Eggs? In lasagna? Why?

You mix in it with the ricotta. In many authentic italian versions though, they put in whole hard boiled eggs along with the other fillings. Shudder.

I like real Chinese food, but we also go to PF Chang's, which is a chain that has California Chinese--fresher ingredients and lighter sauces. [link] It's pretty good, especially for taking parents who are in town out for a meal.

There's even a table in the kitchen, which, to me, would mean FREE MEAL. It's not a treat to be put in the kitchen, folks. It's punishment.

At a chain place, definitely, but I can imagine several of the nicer Boston establishments where it could be fun (provided they had the space in the kitchen). Might end up with TMI about the food prep, though.

Or what ita said.

P.F. Chang's is pretty good, and is one of the few chain restaurants I actively like.

Best lasagne I've ever had is from the Marcella Hazan cookbook. It has bechamel sause instead of the ricotta mixture.

I imagine that, to real Italians (or just Catholics in general), they're vaguely offensive.

My family is Irish Catholic, and I think they'd be a wee bit put off by having a bust of the Pope on the lazy susan in the middle of the table.

It was the Chef's Table here. Before each course the person who'd prepared it would come over and talk to you about it -- then they'd riff on what they were overhearing of our conversations and alter what they were serving us to reflect it.

Most interactive restaurant meal ever. Mmm.

Not only have I never put eggs in lasagna, I've never seen a recipe that suggested I should. Maybe my mother protected me from such things with her anti-egg-ness, somehow. But she was also anti-ricotta cheese. Anyway, it sounds gross and I am going to be more suspicious of all baked pastas in the future.

I like PF CHang's food just fine, but the one near me is at the mall. It's bad enough going to the restaurants that are on the edges of the mall parking lot, PF Chang's is right in there next to Old Navy, and I find that unsettling.

Is that really the impression of Houston yo want me to have?

Well, no. We have much better restaurants, so decide if you want Mexican or Vietnamese or Indian or Sicilian or Japanese or South American.

I'm guessing you've never been to a Chuck E. Cheese's then?

Not since I was 4, no.

I grudgingly tolerate Chuck E Cheese's because they have skeeball. I will do anything for skeeball.

t /skeeball whore

Not only have I never put eggs in lasagna, I've never seen a recipe that suggested I should.

My standard lasagne recipe.

The eggs just give the ricotta mixture a little structure. You can't taste egg in it at all.