CHICKEN AND SPINACH CANNELLONI

Hello there. As you know if you’ve been following along here lately, I’ve recently returned from a trip to DC where we visited my son and 2 grandchildren. Life goes on during our visits, my son goes to work, the kids go to school, so I often stay home and prepare dinner to enjoy as […]

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DELICIOUS INDIVIDUAL TIRAMISU

Buonjiorno! As I’ve mentioned on several occasions, Brad & I have a small group of good friends that get together about once a month for what we call our Comfort Food Dinners. Each month the host couple picks a theme and provides the main course. Everyone else contributes to the dinner in keeping with the […]

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MY FAVORITE PASTA RECIPE

Hi There. The other day my Philadelphia dwelling son called to ask me for my favorite pasta recipe. It’s his favorite pasta recipe too. I asked him if he had first checked the blog to see if I hadn’t posted it and sure enough I hadn’t. That’s crazy because it’s my favorite pasta recipe and […]

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ITALIAN EASTER PIE

CIAO.  Buona Pasqua! |Happy Easter| Today, as I look forward to making my traditional Italian Easter Pie again this year, and to sharing the recipe with you…… I find myself taking a little sentimental journey to Florence, Italy.  That is because ever since I stayed at the world renowned Villa San Michele in Florence…… I […]

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OLIVE OIL PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE

Dear friends, Yesterday I shared with you a post on our new acquisition, the Crispy Crust Pizza Maker by Breville. As a follow up to that post I promised to give you my Olive Oil Pizza Dough Recipe. I acquired this recipe some time ago from the book, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day […]

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HOW TO MAKE LIMONCELLO

Hello there! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. This time last week I was hosting my annual Christmas Tea for my Book Club. For the busy month of December we chose a lighthearted and easy to read book called “Lessons From Madame Chic” by Jennifer L. Scott. Ms. Scott writes about “The 20 Stylish […]

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MUSHROOM MOSTACCIOLI

Hi There! I’ve been taking you traveling with me all last week, so I thought I’d change it up a bit today and share with you one of my favorite pasta recipes.  It’s Mushroom Mostaccioli and it is one of my go-to recipes that I’ve been preparing for almost as long as I’ve been cooking. […]

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PORTABELLA MUSHROOM CARPACCIO

Buon Giorno! Seeing as how it’s Thursday, I’ve been thinkin’ about how I might participate in the latest Facebook phenomenon of “Throwback Thursday.”  So, don’t ask me why, but I got to thinkin’ about when my oldest son Nathan was a little boy and we owned a home in Italy. Our house was located in […]

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