Miss Tickle

Skaterina loves ruminating !

she ponders her lack of appetite and why and what to do about it

she is listening to Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst

Alan Furst's genre is the historic period in Europe leading up to world war two

in this book the high priced lawyer (Spanish.French / very appealing) invites a lovely Marquesa to have hot chocolate at a tea salon called Angelina's

the description of cream on her upper lip and oh my such sensual excitement over a cup of hot chocolate ....

well

Skaterina gets out her Food Lover's Guide to Paris

sure enough Angelina is still there / it dates from the beginning of the last century

the one that has 1900 dates !

angelina's melts chocolate bars to make the hot chocolate

mmmm

then, browsing the book she discovers a recipe for pasta with tomato basil sauce

Why Caterina makes that all the time !

well, she used to, before the appetite went away

so off to the kitchen

fresh tomatoes, garlic, lots of basil, CREAM, and linguini / freshly grated parmigiano reggiano

suddenly the appetite reappears

we are having this for breakfast too

bon appetite