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Grandma & Grandpa in the Kitchen!
I just found this photo tucked away in a memorial book from my Grandfathers services from 1972. It is such a sweet picture of my grandmother Marianna Amico, and Grandfather, Leonard Amico. I’m guessing by their ages it may be from … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting through Food, General
Tagged Connecting with Family, family, grandparents, holiday traditoins, homemade, Italian, Italian cookbook, traditions
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Smells filled with memories…
After finishing my client meeting in San Francisco this evening, I decided to hang in the city for a while until traffic let up. I strolled down to the Ferry Building which is about three blocks away. The Ferry Building … Continue reading
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Tagged baked bread, family, food, food memories, food smells, Italian, SF Ferry Building, traditions
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I Blew It!
Have you ever had the experience of spending a ton of time on a meal only to have it not turn out well? Last night we had friends over for dinner. I spent the WHOLE day cooking and preparing. I … Continue reading
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Tagged common baking mistakes, easy meals, food, fresh, Italian, Italian Cooking, osso buco, Traiditonal Italian Recipes
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A Gift For You
This holiday season, I am delighted to send you a bit of love from my new cookbook. For a long time, cooking was about “getting it done quickly.” It wasn’t until I consciously considered both cooking and family that I … Continue reading
Posted in Cookbook, Recipe
Tagged cookies, Italian, Traiditonal Italian Recipes
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Great Foods for the Holiday…
Here are a few of our traiditonal foods for the Thanksgiving holiday… Clams Casino (made by niece Leah) All of these recipes are in the cookbook!
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Tagged clams casino, cookbook, cucidatii, family, fig cookies, food, Italian, manicotti, thanksgiving, traditions
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Holiday Traditions
We were blessed to have many of my immediate family here for Thanksgiving (16 of us in total). Family came from as far as Buffalo and Florida. It was five days of catching up, cooking, eating, laughing and loving. On … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannoli, cookbook, family, food, holiday meals, Italian, Italian cookbook, traditions
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The book is back on Amazon
Yesterday there was a little glitch on Amazon and some people got a message that my cookbook was not available. My apologies if this happened to you when trying to make a purchase. It is now available – click here to … Continue reading
Homemade sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Our garden has blessed us with a TON of fresh tomatoes, and the other day I made a huge pot of sauce with fresh tomatoes (instead of the usual canned). The flavor of the sauce was amazing (I’m not bragging … Continue reading
The Final Edits Are Sent!
YEAH! The interior change edits, along with the Index (thank you Marilyn) and edited photos (thank you Tammy) have just been uploaded to the publisher! I felt mom’s hand on mine when I hit the “send” button. Once they have … Continue reading
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Tagged cookbook, editing a cookbook, Italian, publishing
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