The First Course

We ate at a place without a menu. Just sit down and they serve you food and wine in 4 courses. This was the first course. Prosciutto, bread, olives, lentils, and some kind of pickled vegetable which tasted a little like black licorice. The meal was very good and there was an old lady "running" the place with a towel on her head like you'd picture an old world Italian woman wearing. She picked up the meat plate and instead of clearing it, she took the spoon and put the juice on the meat on our plates!  Notice the wine.  Love the wine!