Originally posted by SC: And, yes, I "clean" my plate with a piece of bread to mop up any remaining sauce.
that's called scarpetta, i.e. little shoe. Absolutely Italian! I find it to be delightful that you keep these Italian habits, SC!
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
that's called 
