While I might quibble a little with the menu -- being a Piemontese purist and all -- I'm happy that Il Mito Enoteca hosts a "Regional Tour of the tastes of Piedmont" dinner on Friday, Nov. 21 beginning at 7 p.m. I bet Chef Michael Feker will uncork some great barberas for the occasion.

The four-course meal is $89.95 per person, excluding tax and tip.

The fixed-price menu begins with a first course of warm watercress salad with pancetta, hard-boiled egg and shaved parmesean that is followed by a primo of fettuccine with walnut and gorgonzola sauce.

The main course is ossobucco -- a speciality of neighboring Lombardia, rather than Piemonte -- but with porcini mushroom risotto.

Risotto is a dish commonly associated with Lombardia, too, but it features heavily in Piemontese kitchens, too, thanks to the rice paddies in the Provinces of Alessandria, Vercelli and Novara.

Regardless of the roots of the dishes, you know that at Il Mito, Feker will infuse his flair and passion into all of them.

Dessert is the sinful-sounding panna cotta with pomegranate molasses and espresso sauce.

Call or visit www.ilmito.com to make a reservation.