Gourmet Sunday

Hosts: Spark and Rob
Guests: Tanya, Justin, and Angelune and Amy made it for dessert.
Salad: rapini, carrot, and radiccio salad with aged sherry and honey vinaigrette.
Appetizer: Choice of garlic bread or Napoli-stlye Pizza, or both.
Main: Vegetarian Lasagna.
Dessert: Apple Pie.
Wine: 2004 Masi Costasera Amarone classico, 1997 Masi Campofiorin Ripasso.

Tanya and Justin were driving all the way from Niagara Falls, not to mention they were bringing with them a perfectly aged bottle of Red, so Spark and I had to pick up our game. Pizza's not really an appetizer, but we decided that since we had agreed on Italian, to compliment the wine, we'd take a shot at an authentic Napoli-style pie. It was off the hook and we had a tough time trying to leave room for the main. I haven't made a lasagna in a few years, except for my "Mexican Lasagna," so we more or less freestyled it. Justin said, having grown up on horrible frozen lasagna the idea of lasagna makes him sick (he told us this after the fact), but two bites in and he was singing the lasagna god's accolades. Mission accomplished, I guess.

As for the wine, it was definitely the best we've had at Gourmet Sunday and the empty bottle will sit on our mantle until it can be displaced by a finer bottle.