here.)
The above deals are for email customers only and may not be combined with any other offer.
Heres a tip.....Google " Casa Dante" and check out web coupons and deals we have out there! Im trying to help you have a great meal, and save money too!
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