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I have to go to my mother-in-laws birthday party tonight. The upside is they're having it in an Italian restaurant and I can enjoy them mispronouncing the menu.
matteo, they did mispronounce gnocchi, but after awhile they were doing just to watch my forehead vein throb. But the meal was good. I had some antipasto caldo (clams mussels & scallops in spicy plum tomato sauce), veal saltimbocca, and some tiramisu and cappucino.
And I just had the leftover veal for lunch. Mmmm, good. Pip's family is of Lithuanian-Jewish extraction, but her Uncle Sam ordered the calamari fra diavola and asked for extra gorgonzola on his salad. Maybe he has a wop in the woodpile. This joint leaned towards my moms region of Italy, Gnocchi, gorgonzola, minestrone and risotto are what Lomabrdi is famous for.