This Week at Casa Dante

www.casadante.com       See us on    FACEBOOK  or Casa Dante Facebook Dear Friends, -Passover starts on April 18 and Easter is April 24. We have special items for the holidays. If you haven't made reservations yet please call or see the go to our  Open Table page. -Spring is celbration time! Remember that we have special menus for parties. Graduations, communions, baptims, weddings & rehearsal dinners. Check with our staff for dates and times you need. Rooms for small or large parties up to 140. Free valet parking. -Easter Sunday dinner service starts at 1pm and we serve till 9pm. Please reserve now as we have open reservations ( ie: no set times, no seatings,no rush) and our menus include many signature dishes.Our Easter Menus for April 24 are now posted here www.casadante.com/events and you can reserve by calling 201-795-2750 or at Open Table  -Mothers Day is Sunday May 8th. We have postings going up for "Mom's" special day and if you dont want her to spend it all cooking and cleaning, treat her to a Casa Dante dinner. -Leo D'Angelo brings an "Italian" evening to Casa Dante this Saturday. If you have any special Italian song you'd like to hear, please let us know. -See Entertainment for this Friday and Saturday below. Reserve a spot on Open Table or call direct. Till next time! Dom & Toni Marino Proprietors Casa Dante 3.5/4 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 Check out the specials and discounts below and join our  FACEBOOK  fan page. www.casadante.com/entertainment or other events at www.casadante.com/events Entertainment this week!       Friday April 15, 2011        Danny Bacher Jazz stylings and a fine musician   Saturday April 16, 2011     " Leo D'Angelo"  uniquely Italian song stylist  See the full entertainment schedule at www.casadante.com/entertainment

Healthy Italian Spiced Pears in Red Wine Six Servings Poaching Mixture: 1 bottle red wine ( French or American Merlot) 6 cups water 1 �  cups sugar peel of 1 orange 2 sticks cinnamon 2 stars anise* 6 slightly under- ripe Bosc pears 2 lemons, cut in half 2 tablespoons chopped candied ginger, for garnish (optional) 1. Mix the ingredients of the Poaching Mixture in a large, non-aluminum pot. Bring to boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes. 2. Peel the pears, leaving the stem on. Rub the surface with the cut lemons to prevent them from turning brown. Lower the pears into the poaching liquid and squeeze the juice from the lemons into the pot. Bring the liquid to a boil again, then reduce the heat to low, and simmer uncovered until pears are tender, about 40 to minutes. Test by piercing the pears with a knife. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the pears to a bowl. 3. Strain out the seasonings (orange peel, cinnamon sticks, and star anise) and discard. Pour 3 cups of the cooking liquid into a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for about 30 minutes, until the sauce is reduced. Pour the syrup over the pears. Serve warm or chilled for at least 3 hours with a little syrup. Sprinkle the top with the candied ginger. The pears can be poached 1 day ahead and refrigerated. from: SpicesofLife.com s Did you know! � Easter is the second most important candy-eating occasion of the year for Americans. � 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced each year. � 76% of Americans eat the ears first. � Adults prefer milk chocolate (65%) to dark chocolate (27%) � "Peepers"---In 1953 it took 27 hours to create a marshmallow Peep, today, it takes 6 minutes. � Peeps are the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy. � Yellow peeps are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue and white. � Jelly Beans: Americans consume 16 billion jelly beans at Easter time. If all the jelly beans were lined end to end, they would circle the globe nearly 3 times. � Jellybeans did not become an Easter tradition until the 1930�s. They were made in America by a Boston candy maker who ran advertisements urging people to send jellybeans to soldiers fighting the Civil War. Hot off the presses!! LONDON � The Easter Bunny might lower your chances of having a heart problem. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40 percent. German researchers followed nearly 20,000 people over eight years, sending them several questionnaires about their diet and exercise habits. They found people who had an average of six grams of chocolate per day � or about one square of a chocolate bar � had a 39 percent lower risk of either a heart attack or stroke. The study is scheduled to be published in the European Heart Journal. quote of the week "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." anonymous If you have a quote you think worthy, please email to me at info@casadante.com with your name and I will approve, post it here and give you mention! Casa Dante  40th Anniversary since 1971.  We would love your participation. If you have a story, photo or just a blurb of a memory involving Casa Dante, please forward it for inclusion in this section. Send it to info@casadante.com   Looking forward to hearing from you! A customer sent me an article from July 30,1978. New York Times review of Casa Dante. Two stars, not bad! B H Russell, of the NY Times described the then newly relocated Casa Dante  "....like a boisterous Italian embrace....in a Fellini movie".    I agree with the comparison. Extra Specials for email group only ...we want you to take advantage of us!  We are offering a 10% discount on parties of four ( minimum, please!)  to eight guests on Monday through Thursdays for the month of April 2011. 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  April 2011.. This is only for March and email customers so read carefully 50% discount on any bottle from my wine list up to $150 when you order dinner, and mention this posting. 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! Remember that we deliver larger office orders on weekdays throughout Jersey City and closer vicinities. Call 201-795-2750 for details! If you are a fan of  Casa Dante, the best way to get the word out is on the internet! You can help us improve Casa Dante's online visibility on the internet. Please review us on on any of the following sites and keep tried and true institutions like ours in play. Thanks for your help!  Zagat, Urban Spoon, Yelp, Open Table,Citysearch  Recipient of the "Diners Choice Award"  on Open Table  for April 2011       Thanks to our many fans!

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