Conference Dinner and Reservation
We have booked a lovely restaurant for our conference dinner on Saturday October 3, following the keynote address by Richard Sherwin. The venue is a restaurant with a small castle and a vineyard set on a hill above the town of Morcote on Lake Lugano - Restaurant Alpe-Vicania (See the following website: http://www.alpe-vicania.ch/it/av_hp.php). The three course dinner of traditional seasonal specialties with breads, oils, wines and desserts "fatti in casa" -- homemade -- is partially subsidized by sponsors; it will cost 45 CHF per person to help offset the remaining costs of the dinner and the transportation to and from the restaurant.
While the dinner is open to all conference attendees, the tickets are limited to 50. You can reserve your ticket by writing to the following email: cwiedmer@fc.edu. We will include your ticket in your conference packet and ask you to pay the dinner fee of 45 CHF upon registration. Any remaining tickets can be purchased at the registration desk until Friday October 2, by 19:00 at which time we will need to let the cooks know exactly how many people will be attending.
When you submit your reservation, please indicate which of the choices you would like for the second course and dessert. The menu and choices are listed below:
Primo Piatto (First Course)
Il risotto al Merlot con radicchio
(Traditional Italian rice dish made with Merlot wine with radicchio)
Secondi Piatti (Second Courses)
Choice 1
L'entrecôte di cerbiatto alle chantarelles con spätzli e verdure
(Venison steak with chanterelle mushrooms, small dumplings and vegetables)
Choice 2
I petti di quaglia all'uva con patate e lenticchie
(Breast of quail with potatoes and lentils)
Choice 3
A vegetarian selection to be determined
Dolci (Desserts)
Choice 1
Il semifreddo al nocino ticinese
(A chilled cream cake with traditional walnut liqueur)
Choice 2
Il tiramisù Vicania
(A traditional Italian dessert of layered cake and cream made in the style of the chef)
Wines
(One half bottle of wine is included in the price. Additional wine can be purchased)
Choice 1
Vicania Bianco, Bianco ticinese DOC, M. Conceprio 2004
Choice 2
Vicania Rosso, Rosso ticinese DOC, M. Conceprio 2003

