ACCADEMIA DINNER in Atlanta GA- December 13, 2014

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Pricci's Menu for the Dec 2014 Accademia Dinner

The December 2014 Accademia Italiana della Cucina Dinner took place at Pricci’s, one of Atlanta’s favorite restaurants in Buckhead. Pricci is a contemporary Italian restaurant with a creative menu, a dramatic interior and skilled service. The atmosphere is what you would expect of a Buckhead restaurant- classy and chic. The waitstaff is uniformed and the tables are covered in simple white tablecloth.  Pricci is truly stylish dining, and the beautiful crowd waiting in line to be seated testifies to such statement.

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15 delightful Academicians attended and thankfully we were seated in a private banquet room, as the restaurant was absolutely filled to the brim and quite noisy.   I regret to announce that no photographs are available at this time, with the exception of the Menu, which included a tantalizing Aragosta in Carpione appetizer with the surprising taste twist addition of raisins … my mouth is still watering over that. Several wines were served, with a crisp Feudi di San Gregorio Falanghina being my favorite. The Arugula and Barbiatole salad was also very refreshing and I loved the Umbrian Blue Cheese which complemented the beets beautifully.

I must admit that, generally speaking, I am not a big fan of Storione fish and this was no exception to the rule.But the potato stew which accompanied the sturgeon was absolutely divine. I also enjoyed the tomato sauce and cheese dips they offered for the bread, as opposed to the typical olive oil. The sauce, spiced just right, was excellent, and so was the bread.

Another big surprise came with dessert. Again, Panettone is not on my favorite list as I find it dry and blah. But the Panettone bread pudding we were presented with had no resemblance to the dreaded, boring holiday sweet bread I was envisioning. I simply loved every and each bite of it and cleaned out to the last drop of the accompanying caramel chocolate mousse. A great success, paired with a sweet traditional Mostato d’Asti “Nivole”

I look forward to exploring Pricci’s Menu some more in a near future

 Pricci was named one of America’s “20 Best New Restaurants” the year it opened by Esquire and called “…a dazzlingly modern, very hip Italian restaurant.”

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