A Tuscan Dream in America

On March 2020 the magazine had to temporarily shut down its activity due to the Pandemic. We couldn't go around to rate and review restaurants or luxury hotels as before. Only recently Travelscore Magazine publisher decided to move on an experimental and totally new path related only to USA. We are talking about the possibility to create your own restaurant gourmet menu at home. Indeed many companies which used to supply their selected food to restaurants had to turn their business also to home delivery. We have tried for you a very limited but excellent selection among those.

 

"Sogno Toscano" means "Tuscan Dream" and is a great Italian food supplier which can deliver their great imported products right at your door. We tested just a small selection of them, but being Italians it was enough to understand the philosophy behind their brand. The pics are just a part of the tested items you can buy online, but we can surely confirm the rate score of Travelscore Magazine is a full 20/20.

If you would like to watch for some Italian recipes made with these products they are at this page here

The company invests heavily in research and follows the production from A to Z. Throughout the year, they scour each unique region to select the best Italian cooking ingredients and cosmetics. This is valuable addition to what they cultivate at their estate in Bolgheri, Tuscany. For each of Sogno Toscano Italian cooking ingredients and cosmetic products, they perform rigorous laboratory testing, sampling, and tasting by award-winning chefs. They develop the spec sheets, packaging and lot selection as well as monitor the loading, withdrawal and the container closure with our safety seal. All of the products are GMO-free and their suppliers are certified to distribute by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations.

Margra a Game Changer in the World of Lamb

On March 2020 the magazine had to temporarily shut down its activity due to the Pandemic. We couldn't go around to rate and review restaurants or luxury hotels as before. Only recently Travelscore Magazine publisher decided to move on an experimental and totally new path related only to USA. We are talking about the possibility to create your own restaurant gourmet menu at home. Indeed many companies which used to supply their selected food to restaurants had to turn their business also to home delivery. We have tried for you a very limited but excellent selection among those. 

Let's start with "MARGRA Lamb" a game changer in the world of lamb quality!  Margra Lamb has been bred to have a superior eating quality, like no lamb you 've ever tried before. This is thanks to fine micro-marbling found throughout each cut, which melts at a very low cooking temperature of 82-95°F and contributes to an unbelievably delicate taste. In addition, Margra Lamb is ideal for healthconscious diners, having been proven to have significantly higher health benefits than other red meats namely, high levels of EPA and source levels of omega-3. It should be noted that this occurs naturally, without the need to feed the sheep supplements that would artificially boost these levels. A fine texture and mild aroma contribute to a silky mouthfeel and clean palate after eating.

Fagerman Farm imports from Australia this new lamb breed. Eating lamb is known to have many health benefits, although it fails to impress the palate. Margra, not only multiplies the health benefits of lamb, but has superb flavor and preferable texture.While this base flock is establishing itself in and around the US, they are working with top notch ranches in Australia to provide this product now. They are excited to offer one of the best tasting and healthiest red meat sources in the world to fellow Americans. Travelscore Magazine score rate for this product is 20/20.

Fagerman Farm is located at Hartselle , Alabama  35640 

email:Store@Fagermanfarm.com 

 

Italian Chef Luigi Pomata "the King of Tuna"

Chef Luigi Pomata - the King of Tuna

Italian Chef Luigi Pomata (aka the King of Tuna) what's NEXT our opinion? Well, first of all we are not just talking only about one of his three restaurants, located next to each other (with different menu and food style each one) in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. What we are thinking at this time it's that he deserves at least one Michelin star, but in our perspective even two. Luigi Pomata signature restaurant has his name right in the title. He owns and runs also the "Bistrot" and the "Next". We have been testing the "Luigi Pomata" for dinner and the "Next"  at lunch. The first one is impeccable not only for the wonderful and original dishes but also for the excellent service. The second one has incredibly good pizzas, like we never had worldwide. Can't say anything ayet bout the "Bistrot" because we will try it the next time. So we will start describing the menu we had, personally prepared and introduced by the chef himself. Luigi is called the "King of Tuna" because nobody in the world is capable to cook all the parts, of a whole red tuna, as he does.

"Fritto Mediterraneo"

The "Fritto Mediterraneo" (Mediterranean fish fry) was just the start because right after this other fantastic creations came to our table:

(following the order of the pics below of this 12 course gourmet dinner)

"Pizza Croccante di Seadas con Acciuga di Cetara"

(crispy Seadas pizza with Cetara anchovies).

"Burrida da mangiare con le mani"

(traditional Sardinian dish, this one in particular, to be eaten with hands).

"Battuto di Gambero Rosso, Uovo Biologico di Gallina Livornese e Tartufo di Laconi"

(Beaten red shrimp, organic Livorno chicken egg from and Laconi's truffle).

"Insalata Russa di Mare"

(Russian seafood salad).

"Tagliolino di Semola con Crudaiola di Gamberi Rossi, Pomodorini Appassiti, Basilico, Tartufo e Limone"

(Semolina tagliolini with raw red prawns, dried tomatoes, basil, truffle and lemon).

"Gnocchi di patate di Sadali e Alghe con Vongole Affumicate, Tonno disidratata su Crema di Mozzarella"

(Sadali's potato dumplings and seaweed with smoked clams, dehydrated tuna on mozzarella cream).

"Ventresca di Tonno Rosso di Carloforte in Crosta di Pane al Prosciutto, Crema alla Senape Selvatica e Bietole"

(ventresca of Carloforte red tuna in ham bread crust , Wild mustard and chard cream).

"La Seadas va in Giappone"

(Seadas goes to Japan),

"Cremoso al Cioccolato e Basilico su Crema di Sedano con Gelato Doppia Panna"

(Creamy chocolate and basil on celery cream with double cream ice cream).

"Gelato al Latte di Capra con Ciliegie di Burcei"

(Goat milk ice cream with Burcei cherries).

"Piccola Pasticceria"

(small pastry).

 

The Wine selection was amazing,too. Every single dish had its own perfect pairing:

                                                                                     

Luigi Pomata signature restaurant score is 20/20 plus. There isn't, at this time, a better place where you can find the red tuna cooked to the perfection in "all" its parts, even those you never eaten before.

He is truly the world's "King of Tuna" and it definitively worth a stop in Cagliari when you are in Italy.

By the way if you go there you can't absolutely miss "the best creative pizza" you can find in the whole country. Just go "NEXT" the the restaurant above. We gave a 20/20 to this place as well and keep in mind this is not a pizzeria but it's "the vanguard of pizza" and beyond.

These below are just very few example of what you can eat at the "Next":

"Polpette di Cozze su Cremoso di Pecora ed Erbe"

(mussel meatballs on creamy sheep and herbs),

La "Pizza Carlofortina con Tonno all’Olio Riserva di Famiglia e Crema di Basilico"

(pizza Carlofortina with tuna with oil "reserve of the family" and basil cream).

"Pizza la Parmigiana con Melanzane in Tre Consistenze e Scaglie di Parmigiano 50 Mesi"

(pizza Parmigiana with eggplants in three consistencies and Parmigiano's flakes aged 50 months). 

"Crostini, Burrata e Alici

crostini, burrata and anchovies).

Luigi Pomata Signature Restaurant

Address: Viale Regina Margherita, 18, 09124 Cagliari CA, Italy

Phone: +39 070 672058

NEXT Food & Lounge

Address: Viale Regina Margherita, 14, 09124 Cagliari CA, Italy

Phone: +39 070 654464

Highlight and Pics by Luca Centoni