This Week at Casa Dante

www.casadante.com       See us on    FACEBOOK or Casa Dante Facebook Dear Friends: Our Marchese di Frescobaldi Wine Dinner scheduled for Thursday November 3rd starts with a pre-sip at 6:30pm. We have a wonderful menu to accompany very fine wines such as Ornellaia & Mormoretto.            See our website for menu and other details. Our friend Paul Sorvino with be appearing at the Loews Theater in Journal Square on October 27 and November 4.  We're honoring a 10% dinner discount if you show tickets to one of his shows. See our website www.casadante.com or Casa Dante Newsletter for more details. Thanks for reading! Dom & Toni Marino Proprietors Reserve a spot on Open Table or call direct. Casa Dante 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  FACEBOOKfan page. www.casadante.com/entertainment or other events at www.casadante.com/events Rooms for small or large parties up to 140. Valet parking. Entertainment this weekend!   Friday October 21, 2011  .... great jazz stylings, wonderful voice! Come in for dinner and the second round of drinks is on me!          Saturday October 22, 2011  ""    Sit back, enjoy dinner and listen to their extensve book of songs!  See the full entertainment schedule at www.casadante.com/entertainment

Happenings at Casa Dante Marchese di Frescobaldi " Wines of Family Run Vineyards" on Thursday November 3rd.  Fine wines from a noted and prestigious producer. Of course, you know they include Ornellaia & Mormoretto which are some notable wines and names that will be presented by the vineyards representative Mr. Paul Castillo. Topped off by the food pairing of Chef Gregg. ( Gregg was recently featured in Jersey City Magazine ) A bit of live Jazz rounds out what is typically a wonderful evening. See the full wines and menu at www.casadante.com/events. Please do join us! Please let us know your interest at info@casadante.com. Menu will be posted shortly. We keep wine dinners intimate, so consider this a heads-up to reserve a spot now. How about this..Thanksgiving is next month! Although Thanksgiving is tradionally celebrated at home, we know that in today's busy lifestyle, this is often unrealistic and expensive. Combined with the time needed for shopping, preparing, cooking, serving & cleanup, the holiday's could become more of a chore than a celebration. Casa Dante offers an alternative; We are open forThanksgiving Day celebration on Thursday November 24th. Featuring either a Special Menu with most of our Classics or a Prix Fixe. We don't do "seating's"( ie: 1pm, 3pm, etc )  so you choose the time by making reservations ( first come, first served so act soon). Let us do the work, the service, and the cleanup; you enjoy time with you family in a great restaurant! see www.casadante.com/events Paul Sorvino Sings!, actor, singer, chef and friend of Casa Dante "sings" at the Loews Theater in Journal Square on October 27 and November 4th. We love Paul's style, personality and charm and look forward to seeing and hearing him. You know Paul from "Goodfellas" and "The Firm" but did you know he grew up in Brooklyn and has lived in Jersey City?  Lets support our good friend on these very special evenings!                                       Anyone with tickets to the show gets a 10% discount off dinner check. Make sure you tell your server and see you at the concert! see his show information at www.paulsorvinosings.com I've extended the 1/2 price wine Mondays with dinner through November.  This program has become a great tradition here and we've been introduced to many new wine lovers as a result. Our Wine list was honored with a Wine Spectator Award for 2011 so the wines match the offer: Great!       New Years Eve with Julian & Dominique  at Casa Dante. If you've been here during this holiday, you know its always alot of fun. The New Years Bash starts at 9pm. It includes Champagne toast, dinner, cocktail, party favors and entertainment, televised feed from Times Square and more..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! see www.casadante.com/events ( see our FACEBOOK page to view photos & videos of last years celebration ) Holiday Season Reminders: Christmas Eve Fish Dinner: Serving 3 till 9pm  Traditional Fish Dinner or ala carte menu. Spend a quiet evening surrounded by your family. Enjoy a fabulous meal, award winning wine list for your choosing and then still have time to go home and open gifts. We make it enjoyable, easy and no work for you or your family! Holiday Parties welcome. 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. Casa Dante is back on a seven day schedule. Open Daily Lunch and Dinner, Friday late closing, Saturday Open 4 till late closing, Sunday 2pm till 9:30pm. Great Recipe Mushroom Risotto Ive gotten requests for our risotto recipe, which Gregg makes in six or seven diffent variations. This is the Mushroom Risotto. It takes time and patience, but well worth it. Especially on a cold winter night sitting by the fireplace. Risotto and a glass of Ornellaia...great! Ingredients 6 cups chicken broth, divided 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 pound portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced 1 pound white mushrooms, thinly sliced 2 shallots, diced 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice 1/2 cup dry white wine sea salt to taste freshly ground black pepper to taste 3 tablespoons finely chopped chives 4 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese Directions In a saucepan, warm the broth over low heat. Warm 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in the mushrooms, and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Remove mushrooms and their liquid, and set aside. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to skillet, and stir in the shallots. Cook 1 minute. Add rice, stirring to coat with oil, about 2 minutes. When the rice has taken on a pale, golden color, pour in wine, stirring constantly until the wine is fully absorbed. Add 1/2 cup broth to the rice, and stir until the broth is absorbed. Continue adding broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring continuously, until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is al dente, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in mushrooms with their liquid, butter, chives, and parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Nutritional Information Amount Per Serving  Calories: 420 | Total Fat: 16.5g | Cholesterol: 25mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database Nutritional Information Gourmet Mushroom Risotto Servings Per Recipe: 6 Amount Per Serving Calories: 420 Total Fat: 16.5g Cholesterol: 25mg Sodium: 188mg Total Carbs: 55.7g     Dietary Fiber: 2.7g Protein: 10.7g quote of the week "A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~Old New York Proverb    -- 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?    ( see these tidbits below and how about the "gum" facts?) ·     black-eyed peas are really beans. ·    blenders were invented by Stephen Poplawski when in 1922 he became the first person to put a spinning blade at the bottom of a small electric appliance to make Horlick's malted milk shakes. ·              brown sugar is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar with some residual molasses or produced by the addition of molasses to refined white sugar. ·       butter and margarine are similar in calories, the difference is that butter is higher in saturated fats, while margarine generally has more unsaturated fats. ·              butterflies taste with their feet. ·              cabbage is 91%  water. ·             canola is derived from "Canadian oil, low acid". ·            capers are the unopened green flower buds of a wild and cultivated bush which is related to the cabbage family. ·             capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth, is best neutralized by casein, the main protein in milk. ·             carrots were originally purple in colour, changing in the 17th Century to orange with newer varieties. ·             celery requires more calories to eat and digest than it contains. ·             cereal as a word is derived from the name of the Roman goddess Ceres, protector of crops. ·             champagne contains 49 million bubbles in a bottle and has a pressure 3 times that of a car tyre. ·             cherries are a member of the rose family. ·             chewing gum may keep you slim by boosting the metabolic rate by about 20%. ·             chewing gum stimulates signals in the learning center of the brain and thus help save memory as you age. Extra Specials for email group only Mondays through November 2011.. This is only good for Oct-November and email customers so read carefully 50% discount on any bottle from my wine list up to ( no limit )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.  FACEBOOK 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  Looking for a previously posted recipe or item? See this and most prior broadcasts anytime http://casadanterest.blogspot.com