Tamara Visits

Wine:
Marina Cvetic Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Martino Rosso – 2003
Grand Vin de Bourgogne Chablis Premier Cru 2006

Michael and Tamara arrived today. Michael went on to a conference in Anaheim, Tamara came to our house for a stay. We decided to cook. We started with drinks on the patio, summer has finally come to LA. We made two of our favorite dishes.

We started with Feta Salad with Anise Bread, Tomatoes and Oregano from Casa Moro, The Second Cookbook. I love this salad! I published the recipe in our blog on: June 23, 2008. Click the date and scroll to the recipe.

For the main course we made Lentil Pasta from a recipe from Locanda Veneta in Los Angeles. This is one of our all time favorites. On Sunday we bought fresh tomatoes at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. We followed the recipe for Oven Candied Summer Tomatoes from The Italian Country Table (Lynne Rossetto Kasper – one of our favorite cookbooks)and them used them to make the Lentil Pasta. The recipe can be found in our blog dated July 22, 2008. Click on the date to get the recipe.