Bone Marrow Butter?

Happy February 2! My little supper club, consisting of her and her, celebrated the new month by going out to Cantinetta, a charming little Italian ristorante tucked into the Wallingford neighborhood.


I think the dish pictured above is what I ordered: Tagliatelle with porcini, duck confit, and raisins. Sadly, it was a bit of a disappointment. Too dry or something. But as luck would have it, Danielle wasn't too happy with her order of agnolotti stuffed with sunchokes (it reminded her of beef stroganoff for some reason), so we traded. I liked it much better. Sunchokes are a revelation. Leslie got the Teres Major, which is a specific cut of beef, I think on the shoulder, and it was served with purple potatoes and bone marrow butter or something odd like that. Anyway, I had a bite and it was goooood. Oh, and for starters we had pancetta-wrapped dates (ahmazing), and a cheese plate with taleggio, a hard goat's milk, and a gorgonzola. Not too shabby!