Corrina Cooke Suggests Lunch

For Venice planning,  Paula bought a terrific book, "Glam Italia! 101 Fabulous Things To Do In Venice: Fantastic Finds In The Most Unique City On Earth" by Corrina Cooke. It was so interesting, I plan to get a copy once I'm back home. 

Corrina suggested two restaurants for Burano. We chose the family-run restaurant called Trattoria da Primo.

The delicious bread (especially those sesame seed sticks) came wrapped in a napkin in a wooden box. We encountered this frequently in Venice.

I ordered sea bass which the waiter filleted at the table. I also ordered a side of grilled vegetables. This was a very generous portion with onions, carrots, eggplant and zucchini. 

For desseert - Buranelli cookies. They are made in the shaped of an S and served with zabaglione cream.

Our serving of cookies also had a "ground cherry" which I encountered for the first time at a farmer's market last summer in Cleveland. They are "wrapped" in a very thin papery material, are small and orange and quite tart. I had never seen them before last summer.

This man's jacket shows you are never far from the City of Brotherly love...