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Earlier this week I finally got around to cooking a recipe from Fred Plotkin’s book, Italy for the Gourmet Traveler. I decided my first recipe would be asparagus risotto. I didn’t really know what risotto was until I came to Italy. For those of you who don’t know, risotto is an Italian dish of rice cooked in stock, often with meat or vegetables. I got a bundle of asparagus from a nearby open-air market. I chose to use vegetable stock instead of the recommended beef stock because I am a vegetarian. That choice may or may not have also had to do with the fact that I couldn’t find any beef stock. As you can see below, it isn’t much to look at, but I assure you it is delicious. The asparagus was tender and fresh, and the flavor came through wonderfully. That is all for now — I must go attend to another meal I am cooking from Fred’s book. Ciao!