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Not your Mother’s Casserole
Actually, this is not a slap against the casseroles typical of my childhood table. I actually have fond, warm-fuzzy remembrances of broccoli cheddar casserole (with brussel sprouts), and Tex-Mex surprise. Did your mom make you a pasta chicken bake and what about tuna casserole? Ring any bells? The other day, at the store I saw a ‘Mexican Layered Dip’ for sale. You cannot
FEB product reviews: olive oil, crackers, bowls and a GIVEAWAY!
We consume olive oil like it is going out of style. It is my primary cooking oil, the way I lightly coat vegetables for roasting and part and parcel to our family’s Italian year abroad (read this fun post on ‘Olive Oil Tasting‘). California Olive Ranch sent me this bottle. Hey ranch guys? Thanks. It’s fantastic. Bottom line? I will be buying this product in the future.… [more] Took
Barefoot Bubbly, coffee and tequila… piqued your interest?
I am a liquids girl. While spending time on my computer, I like to have a beverage nearby. A coffee… [more], a water, some tea. In my car is no different: a coffee or water nestled into a holder. At home, dinner time and with guests: some wine, a cocktail, an aperitif. Even in college and grad school, I would make myself huge lattes—while plugging my way through homework. Plus
Thanks for the goodies!
This post is combo review and thank you.
ThermaPen: Am loving the automatic pen. Its super easy to use, clean and calculate temps of food. Thanks for sending; I will use it often!
SeaPak Seafood: I loved popping into the store with coupons from you… [more]
Italian Grandmothers.
Need I say more? Who wouldn’t want an Italian Grandmother, full of old-world charm, well-earned wisdom and vault to the greatest generation of food mavens. In our current culinary climate, we are attempting to reach back across the ages, to best practices of old: making pasta from scratch, preserving seasonal produce, knowing our butchers and farmers by name.
They did it right, they dedicated their lives to preserving and drying… [more]
Thanks for the samples!
One very rewarding part of being a food blogger is the opportunity to try new foods. Food companies know that food bloggers have dedicated readers, so reviews of their products will not be lost on deaf ears. Its ‘targeted’ at you—through me. And since I am forever searching for good food, new food and ‘what’s next’ when it comes to all-things-food… then I will be excited to try new products.… [more]
really, its all about the tongs.
Hehe. I have a tong drawer: a dedicated, tong-only drawer in my kitchen. Wow—she must have a big kitchen. Far from it—in fact I have very few drawers and have to be quite creative with stashing all my kitchen tools, pots, pans and [note my mild addiction to] small Italian bowls… [more]
. Even with all that creative stacking and cupboard cramming: one skinny little drawer boasts 9 pairs of tongs.I am going to be a ZIPLOC BAG for Halloween.
And if for some reason I suffocate myself, well then: body in a bag! Still in theme with Halloween, don’t you think? I know: bad humor.
And I know. I shouldn’t be talking about Halloween yet… but I have more Halloween boxes—and made-up cocktails—for this holiday than any other. October is knocking at my door and my MUMMY JUICE is in Foodista’s Best of Food Blogs Cookbook… [more]
My favorite olive oil store in Florence.
I went by there again today. Do you have a favorite store or street? Shops you like to walk by—because for some reason it just makes you feel good? There are many days, while living here in Florence, that I find myself taking a ‘random’ 30 minute walk. But just like reading sites online, ordering from a menu or driving from A to B… routine happens. Familiar develops. And it… [more]
Nuovo Olio in Tuscany (new oil, old oil and oil tasting)
Sigh. I have been smiling since yesterday; we went to a frantoio. A frantoio is a an olive-oil pressing facility/palazzo. It is the olive oil version of a winery. October and November represent the time frame where olives are shaken or combed off trees—into nets—and gathered for pressing.
It is when nuovo olio (new oil) shows up at outdoor markets (last week we rounded 4-5 tables in our nearby piazza,… [more]
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