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Dante's somewhere between Sacramento and Tahoe
Photo: Ruth Caldwell (2009)
"Dante" Sheep Cheese
http://www.sheepmilk.biz/cheese.html#productfeatures
(from what I can tell from this fuzzy image, the logo seems to be inspired by Auguste Rodin's sculpture of a man in thought [Dante, to become the later sculpture "The Thinker"] on the top center of "The Gates of Hell" with his head replaced by a sheep)
"Made with 100% pure sheep milk and aged a minimum of six months, Dante has a rich, nutty flavor with a firm and somewhat dry texture. Dante complements pasta, dried fruit and balsamic vinegar as well as medium red wines and semi-sweet white wines."
Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative
http://www.sheepmilk.biz/cheese.html#productfeatures
Contributed by Ruth Caldwell (Luther College)
-bought in a "local foods" store in Decorah, Iowa
Purgatory Pizza, Chicago, IL
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/restaurants-bars/28135/purgatory-pizza
3415 N Clark St between Roscoe St and Newport Ave (773-975-6677)
"A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN Is there pizza in the afterlife? Chris Peckat doesn't pretend to know. But he does have a pretty strong hunch there's pizza in purgatory--two types, actually. At Purgatory Pizza, he'll be serving both a thin cracker-crust (made with Pabst Blue Ribbon) and a thicker pan crust (which he won't deem deep dish), both of which will be topped with a blend of six cheeses. Situated next to Peckat's barbecue-and-pinup-girls joint, Risque, Purgatory has been decked out with references to Dante's Divine Comedy; Peckat has painted the floor of the place to look like hell and the ceiling to look like heaven. 'I thought it was a fun theme to go with,' he says. We're not sure what's so fun about death and hell, but as long as there's pizza involved, we won't complain."
--David Tamarkin, Time Out Chicago, April 3-9, 2008
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/restaurants-bars/28135/purgatory-pizza
Contributed by Charlie Russell-Schlesinger (Bowdoin, '08)
Cafe Dante, 79-81 Macdougal Street, NY, NY
http://www.caffe-dante.com/index.html
Contributed by Guy Raffa
Hell Bar, Chapel Hill, NC
entrance to Hell, photo by Sara Washington
http://www.chapelhell.com/index2.html
Contributed by Sara Washington
Il Terzo Girone: Italian food and drink database
http://www.ilterzogirone.it/il_progetto.php
Terzo Girone Ristorante, Siena, Italy
pdf of full menu: Download file
Contributed by Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio (University of Rochester)
Dan T's Inferno Hot Sauces
http://www.finefoodsoftheworld.com/catalog/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=467&reviews_id=27
DAN T'S INFERNO RECIPE PAGE
Dishes from Downunder... and we don't mean Australia
http://www.dants.com/about_sauces.htm
Contributed by Sally Ahlquist (Luther College, '11)
Dante Bar, Via del Corso, Rome
Contributed by Maxime Billick (Bowdoin, '10)
"Il Terzo Cerchio" restaurant, Budapest, Hungary
http://www.ilterzocerchio.hu/open.php
Dante Olive Oil (1940s)
http://www.nemocollecting.com/where.html
Contributed by Laura Chiesa
Dante Coffeeshop, Taipei
Background Image: Domenico di Michelino, Dante and His Comedy, 1465
