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Chefs Notes Franco Dunn franco@tavernasanti.com Subject: Citrus in Northern Sonoma County Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 Northern Sonoma County is a great spot for hunter-gatherer types like myself. We have the Russian River for salmon and steelhead, the hills for wild boar and beautiful mushrooms (though not such a great crop this season), wild fennel for seasoning and anisette, apples, and lots of varieties of fabulous citrus fruits! Cloverdale is the site of the Citrus Fair. First come the lemons and wonderful meyer lemons. Next to ripen are the oranges, grapefruits and if you are really lucky to have a friend with a tree, pomellos. I have noticed for quite some time that 85% of the citrus just falls from the trees and rots. This year I decided to take action. I put out the word to all of my friends. The message was: “If you have, or know someone who has, citrus that they are not using please bring it to me.” The results have been fantastic! I have made limoncello, a sweet lemon flavored liqueur, agrumino, a liqueur flavored with lemons, meyer lemons,grapefruit and oranges. The pot has been put on to my marmellades and citrus mostarda. George, our bread baker and pasta maker, has made citrus almond cake, orange buttermilk cake and torta di limone. I looked at the menu tonight and Santi has on the menu: limoncello, orange and avocado salad with citrus mostarda dressing, orange-scented pheasant and rabbit terrine, arrancini with red pepper and citrus aioli and maybe a few more items with citrus that I have left out. We here at the restaurant hope that you are not letting all that good fruit go to waste. We also hope that you will come on up to Geyserville and try some of these dishes! Thanks, Franco — Franco Dunn at Santi franco@tavernasanti.com

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Franco Dunn franco@tavernasanti.com Subject: Citrus in Northern Sonoma County Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 Northern Sonoma County is a great spot for hunter-gatherer types like myself. We have the Russian River for salmon and steelhead, the hills for wild boar and beautiful mushrooms (though not such a great crop this season), wild fennel for seasoning and anisette, apples, and lots of varieties of fabulous citrus fruits! Cloverdale is the site of the Citrus Fair. First come the lemons and wonderful meyer lemons. Next to ripen are the oranges, grapefruits and if you are really lucky to have a friend with a tree, pomellos. I have noticed for quite some time that 85% of the citrus just falls from the trees and rots. This year I decided to take action. I put out the word to all of my friends. The message was: “If you have, or know someone who has, citrus that they are not using please bring it to me.” The results have been fantastic! I have made limoncello, a sweet lemon flavored liqueur, agrumino, a liqueur flavored with lemons, meyer lemons,grapefruit and oranges. The pot has been put on to my marmellades and citrus mostarda. George, our bread baker and pasta maker, has made citrus almond cake, orange buttermilk cake and torta di limone. I looked at the menu tonight and Santi has on the menu: limoncello, orange and avocado salad with citrus mostarda dressing, orange-scented pheasant and rabbit terrine, arrancini with red pepper and citrus aioli and maybe a few more items with citrus that I have left out. We here at the restaurant hope that you are not letting all that good fruit go to waste. We also hope that you will come on up to Geyserville and try some of these dishes! Thanks, Franco — Franco Dunn at Santi franco@tavernasanti.com

Franco Dunn franco@tavernasanti.com

Subject: Citrus in Northern Sonoma County Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002

Northern Sonoma County is a great spot for hunter-gatherer types like myself. We have the Russian River for salmon and steelhead, the hills for wild boar and beautiful mushrooms (though not such a great crop this season), wild fennel for seasoning and anisette, apples, and lots of varieties of fabulous citrus fruits! Cloverdale is the site of the Citrus Fair. First come the lemons and wonderful meyer lemons. Next to ripen are the oranges, grapefruits and if you are really lucky to have a friend with a tree, pomellos. I have noticed for quite some time that 85% of the citrus just falls from the trees and rots. This year I decided to take action. I put out the word to all of my friends. The message was: “If you have, or know someone who has, citrus that they are not using please bring it to me.”

The results have been fantastic! I have made limoncello, a sweet lemon flavored liqueur, agrumino, a liqueur flavored with lemons, meyer lemons,grapefruit and oranges. The pot has been put on to my marmellades and citrus mostarda. George, our bread baker and pasta maker, has made citrus almond cake, orange buttermilk cake and torta di limone.

I looked at the menu tonight and Santi has on the menu: limoncello, orange and avocado salad with citrus mostarda dressing, orange-scented pheasant and rabbit terrine, arrancini with red pepper and citrus aioli and maybe a few more items with citrus that I have left out. We here at the restaurant hope that you are not letting all that good fruit go to waste. We also hope that you will come on up to Geyserville and try some of these dishes!

Thanks,

Franco

— Franco Dunn at Santi franco@tavernasanti.com