• this weather has me feeling blue

    [Image description] My husband and I could eat pasta seven days a week. This week I changed up our normal pasta routine by preparing the recipe that appeared in the March 7th issue of the New York Times...

  • giuseppina updated

    [Image description] When I was young, every Saturday my mother took us visiting. After stopping to see her sisters, Fran in West Orange and Chick in Vailsburg, we were off to my father's sister, Angelina,...

  • sheet pan supper

    - - ​The January 2018 issue of Southern Living Magazine had a beautiful looking dish called sweet-and-spicy sheet pan chicken with cauliflower and carrots. It sat on a bed of couscous and had these gorgeous...

  • is it spring yet?

    - - The weather during February was teasing us into believing warmer weather is on its way. On Friday, the weather switched from rain, to snow, to rain and snow both falling at the same time. [Image...

  • company

    [Image description] We had some company this past Sunday evening for dinner. What to make? I decided to go with something I've done before, chicken scarpariello. ​​My guests brought a delicious assortment...

  • planning ahead

    [Image description] ​Are you fortunate enough to be off today for President's Day? If so, are you catching up on a few things? I know that I'll be heading to a food store to purchase this week's special...