“Breaking News” at Elio’s

Although Peter Jennings was sitting at a nearby table, the current event I found most important was the pasta special of the evening: homemade egg fettucini topped with slivers of freshly shaved white truffles. The truffles’ woodsy flavor added a hint of mystery to the luxuriant buttery tumble of pasta. Our waiter, Evaristo, proudly maintained that the butter and truffles were the only seasonings in the dish. “It’s a much different taste than truffle-infused olive oil,” he said. I nodded in agreement, my mouth full of pasta.

If the fettucini with white truffles was a front-page event, the penne with cauliflower merited at least a Page Six mention. Chewy pasta tubes were accented with flecks of anchovy paste and mixed with bread crumbs, cauliflower, parsley and deep green olive oil.

All in all, a newsworthy evening!

Elio’s: 1621 2nd Ave. (212) 772-2242.