My two new loves

Relax, I'm not having any more children. My two new loves are Chardonnay and ricotta cheese. I've never liked Chardonnay before, it's always tasty dirty to me, and not dirty in the bad for you way like double fudge chocolate cake, like real dirt ... too much like licking tree bark for me. I've always prefered sweeter whites, saving my stronger taste for Reds. Well, I went to an ASID event with my mother in law last week and they were serving only Chardonnay. It wouldn't be like me not to have a little wine, so I had 3 glasses. The event was held in the Knoll furniture show room, so I assume that they didn't want to chance any Red Wine stains on their furniture samples, thus Chardonnay. It was really lovely. I had 3 glasses, (did I say that already?) and I really enjoyed it. A good friend told me one time that your taste buds change every 7 years, I guess mine are now fans of chardonnay. Now on to even more important things: RICOTTA CHEESE. I've never been a fan. I could only take it in small doses, say buried in red sauce in the middle of lasagna ,until recently. A new pizza spot opened in Canton. The name is Casadelli's. If you want good NY style pizza, you need go no further. The pizza is excellent. They have a special (my favorite) called Mama's lasagna pizza which is pizza with red sauce, fresh mozarella, ground beef, and dollops of Grande Ricotta. Any good pizza maker will know Grande cheese, it's the best cheese you can get in the US, and available only to those in food service. Grande ricotta is as smooth as butter! It started something bad, very bad. I am now thinking of new ways to work Ricotta into every meal. A great dessert that I can't get enough of is berries macerated with some type of liquer (I like creme de cassis) and then topped with a mixture of ricotta, honey, and vanilla! OMG! So good! So bad! I made ricotta lemon muffins on Saturday... yummy! I am thinking next I will try Ricotta pancakes. (So much for avoiding the dreaded fat/carb combo!)