Richard's Italian pasta flight

Hi C Cubers!

Thanks to all who came out Saturday night and enjoyed Master Chef Richard's Italian pasta flight and the 2011 inauguration of the roofdeck.

Richard outdid himself again.

We started with -

• decanted chianti and chilled white
• a delicious insalada caprese w/ ripe red tomatoes, melt in your mouth fresh mozzarella and crisp green basil drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic on top
• a mouth watering caponata bruschetta w/ cherries and pine nuts - just the right mix of sour, savory and sweet

Our main course was an individually plated flight of pasta -

• pasta con sarde - al dente to perfection
• rigatoni with mushroom ragu
• plus more wine ;)

We headed up to the roof to savor our second flight and inaugurate our summer space.   Jeff and Suma lounged on the couch, Jenn and Shakil on the double chaise, others sitting around the table.  The lanterns and string lights added to the "summer night in the mediterranean" feel.

We became so engrossed in conversation that we never actually got around to enjoying the spaghetti with green puttanesca flight :(

But eventually we moved on to dessert, which was prepared on the roof.  Ariel's simple but delicious dates w/ walnuts, handcracked in a pretty cool wooden nutcracker that Tokumbo won't let me buy.  Too many kitchen gadgets, he says.  (It's still going on my wishlist ;)

All in all, a fantastic night - great company, perfect weather and delectable food.

Who could ask for more?

Ahem, WE can!  We need volunteers to host future C Cubed's.  Please email me to sign up for a month, starting in September.  We will take a C Cubed field trip during the summer and gather again in September for the next installment.

Check out the slideshow from Richard's Italian flight -

Quick shout to those we missed.  Hopefully we will see you at the next C Cubed.

Happy eating!
Sheethal