Italian Christmas cookie roundup
Dec 24th 2009Christmas in Italy is generally celebrated from December 24 until January 6. So there is still ample time for Italian Christmas cookies! Since I am in Florence for a year, there is no better time or place to uncover the requisite list of Italy’s Christmas cookie (and cake) traditions. This is a quick list, but [...]
5 last-minute gifts to make (from your kitchen)
Dec 19th 2009It is almost too late to post about food gifts for this Christmas… except that you might want to give some last minute gifts to teachers, friends and hostesses—especially gifts that are unexpected and show how much you appreciate someone.
Many of these are so easy to put together, and if you are like me with [...]
my fashion faux pas meal
Nov 16th 2009As in: no white shoes before Easter, loose the leg warmers and satin is out.
This meal is all wrong. I learned in cooking school that it is important to consider the combination of foods on a given plate. In other words, what are the varying textures? Are the colors contrasting? Do you have a protein, [...]
Mahi RUB
May 28th 2009Oh dear. Apparently I have a recent affinity for rubs. It isn’t that they are new to me, but most likely because I find them 1. tasty, 2. efficient, and 3. perfect little gifts.
They are tasty because they add layers of flavor to any number of proteins. Or you can toss a teaspoon or two [...]
default dinner: 1-2-3 steak
Feb 25th 2009I love this new little addition to our family default dinner list. I bought a grill book last summer, and have primarily used it to compile rubs and massage steak accordingly. During summer that meant lots of last minute skewers, but now that it is chilly outside I typically throw the steak under the broiler. [...]
Aunt Vicki’s Cheese Ball Appetizer
Jan 16th 2009If you know Aunt Vicki—or are my extended family— then you know exactly what cheese ball I am talking about.
We grew up with this appetizer at holiday after holiday party. Christmas primarily. It was its own icon; Aunt Vicki would show up looking splendid, out dressing us all (some have it, some don’t…. she does), [...]












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