A dinner gathering of four on Thursday of last week featured penne alla vodka and homemade garlic breadsticks. A bit oversauced on the penne and overproofed where the breadsticks were concerned, the gents at the table were still gracious as they dispatched the viddles.
That Thursday proved to be quite the busy day. The North Carolina Council for the Social Studies has brought its annual conference to Winston-Salem, and friend and former grad student Bradley Phillis kindly invited me to co-present a session with him. We walked in the rain that morning from the house to the Benton Convention Center and enjoyed a warm reception from our audience, leaving us both pleased and also inspired for future collaborations.
Late that afternoon, just before dinnertime, a team of students from the UNC School of the Arts were here to plot, plan, and review various areas and rooms of the house as they anticipate filming here Easter weekend. A few of them are returners and it was good to see them; others are new faces and I can only hope future projects bring them back as well.
Based on "Penne alla Vodka," from Daniel Gritzer, Senior Culinary Director of SeriousEats.com. [Updated 21 September 2025]
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