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This is a classic recipe but believe it or not I never made it before until today. This is another recipe Sade gave me. I love italian food is can be made fast. This is definitely in my alley. The only problem is that I am too good at making it even the first time. I am pretty stuffed right now even though I just had dinner 4 hours ago.

A lot of times you can get almost pre-made food from local variety shops. In my case I frequently visit a local Italian specialty shop The advantage? Pasta made in the shortest time with the best taste ever.

Capone Food is my favorite Italian shop in town. Highly recommended if you live around Boston area. Just for pasta, Capone Food makes 23 types of sauces and 21 types of pasta, and four different types of cuts. That’s 1932 combinations! Of course not all combination tastes great. The owner is extremely friendly and will give you a char indicating what combination taste well.

There are many way to make Veal Saltimbocca. I got this version from my friend Monica. She is a great Italian chef. I tried the recipe out a couple of times. It is definitely a crowd pleaser. I showed my video to Monica. She confirmed that I did it right.

I have been experimenting with Italian food for the past two weeks. I bought the “The Sopranos Family Cookbook” from borders last week. (ISDN: 0446530573). So I am planning to have a “Sopranos Family Dinner Party” soon.

Here are some of the dishes I made.

• Rossted Peppers with Anchovies
• Fettuccine with Three Cheeses
• Penne with Spicy Tomato Sause
• Penne with Swordfish, Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers
• Linguine alla Carbonara
• Linguine Alla Vongole ( Linguine with White Clam Sause )
• Baby Octopus in Tomato Sauce
• Rigatoni with Broccoli
• Baked Chicken with Potatoes, Lemon, and Oregano

Since this is the first time I made Italian food, I did figure out how to reduce the complexity of each recipe yet. However I did notice that those dishes are very easy to pipe line. For example, after you start cooking some pasta, you can let the water boil for a while and don’t have to attend it very often. It does not matter if the past is cooked for 12 minutes or 15 minutes. The same idea applies with the sauce. So it is easy to make food for a lot of people in a short time if you can get the timing right.

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