What happens when you spend the entire morning watching The Food Network? You decide you’re going to try making something flamboyant. So off we go to the vegetable market, the fish monger and the butcher shop (yes a plain old fashioned supermarket WILL NOT do).

Thinking stuffed squid and pasta sautéed in white wine for the appetizer followed by beef shanks cooked low & slow w/ pancetta, onions, shitake mushrooms and red wine. Getting hungry just thinking about it; watch this space for pictures of the results …