Originally Posted by mollusk

Tonight my lovely wife asked for a light dinner, so here is the menu.

First will be a grilled romaine salad. Yes, I said grilled. The romaine will be placed on the grill for a few minutes and then dressed. There will also be some grilled scallions to go with it. It is really good made that way. And I know that it sounds very strange, but trust me on this. It is awesome.

The main course will be linguine with a tomato/grape tomato/caper sauce. To make the sauce first I put olive oil in a large skillet, got it hot, and then cooked some red onion and garlic in the oil. Then the capers went in. A few minutes later I took the onion and garlic out and added a big can of pealed Italian tomatoes (without the juice) and about two dozen grape tomatoes cut in half. I let that cook for a while and then added some freshly chopped mint and some freshly ground black pepper. The tomatoes were then smashed and the skillet was set to slowly simmer while covered. It should be ready in about 30 minutes.

I'm thinking that a pedestrian California Pinot Noir will go well with this. I have a "grocery store" Coppola sitting out as I type.