I recently had friends visit from Colorado. This essentially led to a 5 day cooking marathon! Kahlua pork with fresh corn tortillas and lime-dressed cabbage, fritatta with onion, garlic, herbs and potatoes, gf pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cheesecake muffins (thank you Tyler!), two types of granola: peanut butter and maple cinnamon, crunchy asian-inspired meatballs with soy-lime…
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Posole and tortillas
I recently had friends visit from Colorado. This essentially led to a 5 day cooking marathon! Kahlua pork with fresh corn tortillas and lime-dressed cabbage, fritatta with onion, garlic, herbs and potatoes, gf pumpkin muffins, pumpkin cheesecake muffins (thank you Tyler!), two types of granola: peanut butter and maple cinnamon, crunchy asian-inspired meatballs with soy-lime…
Being…
Being calm in this busy world is a game changer. It allows you to think, feel, observe, and be present to those around you. Perhaps those are the very reasons people tend to stay so busy. Not everyone has a safe place to “be.” Let’s all try to be a kinder, gentler version of ourselves…
Perfection and Ravioli
Boy, what a year it’s been! We’ve all had things that challenged us, and if we’re lucky, we didn’t break. Cracked maybe, but like the Japanese art of kintsugi, our “gold-filled resin” will highlight our personal strengths, our forged bonds we’ve made with our neighbors. [Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. If a…
Un Pranzo Semplice
We took the opportunity to visit our dear cousins, Pietro and Lucia and Lucia’s sister Luisa up north near Trieste, and c.b.m (cousins-by-marriage) Roberta, her family, Fabrizia and her family near Aviano. If you’ve ever heard the stories of our time at Aviano, you’ll quickly know that these kind, generous folks are dear to us….
Very vanilla cupcakes 🧁
Have you been searching for that seemingly elusive, delicate, yet very delicious vanilla cupcake? I certainly have, until now! It’s my brother-in-law’s birthday tomorrow, and I decided to bake a few treats to celebrate how wonderful, kind and generous he is. Happy birthday, Tom! 1 3/4 c AP flour 1 c raw sugar 1/3 tsp…
The Necessary Work
Not all aspects of life in Sicily are easy. In the USA, a lot of people have a certain notion of being well-off. Here, a small plot of land (or 6) in the “country” carries a lot of significance. It used to be that families would work the land to sustain themselves and possibly others…
prelude to a taco truck
Happy December! I hope this post finds you healthy and safe in these troublesome times.
SSS Kind of Day
~worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy~ Leo Buscaglia
New Mexico Red Chile Sauce
You can take the girl out of New Mexico, but you will never take New Mexico out of the girl! Whether cooking for the holidays or a birthday, or just because it’s taco Tuesday (or Wednesday, Thursday, Friday…), one of my favorite cuisines is and will always be, New Mexico style Mexican food…and yes, there…
Cinnamon Roll Biscuits
Yes, biscuits! If you’re looking for a good, flakey, layered with butter, cinnamon and raisins biscuit lightly kissed with creamy, silk-like glaze – look no further! Crazy menopausal cravings are worse than the pregnancy ones for me- sweet one minute salty, the next… moist (sorry Tyler) one bite, then crunchy the next… wonderful woes of…
Happy Finger-Lickin’ Father’s Day!
So many great men to be honored this day – my Dad, my brother, my husband and son, and the numerous friends who have touched our lives, making a difference in one or all of our lives. This one is for you: Sweet- spiced rub 3/4 c dark brown sugar 1/2 t crushed red pepper…