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I’m not an asparagus person. There’s something unpalatable to me about the stringiness, the taste and the smell that pops up hours – days! – later when you least expect it
In predictable fashion, all of my iDevices have started to fail at once, like clockwork
Things aren’t as boring here as one would think for midterm season with a 7-month-old crawler in the house.
Every so often a dish comes around that is so perfect, so unbeatable, that I don’t bother trying to make it at home. Usually it’s something that I couldn’t make anyway, like fish and chips or tempura or deep fried anything.
This is one of those things I was totally expecting to hate. I mean, it’s nearly entirely made of nuts. And nuts and I, for reasons unexplained, have never been friends.
A few weeks ago, while perusing our local specialty (i.e. overpriced imported goods) shop, we happened upon a few perfect little black truffles from Western Australia, hermetically sealed in plastic marked with their weight in grams.
So last night not only did I have five Italians at my dinner table, I had five Italians from Bologna at my dinner table. Since one such Italian was the wine importer (see photo of table below), events are a bit fuzzy.
Oh, comfort food! Is there anything more befitting that name than pasta in a creamy, cheesy sauce?
In the throes of mourning after house guest’s 3 AM departure, we have decided to console ourselves the only way we know how: with meat.