mum arrived in the city with just enough time to sample some cheese at dean and deluca before our dinner reservations...

we tasted an appenzeller swiss and a cave aged gruyere.

(both were tasty, but neither compare to the goat gouda that i bought today at the fairway...)

i'm still amused that a gruyere is sitting in a cave somewhere, just aging. chillen. and aging.

...and then of course we raided the mustard section

and decided upon a chili dijon and a mesquite/stout ale mustard.

after soho...

it was off to veloce pizzeria in the east village

...which is apparently a favorite of frank bruni

and now a favorite of mum and me!

all of their pizza is sicilian (which, to be honest, i was a little bit nervous about).

it was totally delicious though! the crust was so buttery!

we got our old fallback, margherita...

i'm into this place. worth a trip way downtown.

xoxo

yeh