Penne al pesto

Eastside Road, Healdsburg, November 23, 2009 —

HOW MANY TIMES, I wonder, have I recorded penne al pesto here? Oh: simple enough to search, up in the little box, upper left. Let's see: "penne al pesto". Only five times since September 2008. I would have thought there'd been at least a dozen occurrences.

I'm not complaining: it's a delicious supper, especially after driving three hundred fifty miles on a not terribly good croissant (Porto Bakery, Glendale) and a quite good apricot turnover (Murray Family Farms, not the best coffee but a delicious pastry). We found a good-sized little jar of pesto in our refrigerator on getting home; Lindsey boiled up some penne; I threw a vinaigrette together, and hey presto we're home again. It feels good.

Nero d'Avola