Back from the Honeymoon : Part III : Seafood

I had some of the best seafood I've ever eaten in my life on this trip... also some of the most unusual. Nothing like the crunch of an octopus tentacle to start your day off right...

Vernazza, Italy - Cinque Terre

Polpe e Patate

(Octopus and Potatoes)

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Mussels with fried Calamari

Venice, Italy
Rialto fish market

Venice, Italy

Octopus, Shrimp, Sea Snails, and Cuttlefish Roe

Murano, Italy
Fried baby shrimp, Scallop, white fish salad

How cute are those whole baby shrimp? It's the original popcorn shrimp!

~ Mari

Back from the Honeymoon : Part II : Pasta

There's some pretty intense food pornography going on here... I hope you can handle it. ;)

Vernazza, Italy - Cinque Terre

Ligurian pesto and spaghetti

Capri, Italy

Homemade pasta with roasted tomatoes and clams


Capri, Italy

Tagliatelle pasta with lemon cream sauce

Corfu, Greece

Pastitsio

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pasta with seafood

Murano, Italy

Homemade seafood ravioli

Murano, Italy

Spaghetti with shrimp

Venice, Italy

Lasagna

Venice, Italy
Tagliatelle with mushrooms

What did I tell you?

YUM!

~ Mari

A Little Food Porn

I was going to post the photos of the food at the Garden Soiree/Shower/Party, but I decided that it was so lovely that it needed its own post. Marilyn set up the buffet table with the garden party theme in mind.

In the photo above, there are some fresh purple grapes and these amazing sausage skewers (chicken sausage, cherry tomato, basil, and a kalamata olive on top). Delicious!

There are Michael's famous chicken wings with bleu cheese sauce and ranch dressing. And that colorful bowl on the other side of the table (to the right) is Christine's avocado, tomato, and mango salad (AMAZING, btw).

There's mom's delicious broccoli salad (complete with bacon, almonds, grapes, cranberries, golden raisins, and sunflower seeds) that I ate a boat-load of!

Mmmm... Marilyn's lemon pepper shrimp was so tasty!

If you've never had Ellie Krieger's zucchini rolls, I would highly recommend them!

This is my dad's famous corn salsa (black beans, fresh corn, tomatoes, cilantro, and lots of other goodies!).

Marilyn made homemade spicy pita chips and served it with guacamole and spicy chipotle hummus (from Earth Fare)

This is another Ellie Krieger recipe - Devilled eggs... with tofu!

And there is some delicious pasta salad with asparagus and cherry tomatoes!

Quite a spread, huh? It was all so delicious that I thought you might enjoy seeing it all!

~ Mari