April 19th is Garlic Day, even though in my opinion Garlic Day should really be in July when the Garlic Harvest is going on full scale in Gilroy, California which is the Garlic Capitol of the World. If you have ever been to the Garlic Festival in Gilroy or even have just been […]
Category: Italian
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 & Wednesday Since my car is in the shop today, thought it would be a good day to get some cooking and baking done. (For a Change!) Removed one quart container of Chicken Broth from the freezer and cut up the center portion of a head of celery and […]
March 25th – March 26th Sunday – 3/25 – Looks like this Sunday is another day filled with cooking and baking which is the perfect thing to do in rainy weather. Started the Day with making Ebelskivers and Sausage for Breakfast. My Ebelskivers actually have apples inside (as the name proclaims). We had them […]
Sunday, March 18 – 2012: Today is David’s Birthday and since I invited him for dinner I also asked him to choose what he would like for dinner. He had lost 30 lbs. since December and thought this would be a good day to indulge himself, just this once! So Dinner was Lobster Lasagna, […]
There are actually many types of Tubular Pasta. There is Penne, rigatoni, ziti and more. Penne is my favorite of the Tubular Pasta. Rigatoni are so big that for my taste there is just too much pasta to bite into at one time. Penne are considerably thinner than Rigatoni, but they are still tubular […]
There is a Holiday in every month some place in the world and March is no exception. During the month of March we have Peanut Butter Lovers Day, which is not actually a Holiday but is a day of recognition. In addition we have Purim and St. Patrick’s Day. Holidays always provide us with […]
Valentine’s Day, named after the Martyred St. Valentine is known as a day for lovers. Flowers & candy are sold and given in abundance and restaurants are booked weeks in advance for this special day. My husband Ev, loves to take me out for dinner and I in turn love to cook for this […]
Pizza is on the menu quite often in our household as it is a favorite as it probably is in most households. The Pizza resaturants probably don’t like us too well, because most of the pizza that is eaten in our home is made in our home, thus not providing business for the take-out […]
Shellfish is one of my favorite foods and when it is available at reasonable prices I can’t pass it up. Our local warehouse store has bags of Calamari, Shrimp, Scallops and Mussels (Seafood Blend) at a reasonable price. It was a 3.5 lb. bag and I was able to get by with using only half […]
The week of August 1st, 2011 was Kid’s Culinary Camp at Let’s Get Cookin’ in Westlake Village. Sylvia of Sylveee’s Kitchen.com was the instructor and was assisted by TA’s, Katie, Mia, Sofi and Emili. Shown below are some pictures of the class. DAY ONE – PIZZA – FRUIT KABOBS & POPSICLES