Last night, my friend, Liz and her friend Jennifer came for dinner.  I ‘met’ Liz thru an article in the Sunday Dallas Morning News a couple of years ago.  She got a full page story in the Travel section.  An SMU graduate with a degree in Italian moved to Rome for a few years.  Came back to Dallas, bought a home in Preston Hollow and got a Law degree from SMU.  After a few years, sold her home and moved back to Rome.  She has a blog, Rome If You Want To.  I looked it up, saw her email address on the blog and wrote to her.  She wrote back, we met a few months later when I came to Rome and we have kept in touch ever since.  A lovely, smart, talented and funny lady.  

For dinner, I fixed zucchini slices, sautéed in olive oil, minced garlic a little white wine and sprinkled with Parmesan when done.  Our salad was 1/2 an avocado with dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, chopped red onion, chopped garlic and a slug of Dijon mustard, salt and pepper…all whipped together.  Cooked chicken breast filets in a skillet with oil and made a Gorgonzola sauce.  1/2 stick of butter melted with chopped garlic and Gorgonzola.  A teaspoon of flour stirred in and added cream to thin as it got thick.  Used a rather creamy Gorgonzola, and next time will try crumbly Gorgonzola which is what recipe called for.  We really liked the sauce, but I think I would have preferred a stronger flavor.  That is just my preference.  I will definitely cook it again.  Is there a stronger cheese than Gorgonzola?  maybe Stilton?  In England, I love to get the slightly sweet oat biscuit and add Stilton and cherry jam.  Can make a meal of that…but I digress…