Had a great, great lunch with Rochelle on Friday at Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton's Pizzeria Mozza.

They place was packed and normally folks call up to 30 days in advance for a reservation. But when I called on Thursday they had just had a cancellation and I snagged it.

The pizza was outstanding -- crisp and tasty. Not that we limited ourselves to pizza. We had appetizers, salad, pizza and dessert. My dessert even came with little spice cookies shaped like a pig. After our four-course meal that seemed a little appropriate.

As you can see from the photo above, the place was slammed. Folks even seemed eager to sit at one of the two long counters.