I didn’t even start to think about dinner until about 5:45 tonight, so I needed to do something quick, with ingredients already in the kitchen. This was very easy and very good. I love creamy tomato sauces.

• Penne with Tomato Vodka Cream Sauce (Fine Cooking #50, May 2002, p. 48)
• Sourdough bread with Sauteed Garlic Butter (Fine Cooking #43, March 2001, p. 49)

David Bruce 2000 Shandon Hills Petite Sirah (Paso Robles, California). I opened this bottle last night. This is a terrific wine. We don’t drink Petite Sirah very often, but whenever we do, we like it.