"Great recipe, always a hit at dinner parties. I usually substitute the fresh herbs with dried herbs and it seems to have no impact on flavor. Note the red wine vinegarette recipe makes a LOT more than you need for the pasta (I use less than half of the mixture on the orzo), so you can make half of it if you want to save some of your olive oil. "

"Huge hit at a dinner party. I had to substitute dried thyme and I also added some of the shredded gruyere into the meat mixture. I made the patties a little bigger than 2 inches and they shrunk down while cooking, and fit perfectly into a Hawaiian bread roll (from costco. Cooking time in the directions was right on, and they turned out juicy. "