Recipe #2 in my effort to make everything in the June 2009 issue of Gourmet.
Link to the recipe
This is a seemingly simple recipe that took about 30% longer than expected. Granted, I'm in a bad mood today, but I found it stressful to have to run back and forth between the grill and the pasta pot. Plus, oily onions are hard to grill because they fall apart and slip though the grill. However, Jeff liked this a lot. Melina only ate the plain spaghetti, along with a hot dog that I microwaved for her. (I was too busy with this recipe to make her anything remotely healthy).
All in all I thought this was too much work for the somewhat bland result (though if I were in a better mood I would just say it was subtle). I like the idea, and I think with double the garlic, double the basil, and double the cheese - and a healthy dose of salt and pepper - it would be better. But given the work and oiliness of it all, it was unsatisfying to feed to Jeff, who was distracted by an annoying computer problem, and Melina, who spent dinner time experimenting with how much she could burp (and say "excuse me") and get away with it.
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