Thank you! I’m not much one for looks good / tastes meh, so I’m glad it tasted good too after all that!
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Bella lasagna!
(really 100 layers? Brava!)
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Grazie mille!
No – I stopped at 25 pasta layers, and I’m not counting the sauces and cheese as separate layers like a cheater 
. But still, lots of layers!
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The chicken looks lovely, but LOCAL BLOOD ORANGES!?!?! You are very fortunate.
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I walked 16.69km/11.48mi yesterday and 16.69km/10.37mi today. It’s been warm bordering on hot (around 80°F) and it will be hot tomorrow so I’ll have to take all my walks early in the morning from now on (my sister doesn’t want me to walk at night).
Back to WFD, to reward myself for the long walks, I made a hefty pizza on Stonefire flatbread again with basil & garlic tomato paste, queso fresco, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, grilled zucchini and pepperoni. This is the second time I’ve made it, but this time I crisped up the crust in a frying pan instead of just cooking it in a toaster oven. I have enough pepperoni and tomato paste for one more pizza which I’ll make in the near future.
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Wow! I wonder if the site owners would entertain creation of a love button for posts like these.
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Instant pot butter chicken complements of Urvashi Pitre
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Enjoying Rome ?
Brussel Sprouts-Ricotta-Lemon-Tarte - Puff pastry tarte filled with sautéed Brussel sprouts, dried tomatoes, lemon zest, ricotta, eggs, nutmeg and topped with a gremolata made from pine nuts, olives and parsley
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Thanks, it’s porky! Only some shallots, garlic, bay leaf, and an optional bit of nutmeg for seasoning.
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Oops…I wrote that I walked the same number of kilometers yesterday, but a different number of miles…that’s not possible. Yesterday was 18.48km and today was 16.69. Sorry…
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Why don’t you label your photos?
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Chawanmushi for dish-o’-the-quarter, with oyster mushrooms, shrimp and horseradish leaves (my balcony horseradish is back in business after a long winter). Plus broccoli rabe oshitashi.
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Your link to Azin Nsonou leads to an eventbrite page but I didn’t a link to the recipe. Unless I am missing something?
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I consulted for a Japanese bank for 3 years at the dawn of derivative trading and, although it was in NYC, I often felt like a stranger in a strange land. I thought I knew a little something about Japanese cuisine but the first time I went to dinner with my clients, our set meal came with Chawanmushi. They asked me what I thought, I told them it was delicious but as I worked towards the bottom of the cup, I noticed our lively conversation had quieted down and everyone seemed to be looking at me.
So yeah, at the bottom of the dish were two fish eyes, which, despite growing up in a place where a lot of us fished for a living., I found shocking. I asked if the fish eyes were edible, everyone laughed and said yes, so I figured what the heck, and, fighting my gag reflex, popped one into my mouth. of course it was delicious. Still, I haven’t been anxious to seek out fish eyes and haven’t had one since that evening, so long ago.
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I and a friend ordered a whole steamed fish at Canton many years ago (when it was still open). I could not bring myself to eat the eyes. Maybe I’ll take another shot at it one of these days.
I hear we’re about to get all kinds of reaction buttons.
I’m mostly looking forward to the laugh emoji.
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