Marcella Hazans Spaghetti Carbonara

October 18, 2016

This was the most requested dinner of my husband and son for many years. So after a stressful couple of weeks I wasn’t surprised when Casey asked for this favorite comfort food meal. Marcella Hazan was one of the foremost authorities on Italian cuisine, and I always liked her lighter Roman version that contains no […]

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Dania’s Pasta Sauce from La Chuisa

October 4, 2016

A highlight of our Italian adventure was a cooking class in Tuscany at locally famous La Chuisa; a lovely inn and restaurant high in the rolling hills near Sienna. Our teacher was Dania Lucherini, the owner and head chef, a thoroughly entertaining, glamorous blonde in high heels and a fairly low cut dress. (Italian women […]

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Soppressata & Cheese in Puff Pastry

September 10, 2016

I’m leaving for Italy with friends on Monday on a mission to take our college roommate Ludie out of the country for the first time to her #1 bucket list destination. Lucky us! I wanted to leave you an Italian recipe, and although this is hardly authentic it does contain spicy Italian salami and is […]

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No-Bake Strawberry Icebox Cake

September 4, 2016

What a great dessert for hot weather! Easy enough to have a 3 year old help you, and is both beautiful and totally delicious. You simply layer graham crackers, whipped cream and strawberries 4 times, and top with more berries and a drizzle of chocolate ganache. As this sits in the refrigerator a few hours […]

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Parmesan-Dijon Chicken

August 28, 2016

I spent a frustrating hour trying to find this recipe that my Mother liked to make for company, and was so relieved when it appeared. Easy to put together, make ahead and pop in the oven later, and oh so delicious! She listed the ingredients for me but no amounts, but it’s pretty easy to […]

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Your New Favorite Pork Chops

August 21, 2016

I’ve read a few recipes over the last couple of years with this same intriguing title, and tried a few. Haven’t posted any. But this one from the March Bon Apetit lives up to it’s name in my opinion. Just thick bone-in pork chops sauteed in a skillet with sage, garlic and a bit of […]

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Turkey Cutlets Marsala

August 14, 2016

Elizabeth David was a scholarly British cookbook author who had a major impact on her country’s notoriously bland cooking, post World War II. After attending the Sorbonne in Paris she didn’t retain much of the course work but “What had stuck was the taste for a kind of food quite ideally unlike anything I had […]

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Another Anniversary

August 9, 2016

“The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It is focused attention.” “I promise if you keep searching for everything beautiful in the world, you will eventually become it.” Tyler Kent White “Death is not an ending, but a symbol of movement along the path upon which we are all […]

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Fresh Peach Cake

August 6, 2016

The peaches are luscious now, and here is a wonderful way to use them! My assistant Hunter Kirby, age 3, decided this was the best thing we have ever made. (Everything we have made to date includes either frosting or whipped cream). You layer the rich batter with fresh sliced peaches and cinnamon sugar, and […]

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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

July 28, 2016

This is such an easy way to prepare fajitas, and you can throw it all together ahead of time (my favorite type of recipe.) Just toss all the ingredients together on the pan along with the spices, bake for about 20 minutes and then drizzle with lime juice and cilantro. Pile into warm tortillas and […]

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