There is this incredible grocery/wine/bakery/everything market in Winnipeg called Piazza De Nardi. It’s a family-owned company which has a steep history in Italian cuisine. I got to spend my morning with them and am brining back my top 3 tips of what you can do to impress your guests.
A delicious creation from Piazza De Nardi
1: Champagne
Champagne goes with everything. Whether it’s the beginning of the night and you want to serve something with appetizers, you need something classy for your main course, or you need something to sip on with dessert, champagne is versatile, classy, and fun!
2: Know Your Cheese
Their are four types of cheeses (Soft Cheeses, Medium Soft, Hard, and Extreme). Extreme is the most impressive (obviously…it’s called EXTREME) and theycan feature fun things mixed in their like mango or even ash (yep, like burned charcol).
3: Chocolate and Wine
If your dessert has chocolate (or your trying to push the gross left over chocolates from the holidays that no one in your house will eat so you’re hoping your guests will) serve up a glass of red wine. The “tannin” of the wine should match the tannin of the chocolate, so if you have a bitter tasting chocolate, go with a wine that has a stronger tannin (that mouth drying sensation when you sip certain wines).
If you know you want to serve your guests something fancy but you don’t know how to pull it off, honestly, visit Piazza De Nardi. I know nothing about fancy dinner entertaining, but having gone their one time, I know enough to trust that if I go to Piazza, tell them how many people are coming over, and the types of things I like, they’ll be able to help me find something. Check out their website by clicking here.