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grandma rose’s brooklyn meat gravy
Over the weekend, as Thanksgiving platters, cornucopia and tablecloths were stored away in place of plastic storage boxes containing half-assedly re-wrapped questionably functioning Christmas lights, a...
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mini crab cakes with chipotle mayo : dinner or app in a snap
My mom’s there to help. She gets a lot of phone calls from people who have questions or comments about her recipes and she loves it. In her first cookbook, Savor the Memories, she included her phone...
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homemade salad dressing : it doesn’t get better, or easier
I’ve been craving leafy greens and salads of all types lately. By no means a New Year’s resolution to eat healthier, salad is my go-to food these days. The other night, we had leftovers of chicken...
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spaghetti with tuna, capers and chile flakes : it’s all in your pantry
It’s that time of year when I dread going outside. I can’t complain about the weather here. We’ve been so fortunate to make it halfway through January without any snow. Oh, except for the freak October...
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pasta with prosciutto, snap peas, mint, and cream
Sunday mornings with a cup of coffee, if there’s time before the kids’ swim lesson (“swim” in our family can be defined as “flapping arms and legs wildly, testing the lifeguard’s reflexes by letting go...
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risotto rosso : a ten out of ten
There are times when I try a new recipe and the result, without any words exchanged between husband and wife, is simply no. No I will never make that again. Often it goes without saying because I think...
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pasta alla siciliana – when it’s too hot to cook part I
Hey there. It’s been a few weeks, or maybe even more. Back from my 18-day hiatus of real-life, I’ve returned to the kitchen and grocery store. For 18 days, I was visiting my mom – along with my little...
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sunday night greek beef stew and lemony rice
And thus concludes the longest 5 days of my life. (I might be exaggerating a bit. Definitely, to date, the longest 38 weeks 5 days of my life was the last week of my pregnancy with my twins.) In all...
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baked ziti : it’s pretty much imperative
Growing up, I can’t remember a time when we had a large group of basketball players over for dinner – an all-consuming sport of choice for my dad and brother, scarring me for life -(long story for...
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Mama’s New York-Style Pizza Dough : Traditional and Sloppy Joe
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this, but the other night for dinner, I made Sloppy Joes. That’s right. Extra Sloppy. I know how you kids like them extra sloppy. (Wait…it gets worse.) Sometimes I like...
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ricotta-green onion-chive gnocchi with grandma rose’s basic tomato sauce
How come the week of April 15 all went to total shit? That was a doozy, wasn’t it? It was one of those weeks when I really should’ve been in the kitchen, whipping up comfort food after comfort food –...
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grandma rose’s tomato sauce and meatballs… stock your freezer
Ballin’! Ok, hi. All I can say right now is “Ummmmmmmmmmm…” And, “tender balls.” Because I’m 12. I JUST realized I’ve never, ever, ever posted Grandma Rose’s meatballs on my blog and it’s only 19 days...
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steamed clams and langostino in white wine butter sauce tossed with...
Uggggggh. I’m doing a 180 here. Remember my last post when I was in such a great mood? It was about 24 hours ago. Well, suck it. Love is not in the air. Filth-muck-shit-dirt-exhaust is in the air. I...
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