We were somewhat amused to see, on the day before Thanksgiving, the NYT publishing a recipe for “Spaghetti With Sausage Alla Carbonara“. As you might be able to guess from the title, sausage substitutes for bacon in this variation.
We are big fans of a well-done spaghetti carbonara, and look forward to giving this particular variation a trial run.
(We know we linked to this yesterday, but for those who do not understand the significance of spaghetti carbonara and Thanksgiving, once again we link to Calvin Trillin.)
My grandparents had an Italian restaurant in Houston when I was a kid.
This meant that in my family, spaghetti has ALWAYS been served on Thanksgiving. And Christmas. And pretty much every other family gathering, ever.
Continuing this tradition, I used my dad’s recipe to whip up a couple of gallons of sauce from scratch over the weekend. I plan on consuming mass quantities tomorrow.
Should I pimp his cookbook here?
Joe:
Yes, absolutely. Personal friends of the proprietor are always welcome to pimp things here, within reasonable limits.
COOKBOOK PIMPAGE: http://www.omnilandbooks.com/bookcatalog.html