The girls are coming
This is my favorite dinner of the month: some penne pasta with a sauce that I get from Pegna, along with some fresh Italian sausage that they make, with some extra green olives thrown in for extra flavor. I can do it without making a very big mess and with just two burners on the stove.
The wine is from a company named Frescobaldi, and a member of the family is teaching at Palazzo Rucellai this summer. There were too many students for me to handle alone, so she is teaching a family business class and took them out to her family's winery. This particular wine is called Nipozzano, if you're ever in the wine store and looking for something Italian.
My students went to another winery owned by the Mazzei family, and the wine you can look for from them is called Fonterutoli. There are two versions of it, with the 'better' one probably two or three times the price. Both are good.
But my days of eating home (alone) are almost over! I can either cook for Beth & Alli (probably have to skip the Italian sausage, though) or we can start dining at fine Italian restaurants. I can hardly wait. 
