February 12, 2011 new recipes

Today, we celebrated the fact that Mike wanted to and was able to come home! He has been doing better and better, and was ready to leave the hospital. Here is Mike with his son, Jordan.

Our meal had 2 new recipes, both from Mario Batali's Molto Italiano. We started with Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto with Citronette (Mario uses Pancetta) from Mario's Italian Grill--we made this before, and it definitely works better with really big asparagus spears. The new recipes were Tuscan Style Artichokes, and Fettucine with Mushroom, Sweet Garlic, and Arugula. They were all fabulous, and worked well together. Our wine was the 2009 Santi Apostoli Pinto Grigio Delle Venezie, which worked really well. The combination of dishes and wine all worked very well together!