Last Friday, I got a hot tip about an artist's talk in the city from Nancy who writes Chez NamasteNancy, a fun blog about the arts scene in San Francisco. After an excellent artist's talk by Ala Ebtekar, a student I met when I worked at the San Francisco Art Institute, at the wonderful San Francisco Center for the Book, My Beloved and I met our friend the Evil Empress and her Guy at Lulu's for a bite to eat. MB and I shared this dish, Lamb Bolognese, a rich concoction of braised lamb chunks over pappardelle pasta and topped with soft, fresh cheese.It was delicious. It was brown. But the very best thing about it was the noodles, as thin as our wallets in a Bush administration and oh-so-delicate, they were downright silky and gently flavorful. I could eat noodles like this forever. A great evening made up of equal parts of aesthetic appreciation, good friends and killer noodles.
I can relate to brown food... I LIKE brown food. I often look at the plate - (orange is popular also) and see sole, rice and cauliflower... OR salmon, carrots and fried potatoes. In summer, lettuce, avocado... you get the idea.
ReplyDeleteAnd your doggie eating habits? Nothing makes a dog scarf up their food faster than having another dog looking at it....
Brown is the color of savory. Nothing wrong with that!
ReplyDeleteKatieZ, right you are! Her appetite improves dramatically when our neighbor's dog visits.
ReplyDeleteHeather, agreed!
Looking at noodles like that makes me want to pull out the pasta maker. I love that stuff!
ReplyDeleteRe. Sunset: in the front, in the blog chat section (blogs that mention Sunset). I'd tell you the page, but I don't have the copy here (though was tempted to steal it from the drs. office!). Congrats!
Tea, thanks so much! I had no idea. I've been searching the (very messy) house looking for that issue but, so far, no luck! Maybe it's on their website, too - I'll go look!
ReplyDeleteAnd, as to the noodles, OMG - who would have thought that something so simple as noodles could make such a difference!
I think the secret is pappardelle with meat. Nothing finer. Might be my favorite pasta shape (after spaghetti).
ReplyDeleteCookiecrumb, I don't think I've ever had pappardelle before - I would have remembered! It was truly amazing!
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