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a few of my favorite appetizers : for the dinner or holiday table
Lately, I’ve been making appetizers for dinner. I don’t know why. Maybe I’ve been subconsciously saving room for ice cream after the chicks have gone to sleep by not gorging on a huge feast at dinner....
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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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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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out like a lamb(burger) : spring dinner
I don’t know about you, but I am killin’ it right now with a sweet cap-sleeve tan line on my left arm, which faintly masks the other tank top tan line I built up on Sunday afternoon. Thanks to the...
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mediterranean potato salad : the side dish you should take with you to Red...
What a week. What.a.week. One would think ending last week with 70+ temperatures and a couple of dinners on the deck would be the segue into what is officially spring- a time for joyous frolicking (I...
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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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two melon and cucumber mint salad – when it’s too hot to cook, part II
This is just getting ridiculous. This, this weather. In keeping with my watermelon affinity and constant stock of said fruit in the fridge, last night I made one of my favorite summertime salads. I...
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shrimp and artichoke salad — when it’s too hot to cook part III
Today, in Worcester, it’s raining. This means I might actually turn on my oven today to bake something. This morning, Al Roker told me my friends in Omaha are enduring a heat advisory today. So, while...
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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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menus for mother’s day : no matter the chef you are
MEN. WOMEN. PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. The most IMPORTANT day of the year is coming this Sunday. Second to my birthday, Mother’s Day is so, so, so, so special, it’s not even funny. Much like my birthday, I...
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cavatelli pasta with chard and shrimp…and other things I haven’t cooked this...
My people! My beautiful people! It’s been forever since I’ve reached out to you – for good reason. I haven’t boiled a pot of water, peeled a carrot, or shrimp for that matter, or season a piece of meat...
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smoked trout spread and other easy brunch go-tos
Ever have one of those days where you’re totally compelled to pulse the living shit out of some trout? Me too. Let’s end this year with some pulse-action! In all seriousness, let’s get serious. I’ve...
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rack of lamb with white bean and tomato ragout…love is in the air!
Love is in the air! Can’t you just smell it? Oh wait, no. That’s the good portion of the gross January air. January is so gross. So, so, so gross. It’s such a weird month. Everyone’s trying to get back...
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