/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Do these even exist anymore? You know, with the candles stuck in chianti bottles?

It seems like the only place where I can get a good old-fashioned chunk of lasagna, or a plate of spaghetti and meatballs, other than my own home of course, are local sandwich shops and pizzerias, if they have that stuff on their menu. If I go to an actual "Italian" place, it always has some fancy spin on those dishes where they put avocado on the lasagna or whatever.

I think there's something to be said for a by-the-numbers dish of pasta and homemade tomato sauce from some old family recipe that's better than what I'll ever make. Nothing ultra-sophisticated.