Impulse purchases. I think we’re all guilty of them, and I’m especially a repeat offender when I’m in my local liquor store in the fancy liqueur section. There is something absolutely mesmerizing about seeing all of the liqueur bottles lined row upon row, each one containing a different elixir, with promises of wild cocktails to […]
An Italian Feast – Part Two (Pipettes with Sweet Potatoes, Parsley and Capers)
As promised, here is part two to our blog post from yesterday. This is Lidia Bastianich’s recipe for Pipettes with Sweet Potatoes, Parsley and Capers. The first weekend we were back from vacation, I caught the recipe on her cooking show on our local PBS station, and while trying to memorize the ingredient list from […]
An Italian Feast – Part One (Meatzza)
I love vacations, especially when they take you away from the depths of winter to hot sunny climates of the Caribbean. Having just returned from a cruise, I feel relaxed, energized and glowing from the sun’s rays I was able to catch for the week and a half I was at sea in the Atlantic […]
Baked Toast Sandwiches
You would think that having over 500 cookbooks in my home library would be enough to keep me stimulated and interested, but alas, dear reader, I regret to tell you that I still find the time and the inclination to peruse other volumes all the time. Whether it’s at my local library, book store, […]
Bittersweet Decadence Cookies
When you find a cookbook that works for you every time, you naturally go back to it whenever a craving strikes. This weekend, my daughter wanted me to bake her some cookies for her after school snacks this week. So, I headed straight for Alice Medrich’s Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt in Your Mouth Cookies book. The […]