It wasn't directed at you, pal. Not by a longshot. I'm sorry if you took it the wrong way.

It's Tutto Buono!....No hard feelings here paisan!

Pizza tonight. It's not delivery. It's DiGiorno!

made a pan seared ny strip that i got for $6, not a bad deal at all for a choice steak that had the marbling of a prime steak. when you shop, just spend a few minutes looking around and you will be able to find one that is literally a cut above the rest. i topped it with a healthy dab of my homemade chipotle/lime compound butter, which i will graciously share the recipe, although it is not totally 100% exact. adjust as common sense tells you...

-1 stick of softened unsalted butter.

-i/2 tsp sea/kosher salt.

-1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper.

-1/4 tsp garlic powder.

-zest of 1 lime.

-juice of 1/2 a lime. (make sure you roll your limes so they are extra juicy.)

-2 tbsp chipotle puree. (grab a can of chipotle in adobo, available in any supermarket. puree it with just enough water to make it smooth.)

blend all of the ingredients together until well incorporated. spoon onto a sheet a plastic wrap and roll into a log. store in the fridge until needed, or wrap with an additional layer of foil and throw it in the 'freeze. works great as a topping for steak, chops, grilled chicken, fish, ect. i can also personally vouch that it will make those crappy boxed mac and cheese dinners something decent!

That sounds good FF!

Pasta Bolognese

Love Bolognese, specially on Gnocchi! Now you got my taste buds going DeNiro!

Some nice prime beef burgers we picked up at Whole foods @$3.99 each which I will grille outside. Also a great big salad with chipotle dressing to which I have recently fallen in love with. - can't wait.

Last night I made Penne Vodka.

Tonight was a cold dinner: tossed salad, macaroni salad, egg salad and tuna salad. Stopped at the bakery and got fresh rolls this afternoon. It was a pleasant change.

Gonna throw together a creole shrimp and rice dish.

Don't know why exactly, except that it's something I haven't made in quite a long time.

Maybe I've overdosed on Delta Blues...

Anyway, the sun's almost ready to come up. Time to forage.


Signor V.

Made this for dinner last night - eggplant parmigiana. It was too warm in the kitchen (with the oven on) for me to make pasta with it so I settled for string beans to accompany it.

You guys make some wonderful looking food. Yum.

Im eating the leftovers of an earlier McDonalds lol.

"how much white castle have you had ?" i can smell it.

Nice SC, very, very Nice!

that eggplant parm looks spot-on! cut into rings as opposed to strips, not too thick, not too thin. fried nice and crispy, not overloaded with sauce. the right amount of cheese, both mozz and parm, slightly browned. maybe some fresh basil on top next time though!

I agree, it look fantastic!

Very nice-looking eggplant, SC.

Had eggplant parm last night and have the leftovers tonight- delicious

Pizza....From the best pizza guy around, Peppino....Had a nice G-Ma's pie with a side of garlic knots and some zeppole's for dessert....Can't go wrong with that for a Friday.

Risotto..

Chinese take out tonight. Shrimp with vegetables and sweet & sour pork!

Steak Burger with chips..

Serbian burger named"pljeskavica" with topings in like a tortillia role..i dare you all ro say"pljeskavica" out loud!! ;)allways with kajmak,tipe of balkan chease.don't know if anybody knows about it.

Wife out watching my newest grand daughter. So I am home alone ordered a scilian pie and a bunch of cannoli.

Footreads did you get my pm?

Was in Little Italy today for the San Rocco Feast. Had a delicious plate of gnocchi at Casa Bella's. Can't forget dessert, da Nico gave us some free zeppole and kids enjoyed gelato while I headed into Ferrara's for a good cup of coffee and biscotti.
NY is the BEST

http://youtu.be/aSlSpz7zf6M

Quick snippet video I took at feast in little Italy today.

I made swai in a lemon/butter sauce, rice and a tomato salad with tomatoes from the garden. Perfect summer dinner.

I had to look up what was SWAI. Sounds like a good fish to try. Must admit, I never heard of it before. I am sure I will try it!

Nice, Babe. We were recently in The Keys for ten days, so I've had my fill of fish for a while. But that sounds perfect on a night like this .

tilapia and shrimp tonight with white rice and mixed grilled vegetables
a nice lite summer dinner