tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post115706410604277567..comments2023-07-24T09:13:40.787-07:00Comments on Fancy Toast: Almost Pasta YiaYiaEriellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09726251005191340903noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-50552387981502593062013-10-06T09:28:29.523-07:002013-10-06T09:28:29.523-07:00I'm making Pasta YiaYia tonight! I love it. ...I'm making Pasta YiaYia tonight! I love it. I live in Logan Square so I can throw a rock and hit Lula but it's so easy to make at home and I can eat in privacy without others seeing how much extra feta I consume! French Feta is the best. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637526371569723243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-27283005164540572822013-07-30T18:56:30.622-07:002013-07-30T18:56:30.622-07:00The recipe needs lemon juice when tossed with past...The recipe needs lemon juice when tossed with pastaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999490946463804383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-10507639542937305502011-07-02T16:38:55.820-07:002011-07-02T16:38:55.820-07:00I also first learned of pasta Yia Yia at Lula Cafe...I also first learned of pasta Yia Yia at Lula Cafe. I made it once but without bucatini. Did you ever find out where one could purchase it here in Chicago? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-66549895832379046862011-02-11T10:43:35.202-08:002011-02-11T10:43:35.202-08:00I highly recommend this italian grocery store in c...I highly recommend this italian grocery store in chicago: http://www.yelp.com/biz/j-p-graziano-grocery-co-chicago<br />They have various imported italian foods and you can at least look at them and see what they are before you buy them. Not sure how prices compare or if they have this type of pasta, but it is definitely a possibility. Thanks for the recipe, I plan on trying to make it tonight!Sarah Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333354451912785805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-43866198211110801002010-11-11T08:19:20.205-08:002010-11-11T08:19:20.205-08:00Thank you for posting this!!! I moved away from Ch...Thank you for posting this!!! I moved away from Chicago a few years ago and this is one of the foods that I miss the MOST.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369547288234307264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-53051712885261288562010-10-06T10:17:54.790-07:002010-10-06T10:17:54.790-07:00I am SOOOOOOOO Happy that I came across your blog!...I am SOOOOOOOO Happy that I came across your blog! I love Lula's Pasta Yia Yia and followed your recipe last night, but added toasted Almonds, which I believe Lula does as well. When I tasted it, I was in HEAVEN! It tasted almost identical to Pasta Yia Yia! Now I will be trying some of your other recipes. Thank you so much!RJordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427772040753328609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-84526734277389960382009-02-18T17:18:00.000-08:002009-02-18T17:18:00.000-08:00Mezzani, huh? Wow! All these years...THANK YOU SO ...Mezzani, huh? Wow! All these years...<BR/>THANK YOU SO MUCH! I will definitely head up to Stanley's ASAP and try that. You're the best.Eriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726251005191340903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-87135423365756897272009-02-18T16:14:00.000-08:002009-02-18T16:14:00.000-08:00The pasta is mezzani, not bucatini. All of the bu...The pasta is mezzani, not bucatini. All of the bucatini I've seen is the small, almost spaghetti-sized kind, but what they serve at Lula is, I'm pretty sure, mezzani--despite what the menu says. They sometimes carry it at Stanley's at North and Elston. I've been able to find it there two out of three times so far, and it's just right.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387835189079240576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-21472375418177279142009-02-09T16:09:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:09:00.000-08:00I haven't even tried the Pasta YiaYia at Lula yet-...I haven't even tried the Pasta YiaYia at Lula yet- just reading the description over brunch yesterday was enough for Google to point me in your direction. I'm going iwth linguine. Not the same at all but I can at least trust the texture.