It seems like when we’re not eating, we’re food shopping 
After a decent attempt at recreating one of our favorite things we ate in Sicily this summer, we hopped on my Vespa to hit a couple of FMs in Mitte & Prenzlauer Berg — the former for fresh porcini or maybe stuffed mushroom ravs (no dice), the latter for another loaf of sourdough (dice!). We also grabbed a hot-smoked salmon filet, a “Schillerlocke” aka a strip of smoked spiny dogfish, a popular German snack I remember my mom getting for us on occasion for a quick lunch on the go, and a piece of smoked halibut.
We weren’t motivated to scoot even further north to stock up on more Italian stuff & made our way back to the market hall near us, where a nice hunka Taleggio and a very nice chunka kalathaki were calling our names.
My buddy tried to convince us to join him at our favorite lake for sunset live music & pizza on the beach, but having just returned from beach & pizza time we declined. We grabbed a sunset beer at the beer garden near us instead before dinner at home.
Pappardelle ai sugo di porcini con cardoncelli e funghi ostrica. Sweat half a shallot and a couple of crushed garlic cloves in olive oil & butter, added a coupla spoons of Italian chili peppers in oil, then sautéed mini king oyster shrooms (aren’t they freaking adorable?)
& oyster shrooms until nicely browned. A splash of rosé & crema di porcini, whole milk in lieu of cream, lots of fresh ground black pepper & chopped fresh parsley to finish. Grated parm on top.
Our antipasto was bufflo burrata caprese with Sicilian tomatoes.
My bestie is flying in from London tomorrow and crashing with us until Monday. Can’t waitttt 
