Jay was here for dinner tonight. Larry requested a light pasta dish tonight, so I went back to an old cookbook that has some good, reliable pasta dishes in it. The cake is really nice – not too sweet, almost like a quick bread rather than a cake. I’m surprised that it turned out as well as it did – I used the wrong measuring cup and put a cup and a half of sugar into the batter rather than a cup. I noticed the mistake after it was in the oven.

• Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes (Rose Reisman Brings Home Pasta Dishes, Rose Reisman, p. 40)
• Sourdough bread with Sauteed Garlic Butter (Fine Cooking #43, March 2001, p. 49)
• Spinach and Arugula Salad with Olive Oil, Balsamic Vinegar and Grape Tomatoes
• Lemon Tea Cake

Wine: Acorn 1999 Sangiovese (Russian River Valley, California). Nice wine. A lighter-style Sangiovese, very drinkable.