Above, the oil and aceto, sauteed shrooms, fresh crusty bread and herbed cheese, not visible some stinkyass Taleggio, sauteed steak and shrooms for The man and the salad. Salad of ruccola, fresca (not the drink, some sort of leafy green), sognino, pomodori, a couple other lettuce type things I don't remember the name of in either language, feta cheese and herbs on top.

My little heathen had snails. I couldn't watch her eat them. Way to skeevish. She nearly finished them off. Snails. Ack.

When slaving over a hot oven. Tasty cold beverage is mandatory for the cook.