Bucatini and Letters

Mark and I discovered this great tasting thick spaghetti called bucatini while dining at Joe Beef in the St. Henri district of Montreal.  Since our return from our great feast gastronomique in Montreal, I've been intrigued by French cooking.  So, I've been reading Ina Garten's Barefoot in Paris cookbook.  One of her recipes was scallops provencal.  I made her scallop recipe using the bucatini which was pretty good.  I thought the kids would like it since they've enjoyed scallops on another occasion.  Well, they weren't that interested in the scallops, but were intrigued by the pasta.

Liam took the thick spaghetti strands and made a capital "R", "U" and "L," and said "look at my letters", to which, of course, Christian was intrigued and started making some too.  We thought it was pretty cute of Liam to be doing this even though it is Christian with the obsession and interest in letters.