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Black-Eyed Peas – good luck made with love!
Each year for as long back as I can remember (nearly 30 I think) my dear friend Denny has been brining over black-eyed peas on New Years Eve for us to eat the next day to start off the year … Continue reading
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Tagged Black eyed peas, easy meals, family, homemade, New years traditions, simple meals, traditions, vegetables
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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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Easter Dinner at the McNickle home..
We had a great day yesterday! Hubby Tim and I went to church (Unity of Marin) services at 11:15, then to breakfast at a nearby place, then home for a day of cooking and hanging out. Our son Taylor joined us … Continue reading
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Tagged Bunt Cake, Easter Dinner, Easy Cooking, family, Roasted Pork, Roasted Pork with Vegetables, Roasted Vegetables, Stuffed ARtichoke, traditions
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Italian Easter Sausage Bread
Every family has their traditions. Some are religious in nature. Some are activities shared by the family at certain times of the year. Others are food related. In my family we have traditions in each category, but most tend to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread, Easter, Easter Recipes, Eater Italian Sausage Bread, holiday recipes, Italian Easter Traditions, Italian Sausage bread, Sausage and Bread, 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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The Tradition of Holiday Cookies
The mystery is solved! As you may recall, I have been wondering where the tradition of baking cookies at the holidays came from. After doing some more research I found an answer on the blog of “The Perfectly Imperfect Mom” (love … Continue reading
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The Tradition of Baking Cookies at Christmas
I have been wondering about where the tradition of baking cookies at Christmas came from. In my search for an answer I got one “semi” answer from Wikipedia but it doesn’t actually say where the tradition came from. It does … Continue reading
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Holiday traditions and how they enhance our lives!
Today while doing a little research, I found this wonderful article / video on Martha Stewart’s website on holiday traditions. It is a great piece that talks about the mental, physical and emotional benefits of having holiday traditions. One excerpt … Continue reading
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Traditions around food…Itlaian Chocolate Cookies
What is one of your favorite holiday traditions involving food? One of mine is baking cookies with my kids or in the past with my mom. One of my all time favorite are Italian Chocolate Cookies (shown her) Cook, Eat, … Continue reading
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Traditions around food… Sesame Seed Cookies
Making Sesame Seed Cookies this weekend I was transported back to baking during the holiday’s with my mom – a tradition we loved to share. This is a fun and fairly easy cookie to make – not overly sweet, and … Continue reading
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Tagged cookbook, cookies, family, Holiday cookies, holiday recipes, traditions, Traiditonal Italian Recipes
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