Huh. Anyone stops by the Venice/Padova area of Italy is welcome to a good dinner with plenty of meat: homemade ragu` (not that crappy brand of sickly tomato sauce sold in the US) with egg pasta, grilled meat, plenty of red wine.
I guess I could come up with something vegetarian under extreme duress;-)
If on an impulse I would fly from Finland, you'll cook for me? Who else is coming! Or if anyone wants to come here, I can offer reindeer meat with lingonberries and mashed potatos, complete with Finnish vodka.
Sure. We don't get many visitors these days, what with having a baby and not as much social life as in the past. And my wife and I both enjoy meeting people from various places a great deal (indeed, this is something that I think we would sorely miss were we to move back to the west coast of the US).
White balance is super important as well as a shadows to give you good depth and texture to the dish. Leaving those out is like leaving the chicken out of chicken noodle soup.
I only just saw this via the link to Party #2, but actually found myself reading a cooking related post which is unusual. I enjoyed your writing style.
I guess I could come up with something vegetarian under extreme duress;-)