The Film: Gomorrah (out February 27)Taking an unflinching look at organized crime in Naples, Italian director Matteo Garrone turns Roberto Saviano’s bestselling exposé Gomorrah into gritty grist for a handful of intersecting tales about the Camorra gangland clan. Don’t count on any happy endings.The Food: Da Vinci RistoranteBefore you spend an evening wallowing in Naples’s corruption, wallow in its cuisine for a while. Head to Da Vinci (162 Columbus Avenue, Boston, 617.350.0007) for house-made pasta and delicately cooked fish specialties that are the region’s hallmark.
Okay, here’s a math problem for all you clever so-and-sos crawling one of the world’s most educated cities: if a food writer travels 1900 miles from her new hometown of Denver to her old one of Boston to catch up on the current dining scene, how many days does it take her to hit 10 restaurants, down 30 drinks, sample 25 dishes, and gain five pounds?
If you guessed two and a half, you get a gold star. But so do I. I took a crash course in multicourses and passed with top honors. For that matter, so did the chefs, bartenders, and servers I tested in turn, dishing up as they did the creamiest of this summer’s crop. Now it’s time for you just-returned vacationers and brand-new arrivals to brush up on the latest in local dining. So here are the Cliffs Notes — and here’s hoping my crash diet goes half so swimmingly.
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