Last Thursday we headed across town to the new outdoor patio at i Ricchi restaurant to celebrate the midsummer, the long weekend, Italian friends, and pork.  An unofficial kickoff to the Fourth of July weekend, some two hundred guests celebrated our Sagra della Porchetta, or pork festival, enjoying a feast of porchetta (whole roast pig, Umbrian style), homemade sausages, Ligurian delicacies from our friends at Anfosso Foods and Italian craft beer from our friends at Birra Perugia.

The weather held out for us and thunderstorms dissolved into one of the post peaceful and temperate nights we have had so far. Guests debated their favorite Birra Perugia beer, while munching on delightfully shaped croxetti, a bruschetta bar with many delicious Anfosso spreads, and a whole roast pig.

An enjoyable and relaxed night was had as the sun set over Dupont Circle.

Alessandro Anfosso himself was able to bring over a few jars of each product in his suitcase. You can shop them now on Emporio, in extremely limited supply. If you can’t get your hands on it fast enough, we can put you on a waitlist for when the products arrive off the boat in the fall!