• Thank you very much

    [Image description] While I was recovering from hip replacement surgery this summer, my dear friend Marybeth, showed up at my house with dinner; soup to dessert! Now that I’m six months into recovery...

  • biscotti

    [ Biscotti di Prato] [Rosemary Walnut Biscotti] Rosmary Walnut Biscotti [Biscotti Napoletani] Crisp Chocolate Biscotti and Italian Sesame Seed [carousel chooser] [carousel chooser] [carousel chooser]...

  • one pan wonder

    - - With Christmas just about two weeks away, I’ve been a little busier than normal. I logged a few extra hours at work and visited my aunt on Saturday. It’s times like this where you need quick weeknight...

  • the scent of Christmas

    [Image description] When I was a young bride, my mother got me a subscription to Good Housekeeping Magazine. It was filled with excellent articles on home-keeping, etiquette, recipes, fiction stores,...

  • its a keeper

    [Image description] A few weeks ago, as I sat at the breakfast table at 5:30 am, I was fortunate to find Lidia Bastianich on a PBS station. Lidia, on this particular morning, was making a ground beef...

  • a look back

    [Image description] As I was going through my recipe box for holiday cookie recipes, I came across a recipe from my late mother-in-law. It was a meal I made for my husband and I when we were first married....