“As a teenager I remember the fun of a Sunday excursion in the country with friends for the sole purpose of eating large quantities of country food. We would dash to the hills in search of farmhouses that could feed a crowd for very little money. Those meals were made up of home-cured salamis, prosciutto, [...]
Archive for the ‘cookbooks’ Category
Stewed Spareribs With Tomatoes
Posted in cookbooks, food, recipe on October 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Best Apple Tart
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food on October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Once again I have to give a big shout out to Gina De Palma’s Dolce Italiano, one of the best cookbooks ever written! I just can’t get enough of this book. Maybe it’s because I love dessert, or perhaps it’s because it deals with Italian food or just maybe it’s because this book and it’s [...]
Autumn Is In The Air…
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food, recipe on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
…and that means there are certainly changes happening in the kitchen. It was a long summer and for those of us in southern California, September and the beginning of October were even hotter than the earlier months. I continued cooking with corn, zucchini and peppers and visiting my garden daily for luscious, ripe tomatoes. Even [...]
Baked Shrimp Scampi
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food, recipe on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Day after day J. has been saying “I want shrimp, can we have some shrimp tonight? As an appetizer or in a spicy sauce over pasta?”. I am more than happy to take requests, but the meal has to go with the flow of the week. We had pasta with a tomato based sauce last [...]
Baci Di Cioccolato
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food, recipe on September 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Anyone who really knows me, knows that I am crazy for chocolate. Every day around 3:30 in the afternoon I’m on the hunt for chocolate-any kind. It can be the luscious, expensive type or it can be semi-sweet chips out of the bag. I just need to have a little bit and I’m satisfied.
As soon [...]
Back To Baking
Posted in cookbooks, cooking on August 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Cooking is my passion. I’m never happier than when I’m in the kitchen following my heart and whipping up a meal. I love to read all the cooking magazines and have hundreds of cookbooks, but I use them my for inspiration and entertainment, than actual step by step directions for a dish.
Now baking, that’s another [...]
Dining Above The Amalfi Coast
Posted in Italy, cookbooks, food, travel on July 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It was a gorgeous autumn day and I was in love-with Positano! We arrived by boat (which I highly recommend) and I was incredibly tired due to a fitful night in a hotel right across from the very noisy Salerno train station. As soon as we stepped off the ferry a porter came by asking [...]
Can You Have Too Many Italian Cookbooks?
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food on July 23, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I’ve already admitted that I have a thing for cookbooks and does it surprise anyone that I have more books on Italian cooking than anything else? I don’t really use all of them and to be honest I don’t usually cook using a cookbook, but I sure do like to sit and read them for [...]
Tomato Time
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food, recipe on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As far as I’m concerned, you can never have too many great summer tomatoes. I was out working in my small garden today and J. commented that all of our tomatoes would probably be ripe at the same time and I thought “okay, I can deal with that.” In reality, it can be daunting to [...]
Zucchini And Basil Frittata
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food, recipe on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had a busy week catching up with friends and getting together always gives me the opportunity to get in the kitchen and create something to feed them! Tonight a few close friends that I used to work with are coming by for drinks and something to munch on and I’ve decided that’s it time [...]