<BR/><BR/>And how lovely- I always like finding fellow foodies in Chicago!TKTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08760907261488761102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-65655655181629402762008-02-23T17:26:00.000-08:002008-02-23T17:26:00.000-08:00Thanks! My yiayia used to make this for us when w...Thanks! My yiayia used to make this for us when we were kids, but I can rarely find anything on the internet about this great Greek spaghetti. Hooray!stakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229395719873233637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1165374043241289682006-12-05T19:00:00.000-08:002006-12-05T19:00:00.000-08:00Immommable, the only reason you should be afraid t...Immommable, the only reason you should be afraid to try making Pasta YiaYia is that you will see all the butter in it, and you won't want it anymore. It might be better to just order it at Lula.<BR/><BR/>Denise, I'm so glad your humor is not being sat upon when you read Fancy Toast! :D<BR/>Yes, I think Lula Cafe must make their own bucatini. I still haven't been there since I wrote the post, shame one me. <BR/>I don't have the cookbook that you are talking about, but yes, the bucatini I have been using strikes me as nothing more than hollow spaghetti. <BR/>Even so, you'll enjoy the recipe. It'a a lovely flavor combination.Eriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726251005191340903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1165367554532281732006-12-05T17:12:00.000-08:002006-12-05T17:12:00.000-08:00You are SOOO funny - don't take that comment light...You are SOOO funny - don't take that comment lightly cos I don't find many things funny, my husband says I sit on my humour.<BR/>That suicidal brussel sprout was the best.<BR/>Re: bucatini - you didn't happen to buy Susan Spungen's latest cookbook, did you? She and Martha Stewart rave about bucatini - I managed to find it at my local supermarket - dry not fresh. While I really liked it, I also thought, Hunh? Didn't we use this for spaghetti when I was a kid?<BR/><BR/>Your local restaurant must make their own. But your recipe sounds divine so I will try it with my 99c bucatini (also Italian but no airs and graces about this bucatini).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1159422945376378402006-09-27T22:55:00.000-07:002006-09-27T22:55:00.000-07:00Oh, and Pasta YiaYia was the first dish I ever had...Oh, and Pasta YiaYia was the first dish I ever had at Lula. I have not yet made it at home. I'm afraid to try.Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317880720599920172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1159422837083212052006-09-27T22:53:00.000-07:002006-09-27T22:53:00.000-07:00I found this blog in a search for people who've bl...I found this blog in a search for people who've blogged about Lula Cafe.<BR/><BR/>Beautiful photos! I'm going to become a regular reader, I think.Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317880720599920172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1159023811579386322006-09-23T08:03:00.000-07:002006-09-23T08:03:00.000-07:00tOrie~Just you wait!tOrie~<BR/>Just you wait!Eriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726251005191340903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1158333867145298172006-09-15T08:24:00.000-07:002006-09-15T08:24:00.000-07:00I can't wait to try to make this dish - thank you!...I can't wait to try to make this dish - thank you! <BR/>Pasta - good. Feta - good. Cinnamon - good. Garlic - good. I just never would have put them all together! Until now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1158115547180733092006-09-12T19:45:00.000-07:002006-09-12T19:45:00.000-07:00Aria~ Thank you for your sympathy. I think I will...Aria~ Thank you for your sympathy. I think I will grow accustomed to my pasta and maybe someday I will learn to love it, as many mail-order marriages do.<BR/><BR/>Lauren~ I think so too. I'll keep you updated.Eriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726251005191340903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1157114984474277812006-09-01T05:49:00.000-07:002006-09-01T05:49:00.000-07:00Oh how I love Lula's pasta yiayia!!!! Also, I thin...Oh how I love Lula's pasta yiayia!!!! Also, I think they're nice enough there that if you asked about their bucatini they would tell you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27652180.post-1157075968126511132006-08-31T18:59:00.000-07:002006-08-31T18:59:00.000-07:00i have once before seen that curious hollow spaget...i have once before seen that curious hollow spagetti but knew not of its origin or purpose. i'm sorry your mail order romance has not panned out. i suggest driving the pastas far away on a desert road w/ a container of sauce so they are not *totally* screwed. that way you wont have to feel guilty either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com