Chapter 25
Paolo's First TimeThat evening they returned as promised to Antico Caffè Calissano. Fabrizio was busily breezing through his dining room, ostentatiously waving his arms and beaming his smile across the room, acting more like a visiting celebrity than a chef.
Stefano looked at his wife, and smiled reassuringly. He knew she was better in the kitchen than Fabrizio, but she didn't make such a show of it in the dining room.
She saw his smile and, in response, said, “But you have to admit, he's good.”
Fabrizio swept over to the door and seated his new guests in a favored spot by the window and then disappeared into the kitchen.
Soon afterward, a young man delivered a clay pot of bagna cauda – a sauce made of butter, olive oil, garlic and anchovies – and a platter of cut raw veget
