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Dear Friends: Welcome back to all! To those back from their shore homes: hope you had a great time! If you spent you summer in Maine; I know the lobster was grand! If you stayed in the area; great to see you again! We are back on a seven day schedule; weekend entertainment; new menu items, upcoming wine dinners and more. Check below and our website for dates. We'll try to soft-land you back to town with great food, fabulous wine and more. Thanks for reading!
Dom & Toni Marino
3.5/4 stars Star Ledger 2010, Wine Spectator Award 2009, 2010 & 2011 Best Italian in NJ by AOL, Top three Italian Restaurant inNJ, Inside Jersey Magazine Check out the specials and discounts below and join our FACEBOOK fan page. Rooms for small or large parties up to 140. Valet parking.
Entertainment this weekend! Friday September 9, 2011 The Laura Hull Trio....great vocals by one of the best in the business. Her wonderful musicians are an added treat!
Saturday September 10, 2011 "Danny Heise" Enjoy an evening of Sinatra, Bennet, Billy Joel and many more songs by a great vocalist & musician!
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Menu changes coming soon....more elaborate daily specials, weekend specials.The "classic" Casa Dante dishes will remain, of course, but if you don't see an item please ask.... We're back on a seven day schedule. Open Daily Lunch and Dinner, Friday late closing, Saturday Open 4 till late closing, Sunday 2pm till 9pm. Come in this Sunday for 1/2 price bottles of wines with dinner...for email and facebook customers. Julian & Dominique will be featured at Casa Dante on New Years Eve. If you've been here during this holiday, you know its always alot of fun. The New Years Bash starts at 9pm. It includes dinner, welcoming cocktail, party favors and entertainment.We will open our doors at 3 PM for regular diners in our front room. I'll be posting more information as we get closer right here and on our website. I hope you take advantage of this early notice for our regular attendees. We are taking reservation now for this big night! Remember Thanksgiving Day celebration is on Thursday November 24th. Special Menu or ala carte off our regular menu., Christmas Eve Fish Dinner. Holiday Parties welcomed. Plenty of room for large groups. Reserve as early as you can. we can customize your menu or order ala carte. Valet parking in our lot.
Great Late Summer, Early Fall Recipe
Pumpkin Gnocchi
These pumpkin gnocchi have a lovely mild flavor, with the nutmeg, they are rather sweet and nutty. The sage eaves add a nice musky flavor to the sauce, and a hint of grated soy cheese on top would finish it off to be a tasty fall recipe. If you want the Italian "Dante" twist to these, email for the alternate topping ( info@casadante.com)
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
- 1 cup pumpkin, cooked and mashed (1 small pumpkin, about 2 pounds or 1/2 kilo)
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch garlic powder
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tbs. soy margarine
- 1 tbs. red chili pepper
- 1 tbs. vegetable bouillon powder
- 12 sage leaves
- 2 teaspoons nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste |
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quote of the week " As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it."
~Buddy Hackett
-- 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 Did you know? The world's most expensive food items Macadamia is the world�s most expensive nut. Native to eastern Australia and Indonesian Sulawesi, this nut is extremely hard to crack (it requires pressure of about 300 psi or 2000 kPa). Due to rather complicated production, the nut sells for 30-40 dollars per kilo on the international markets. Spice Saffron, which is the stamens of the saffron crocus, has built a reputation for being more expensive than gold. Its high price stems from the labor input: only about 6 pounds (2,7 kilo) of saffron can be produced from each acre (0,4 hectare) of land, so the price per kilo goes as high as $6000.??It is a known fact that any caviar is an expensive treat, however there are stars too � almas caviar. This caviar is white, and it comes from beluga which is over 100 years old. Beluga sturgeon, the largest fish and only predator in the sturgeon family, can take up to 20 years to reach maturity. It is believed, that the whiter the caviar the older the fish and the more exquisite the flavor. Almas Iranian caviar is extremely expensive. It is sold only in 24K gold tin for $2000 per 100 gram. The world�s expensive chocolate is Chocopologie by Knipschildt, a hand made chocolate with 70 percent Valrhona cocoa powder rolled over French Black truffle which costs $250 a piece, i.e. $2,600 per pound (453 gram). If you don�t feel like eating pure chocolate you may top it with the edible gold flakes as offered by DeLaf�e, a Swiss company, or even get just the 99% pure gold flakes, without a chocolate, for $73.87 a gram. To wash down all the above exquisite viands some may want to use the equally expensive liquid. Say, the world's most expensive beer, Belgian Vielle Bon Secours costing around $1,000 per bottle or about $78 per pint. It can only be found in a bar called the Bierdrome in London.
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