"I'll Take Some Mutz with the Baccala"

Thanks to Dad Barbaro for this exciting news find which dispels the draconian italian rule-of-law that you cannot, under any circumstances, put cheese on your seafood.

How many times have you been sneered at by an Italian waiter when requesting parmeggiano with your clams and macaroni or pecorino romano on that zuppa di pesce? Well, no longer do we have to endure being scolded at by grandma or scoffed at by the waiter because according to Robert Trachtenberg's article in the March 30, 2008 NY Times, cheese & fish have been culinary bedfellows in Italy since 400 BC!