Gluphed!

I. Want. Cheese.

I’m sitting at a new find for me,“Prosecco,”in Toluca Lake,waiting to meet the ladies,one of whom is a fellow celiac. I’d been so good for so long (sorta) and today I really want cheese. The great thing about is place is when I was here last week,the manager told me of I bring in some GF pasta,they’ll prepare it for me! Not that I can’t do it myself,but there is a lot to be said about going to an Italian restaurant and ordering a pasta dish…Even if the pasta is coming out of my purse. I dropped the ball for today,but I definitely plan to do that soon. Now I have to find a favorite neighborhood Italian place that’s actually in my neighborhood,and not over the hill.

So…Today I think I will start with the caprese salad with the buffala mozzarella,and follow that with the “Eggplant Prosecco”–oven roasted eggplant with mushrooms,spinach,marinara sauce,baked with fontina,mozzarella,and parmesan. I’m so excited I can barely contain myself. Barely.

Even though I’m dining at Prosecco,the last thing I want is Prosecco –if you’ve never had Prosecco (Italian Champagne,essentially –I’m so gonna get a beat down for reducing it to that because it’s really so much more),then you simply must dash out and pick up a bottle –it doesn’t have to be expensive! One of my cheap and cheerful faves is at Trader Joe’s of course! It’s called Zonin and it’s usually around $8.00. That’s a bargain! One thing I love about Prosecco is that I never get that all too familiar champagne headache from it. It’s delightful. Sigh. So how can I not even be in the mood for Prosecco to toast to Anna’s big news? Maybe something’s wrong? I must have a fever. All these cravings for cheese but none for wine? Cheese and wine go together (like ramalama blah blah blah) and I just have no interest these days. Maybe my body isn’t completely done with the cleanse? I’ll let you know after all the cheese.

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