These are balls that need to be in my mouth. Now.

Also, I found jarred piquillo peppers in two varieties: roasted and grilled. I bought the roasted but now wonder if I shouldn’t have gone for the grilled. Thoughts?

And I just had that moment where, in the midst of seemingly unbounded recipe fatigue, you can suddenly see something that pushes your Reset button and finally you can return to Wanting to Eat. Lamb meatballs, be mine.

And I’m just so happy that you have a new post up and I don’t have to look at the nasty liver anymore.

I wish I were braver to try new foods!

Hope you’re well,
Maggie

You know how I’m always saying that I’m not jealous of your fabulousityness? Well, I’m starting to edge in that direction!

I just loaned my copy of “The Scavenger’s Guide To Haute Cuisine” to a sous chef I know and he’s going to loan me Fernand Point’s journal.

I once made a birthday dinner for a lady friend. She requested “green bean casserole”. I said I would do it, but only if I did it my way. Fresh green beans, sauteed onions, sauteed mushrooms, heavy cream, a soupcon of fontina cheese and some nice breadcrumbs from my homemade bread. She was VERY happy–so was I.

I feel a little happier every time someone says their meal at Babbo wasn’t so great. I had reservations to go there two years ago. It was a Christmas present from my father. He miraculously was able to get a good time on a Friday without much trouble. Then my husband got a bad case of the flu and had to cancel. We were never able to get a good time and date again, so we had to cancel. To this day, I still wonder what the meal had been like. I suspect it might have been disappointing.

When you (dont) say it, it sounds just like the Sonnys BBQ guy………

I have never heard of that book. I usually tend to stay away from “quick” cook books for the most part. This one sounds different.

I love lamb meatballs.

lo – i love the woman. talented and wildly successful. and she works her butt off.

cookie – yes my mom still wants to make the durkee onion rings with the green beans and cream of mushroom soup. NO WAY !!!

sara – we could start a ‘twist of the wrist’ club!

peter – i can’t even utter the word (yummy). ick… but i’ll bet rr is cool to hang with. i kinda like her just not her food. my thoughts are that off camera she is great.

maybelle’s mom – i wonder how’d you spiff this one up?

becky – the feeling is mutual.

And I’m totally like you–my pantry is this vast warehouse of exotic ingredients that I bought online because I liked the pictures (might be different from your motivation).

I’m a bit Nancy Silverton fan (we have a sandwich cookbook of hers that I ADORE)… and this is totally on my list of things to make. Thanks for the tip-off!