Next dinner is this Saturday August 15th! We will be featuring many fresh vegetables from our garden. As always we will have pasta fresco on the menu and wood-fired pizza tastes for antipasto.
For reservations you can email 4osteriachiara@gmail.com

Below is the new pizza oven that I built in July at my brother's house in Tennessee. Let me know if you would like an "Osteria Chiara" type forno at your house.

OSTERIA CHIARA presents a unique evening of

Rosso, Bianco and Blues- a 4-course dinner, artisanal Italian wines and

The Raphael Gualazzi Band in Concert

Saturday, April 25^th, 7:00pm 

The Wilder Center on Route 5 in Wilder, VT   http://www.wildercenter.com

Osteria Chiara is presenting a special evening of Italian food and music called

“Rosso, Bianco and Blues” (that's red wine, white wine, and the BLUES - though the extraordinary Italian Pianist/Singer/Songwriter Raphael Gualazzi's repertoire covers much more than the blues.)

Video link:

Sugar Records (Milan) EPK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2B6zY12-YY 

His fusion of influences span the gamut, from jazz to ragtime, classical to reggae and African roots, from Stevie Wonder to Stevie Nicks, and lots in between. Roll that up into one performer, and you never know what's coming next!  I've been reminded of the music of JJ Cale, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miles Davis as he plays on. 

Hailing from Urbino, Italy, Raphael is a consummate musician and extraordinary pianist. 

As a young boy, Raphael took a fancy to learning New Orleans-type stride piano and spent many years at the conservatory. Raphael is very popular in Europe based on his winning the Italian San Remo singer/songwriter contest in 2010 and then representing Italy in the Eurovision contest in 2011. He was the first Italian invited to the Eurovision contest in 14 years and he placed 2^nd!

Raphael’s music is a compelling blend of Funk, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Reggae and more…..Original music steeped in tradition.

Raphael Gualazzi is coming to Vermont in April for the “Happy Mistake Tour”. He will collaborate with Vermont musicians including UVM Professor Steve Ferraris. Mr. Ferraris is also the head cook at Osteria Chiara. Italian Trumpeter Luigi Faggi will join Raphael as well as Vermont drummer Gabe Jarrett and Vermont bassist Robinson Morse.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Raphael Gualazzi live and up close. Soon you will be telling people “I heard him before the rest of the USA knew about him!” 

As one Osteria Chiara patron said after listening to Raphael:

So amazing! A real showman; very captivating, classy and playful- not to mention complex musically!... Bravo

To order tickets email 4osteriachiara@gmail.com or call 802-649-5136

The price of $75 includes a 4-course Osteria Chiara dinner and concert in the beautifully restored Wilder Center - excellent acoustics ambiance. Dinner at 7:00pm concert at 8:30pm

We had a great mid-winter Osteria Chiara dinner in January. I described it as....."Quebec Winter Carnival meets Italy"

Upcoming Dinner dates are Saturdays, February 7th (Sold Out), March 7th and in APRIL (either the 11th or 18th) extraordinary award-winning pianist/singer/songwriter RAPHAEL GUALAZZI returns to Vermont from Italy for a VERY SPECIAL EVENT: DINNER AND RAPHAEL GUALAZZI CONCERT.
Osteria Chiara presents "ROSSO, BIANCO AND BLUES"- Red wine, White wine and Music, a four-course dinner followed by Raphael Gualazzi Band concert at the Wilder Center, route 5 in Wilder, VT.
Stay tuned for more details. CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW. Many of you attended the Raphael concert here in August which was very well received by all accounts. Tell your friends and reserve early for this one!
RESERVATIONS- email to  4osteriachiara@gmail.com

Music critics say:

So amazing! A real showman; very captivating, classy and playful- not to mention complex musically!... Bravo 

Video link:

Sugar Records (Milan) EPK

https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=i2B6zY12-YY 

Also scroll down to read the SevenDays Osteria Chiara review: (you'll have to copy and paste the link into your browser to access the full article)

                                                  The January Cheese plate on the new Osteria Chiara cheese slates!

Seven Days article about Osteria Chiara: Alice Levitt from Seven Days joined us last Saturday and wrote this article about her Italian/Vermont experience.   Here is the link- 

 http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/secret-eats-from-norwichs-osteria-chiara-al-forno/Content?oid=2478419

Secret Eats From Norwich's Osteria Chiara al Forno 

By ALICE LEVITT @ALICEEATS           Steve Ferraris                                                                                                                               

We are preparing for the next Osteria Chiara dinner event Saturday December 6th. We are full for Saturday but can take reservations now for the Saturday, January 10th dinner.

                                                                              Holiday table at Osteria Chiara

Starting in February we are having the dinners on the first Saturday of each month if you want to plan ahead and get your reservations early.

 

Linda's baked Pears!

                                                                         Karin's pottery display before the snow!

We had a an enthusiastic group of diners last Friday evening. The Cream of Celery soup and the Beef Barolo on Polenta seemed to be crowd pleasers.
This coming Monday, October 13th, Osteria Chiara's Steve Ferraris will be teaching a Ragu Bolognese class at the Lebanon COOP's Culinary Learning Center. You get to learn hands-on and you get a delicious dinner! Hope to see many of you there.
Ragú Bolognese
Monday, October 13, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Hands-On Class
Instructor: Steve Ferraris
Cost: $40 Non-member, $36 Member
Learn the ingredients and steps to prepare classic Ragù Bolognese. Fabulous on pasta or take your lasagna to another level! Bolognese takes time, so while the sauce simmers we will make fresh ricotta and fresh pasta dough to create Lasagna Bolognese.

To Register

All Co-op classes take place in the Culinary Learning Center located in our Lebanon Store. Come to class prepared to learn and eat! All classes include extensive samples or a meal. Register and pay for the class at either the Hanover or Lebanon Service Desk or by phone at (603) 643-2667. Payment is expected when you register and confirms your place in the class. 

The Beef stew in Barolo wine is simmering and the pasta fresco, called Strozzapreti, is made for tomorrow night's extravaganza!

Molly twisting the Strozzapreti!

We look forward to serving all our guests tomorrow evening. Buon appetito!

Welcome to Osteria Chiara! Perhaps you are reading this because you saw the article about us in Upper Valley Life magazine's September-November 2014 issue.

We are preparing for an exciting evening THIS Friday,  October 3rd! This is a one-time Friday dinner. Usually we have the dinners on Saturday evenings but this week it's Friday. We still have a few seats if you want to have the "Osteria Chiara experience".

For reservations email us at    4osteriachiara@gmail.com

The secondo, or entree, this week is a Piemontese classic, Beef braised in Barolo wine.

Hope to see you here and buon appetito!