Andrea, our friend and art director at work, made us dinner one night. Andrea is from the town of Brindisi, which is way way wayyyy south- in the region of Puglia. Think of the ‘heel’ of the boot of Italy.
He made us a simple pasta dish that consisted of baby octopus, which we all call “Bambino Octopus”— Andrea of course gets a huge kick out of this (we can’t ever remember the proper Italian word! hah. And actually, I think it’s technically squid..). It was super special because the octopus he used was FROM Brindisi! The only items that went into the dish was fresh sliced cherry tomatoes, a bottle of white Martini and the baby octopus, and he simmered it for a good hour. IT WAS SOO GOOD! Such a fun night.
