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Touch of Italy holds Carnevale! fundraiser

Event organizers (l-r) Bob Yesbek (aka The Rehoboth Foodie) and Touch of Italy owner Bob Ciprietti take time out for a photo at Italy's newest culinary region, Sussex County. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Steven Billups
March 19, 2016
Touch of Italy cook Frank Fisher brulees some gorgonzola cheese over polenta and cauliflower hummus. This dish hails from the Piedmont culinary region of Italy. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Karen Clayton of Bacchus Importers pours a taste of sangiovese wine for Fantini Rose. Sangiovese is one of Touch of Italy's popular house wines. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Steve Taylor, left, receives a plate of Calamari Radicchio from cook Brian Leyden. The dish originates in Italy's culinary region of Veneto. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Joan Wallace of Rehoboth Beach samples Rehoboth Foodie's fried chicken with Dogfish Head beer from the Sussex County culinary region. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Brittany Danahy gets a sample of the Tuscany culinary region's prosciutto from Raymond "Big Ray" Perry. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Cook Zachary Payne stirs hot pasta into a bowl of shaved locatelli cheese for Myles Brown, center, and Lee Porter. This dish is representative of Italy's culinary region of Puglia. BY STEVEN BILLUPS
Dressed in her finest Italian country garb, barkeep Kymmr Barker made sure that Touch of Italy's bar stayed full throughout the gala Carnevale! event. BY STEVEN BILLUPS

On March 8 and 9, the Touch of Italy in Rehoboth Beach was transformed into an Italian Street Fair. Food and wine from Italy's five culinary regions were featured, along with Sussex County specialties such as The Rehoboth Foodie’s famous fried chicken, Dogfish Head beer and nitro-infused coffee from The Point Coffee House.

Live auctions included $4,000 worth of fine wine, a wheelbarrow-full of Dogfish Head beer, an all-expenses-paid wine weekend on the beach in OC (with a $300 bottle of wine donated by Teller Wines) and a 3-restaurant progressive dinner - with a limo! - donated by SoDel Concepts.

The auctions and the Carnevale! event all benefit the nonprofit Touch of Italy/RehobothFoodie.com Culinary Scholarship Fund. In order to help alleviate the shortage of qualified kitchen personnel available to Cape Region restaurants, Touch of Italy and RehobothFoodie.com have teamed up to provide tuition assistance to qualified Sussex County high school graduates who wish to further their education at accredited culinary schools.

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