blue artichoke

Whew. I tell you what, this blog has taken some neglect from the Internet snub and then from family reunion month. I have returned from the last reunion, in Las Vegas, and can get back to blogging regularly. For all the times I've been to Vegas (3), I've never done the foodie thing. There are so many good restaurants in Vegas, but I tend to gravitate to the buffets. Good food, fairly cheap. That's my foodie style. I can't pick a best buffet; they all offer so many options. I did have a super excellent dessert, though, at the Grotto Ristorante at the Golden Nugget. We only got the dessert because the kitchen forgot to put chicken on our pizzas, but this cake was so much better than chicken. I asked the name of the dessert, and promptly forgot it. I think the server said it was an Italian wedding cake made of very thin layers of angel food cake and sweetened whipped ricotta, topped with slices of fresh strawberries. I've been surfing around a bit looking for the name, but have found it mentioned only by the description "strawberry and ricotta angel-food bombe." It looked pretty and fancy, but not necessarily like something I would have chosen from a dessert cart. But, oh man, it tasted fantastic. Perhaps Bon Appetit will get the recipe for me.

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