Summer Fun with Friends!

Miranda taught Pat and me how to make sushi. I miss Genki Sushi so bad it hurts!



Rob finished his University of Maryland Italian 101 course.



Pat fed us all in style one hot summer nite!



And Rob and I celebrated my adoption day (my second birthday!) with Vietnamese lemongrass porkchops, jasmine rice and Vietnamese spring rolls. With no local Vietnamese restaurant to enjoy, we had to learn to make my favorite dish myself. I found lemongrass in Chinatown in Amsterdam and schlepped it all the way home to Sicily. It's one of my favorite spices.