Saturday, January 11, 2003


not-so-quality coffee

"in an admission likely to have coffee lovers gagging on their macchiato or spluttering on their cappuccino, the international body responsible for coffee quality has admitted that ground and instant varieties often contain unexpected ingredients."

read this and you'll understand why i'm always going on about the need to buy high-quality, premium specialty coffee from a local roaster you can know and trust.

but on a happier note, mr. right sidled up to me today and announced how he would really fancy some fresh-made cannelloni. maybe it's a symptom of sopranos withdrawal? simple longing for italy?

it's at that moment i realized i don't really have a way to make fresh pasta. sure, i could do it like nonna; get out the rolling pin, take it to my huge marble dining room table and exercise those triceps. alas, unless done daily for several years under the careful tutelage of said nonna, you're more likely to get egg paste than egg pasta.

thus i caved in and bought the pasta roller for my beloved kitchen aid stand mixer. hey, molto mario has one!

but seriously, as soon as it arrives, i'll make a couple of practice batches and then go to town on the cannelloni alla partenopea. only then will i continue to the pappardelle with boar ragu.

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