Additional nationalities are reflected in a display case that brims with scones, cherry or cheese Danish, filled-to-order cannoli and crisp, buttery croissants ($1.75 to $2.25).
At the hotel, I went Hungarian with bean soup and veal paprika, followed by cherry, cottage cheese, raisin and poppy-seed strudel ($4.90).
Fennel salad, served with cherry tomatoes, cheese and balsamic vinegar, is wonderful, and it's hard to find a better value or a more alluring dish than Acquario's Portuguese fish stew.
Jams made from currants, plums, and cherries... Cheese the size of a sleeping terrier...".
The mixed greens salad combined cherries, goat cheese and greens in a swirl of Champagne vinaigrette.
It tells the story of "a good little man of the mountain" named Bobo, who lives in a cozy, well-appointed cave and spends all his time cooking customized, delicious-sounding meals for the local animals: nut cakes for the squirrels, seed puddings for the birds, cabbage salads for the rabbits, cherry-sized cheeses for the mice.
Danish come in cheese, cherry, apricot, prune, chocolate and pecan varieties ($1.75 each).
An off-site baker makes plum cakes ($6.49 a pound) and babkas (cherry, crumb and cheese types; prices vary, from $2.99 to $30 for one weighing four pounds).
Besides the tagliatelle and the pappardelle, I liked the playful fusilli, with its jumble of cherry tomatoes, goat cheese, beet greens and walnuts.
