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Lemons and Linguini - Highly Addictive

Hey everybody,

Great recipe for Lemon Pasta with the most slender of connections to the Mr. Men Show...

Lifted verbatim from an email sent 5/12/07 @ 3:21pm EST from Eryk Casemiro, one of the show's co-creators and executive producers:

I hope you're cooking this for Mother's Day...   

This is highly addictive...

1 LB LINGUINI
1 1/2 C FRESHLY GRATED REGGIANO-PARMA (small grate)
3/4 C FRESH LEMON JUICE
2/3 C OLIVE OIL
1/2 TSP SALT
1/2 TSP BLACK PEPPER
2 TSP GRATED LEMON ZEST
2 C FIRMLY PACKED BASIL LEAVES (chopped) OR a 2C combo of ITALIAN PARSLEY AND BASIL

Cook pasta al dente.   Whisk lemon juice and cheese until cheese "melts".   Slowly whisk in olive oil until it takes on a creamy consistency (depending on the size of the grate, cheese may not completely dissolve).   Season with salt, pepper and zest.

Toss into cooked pasta.   Cook one minute until pasta absorbs the sauce.   Toss in basil leaves/parsley and serve.

(note:   if using artichoke stem, trim and peel stem and blanch in boling salted water for about 5 minutes.   throw into pasta water for last minute of cooking pasta.   You could probably use artichoke hearts too.)

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Thursday 06.21.07

Licensing 2007 International

With licensed product heating up in popularity, we checked out the Licensing 2007 International trade show in NYC to bring you some of our favorites:

Mr. Men: For anyone who grew up in the UK during the ’70s, the Mr. Men books and TV show were as much a part of childhood as Sesame Street was here in the US. Original Mr. Men characters like Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump were joined by Little Miss characters, such as Little Miss Bossy, in 1981. Due to their iconic status in British history, the fashion crowd paid tribute to their childhood favorites when author and illustrator Adam Hargreaves (son of the creator Roger Hargreaves) made a limited addition Little Miss Stella modeled after fashion designer Stella McCartney. Now, Mr. Men and Little Miss are making a comeback. Already seen on t-shirts at stores such as Urban Outfitters, the Mr. Men cartoon will be hitting the Cartoon Network in January 2008. Expect U.S. children to be just as enamored as British kids were 30 years ago.