14 Course Dinner in Castel Gandolfo

Sor Capana Dinner

Some people ask what you would want to eat for your last dinner on Earth. I would want to eat the Ravioli alle fiori di zucca from Sor Capana in Castel Gandolfo. I have to say that many of the Walsh students who have traveled/studied abroad in Castel Gandolfo know what I am talking about here. It is the only dish that I have truly cried over when I licked the plate clean. It is really that good. I decided to convince the group to have our farewell dinner in Castel Gandolfo instead of Spain. We have another week of our trip in Spain. I have to admit that I wanted to cry over that dish one more time. Who knows when I will be back here?


One must be swift and bold when eating a 14 course meal. Pace is important like keeping pace for a marathon. You want to make sure that you at least get to try all 14 dishes before you take that pin to your stomach to break the tension of the masterpiece that you have just consumed. One thing I have learned is that no matter a dinner at a restaurant or in a private home.....when in Italy, one never wants to disappoint the cook. Always nod that you would like to try the next dish the chef has prepared. Once you shake your head no, one can never recover from that deep of an insult.

One thing that I have grown to love about eating in Italy is that I am never rushed to finish. The wine always keeps the conversation going. If you are running out of gas there is always dessert and a digestivo consisting of either an espresso, Jagermister or limoncello. Yes everyone, you can wash it all down with a digestive consisting of alcohol or coffee. I have found that it really is needed for either the coffee or alcohol just so that I could function after eating such an amount. The coffee or alcohol dulls the pain from the food coma that will soon consume my body after eating these mind blowingly amazing 14 dishes.