When I make the stewed lamb for yiouvetsi, I use part of it to cook the orzo for the dish itself, and the rest is for other pastas. Tonight, the other pasta was wide noodles sliced from the leftover pasta sheets I used to make lasagna a while ago.
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Start of the new pizza season. Cooked indoor. In the home oven. Pan pizza
. Detroit Red Top. Cheers.
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Looks GREAT!! Especially the baked cheese on the side!!
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Took myself out to dinner at an izakaya type place in the next town over while BF was hanging out with college buddies. I started with fried oysters and then moved on to a variety of skewers, then finished with wagyu nigiri and a spicy scallop roll. It was a delightful evening!
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Wowsa! 
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Last night we finally went to Parmesan Pete’s which was recommended by @Phoenikia. So good and so fun
The joint was rammed but we scored a semi last minute reservation. The vibe was boisterous, the service was quick and friendly(maybe a little too friendly?
), but that’s part of the old school shtick I guess.I definitely over ordered once again, but who knows if or when I’ll be back so it was a case FOMO.
I ordered the Stuffed Meatball-chilled ricotta and house gravy. Delicious
Also had a small Caesar salad, lots of garlic/lemon and anchovy. Good but not mind blowing, probably should have skipped this.
For the main I absolutely had to order the Veal Parm. This thing was massive!! Smothered in house gravy and muzzarell, crispy edges and soft delicious centre.
When I say it was massive, the photo doesn’t do it justice.
I could only eat about a quarter of it, the rest will be devoured over the next couple of days.
My sister had the Eggplant Parm, which she said was delicious as well. Both entrees were served with a small side of spaghetti in tomato sauce. We also had a couple of glasses of wine. No room for dessert unfortunately.
Highly recommend if you’re looking for old school “classic “ Italian. A bit weird to get to, even with GPS because it’s in the back of an obscure little plaza.
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Sounds like you found a Hidden Gem! That veal parm is insanely humongous…easily 4 meals! Maybe some can go into a sub roll for a veal parm sandwich?
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great minds think alike 
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Polí oraya!
Show last night went alright. Our sax/clarinet initially thought he’d misplaced his reed or left it at home, but he discovered it just in time for us to go on. His wife came along bc he’d totaled his car on the way home Friday morning after crashing with us bc he hit a deer (out of three on the road) 
, and now they only have one car.
I made a point to be there an hour early vs. my usual showing up about 15 min before we go on, bc I really really really wanted to try their double stack cheeborger. Totes worth it.
We wolfed it down in no time: beefy, greasy, cheesy perfection, and I need to ask the bar manager where they get their bunz.
One of my gal pals came back to our place for a martinez night cap, and we hung out till well after midnight. 'twas a good evening.
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Glad you both enjoyed it!
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Oh yum!
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Shrimp and orecchiette with feta, tomato, and fennel, adapted from Ottolenghi:
I could have sworn we had orzo in the pantry. Whoops!
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Very simple dinner tonight. I defrosted 2 BISO chicken thighs last night, and this morning, made a buttermilk from:
1-1/2 cups 1% milk
1-1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 Tbsp white vinegar (because it wasn’t thickening up the way it should with just lemon juice)
I then added:
1 Tbsp kosher salt
1 Tbsp onion powder
1/2 Tbsp garlic powder, maybe more
1-1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 tsp paprika
Mixed it all together and poured it over the chicken in a Ziploc bag, and it marinated for a bit over 8 hours.
Drained and put on a rack on a baking sheet, and into the convection oven at 385° for about 40 minutes.
Steamed broccoli with butter, s/p, and dried marjoram.
There was wine.
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Gorgeous birdie, as usual
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That skin!!
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Lazy Sunday @casa lingua after last night’s shanananananigans 
My recluse friend came over for a brief visit late afternoon to meet our kitties, and she brought an awesome toy the boys love already. We in turn gave her the two feather toys, since her cats don’t turn into psycho killers when they play with them.
As mentioned in the NYT recipe thread, I pimped The Jamie Oliver Disaster yesterday (melted anchovies, toasted tomato paste, RPF) creating a far more flavorful ragù, so I was actually looking forward to tonight’s pappppardelle redux. I froze the rest of the sauce for future use.
‘twas mighty tasty. I also made a simple salad with butter lettuce and bits & bobs from the crisper (red pepper, the last fat radish, radicchio, a couple of campari tomatoes, and a perfectly ripe 1/2 avocado) in a sherry mustard vinaigrette.
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Thai eggplant with basil and chicken, rice.
An old standby in our house as we always seem to have an abundance of asian eggplants and thai basil in our garden.
It’s a variation in this recipe that our favorite (now closed) Thai restaurant here used to make. The only hard to find ingredient is Thai yellow bean sauce (tao jiao kaao). But once you have a bottle of it, it keeps forever. The thai basil is not just a flavoring, there is enough of it in the recipe for it to be one of the vegetables in the dish.
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