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Quick and Delicious Desserts for Mom

May 8, 2009

amore materno/mother love Mother’s Day is this weekend and if you have been a reader of the blog, you know my mom is my heart. I hate that I am not with her this weekend (or all the time, for that matter), but she is having a wonderful time with 2 of her grandkids in […]

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Baked Cherry Tomatoes

May 7, 2009

cotto al forno/oven baked Over the last 18 months, I have become quite easily distracted. The distractibility stems from several things I don’t need to vent about here, but it has definitely interfered in certain instances. I don’t remember what I read, half listen when people speak, and my organization has been short to hell. […]

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Marinated Flank Steak with Asparagus

May 6, 2009

bistecca di lombo/flank steak I don’t eat much red meat. But, for some reason I have had a hankering for my mom’s grilled flank steak. It has been forever since I have eaten flank steak, period. My mom’s? I can’t remember. Off to market and home again toting steak in hand. Easy as 1, 2, […]

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Snickerdoodles

May 5, 2009

zucchero/sugar I have been getting a care package together to send to a friend doing contracting work in Iraq. He is going through yummy food withdrawal, so I am trying to get 5 cookies in the package. Right now, I have three kinds, will work to get the rest done tomorrow, and then mail the […]

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Cookbook Clearance Event

May 5, 2009

liquidazione/clearance A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned my need to free up some of the clutter in my house. It will be a slow process until school get out in 14 days (but who is counting). One task that will get the process is my cookbook purge. Remember when I said that I have […]

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Cooking to Combat Cancer III – The Round Up!

May 4, 2009

contrastare! /fight back! Finally…the Round Up! I tried to get it out earlier, but time got away from me. There are 34 wonderful recipes here from around the globe for you to peruse, bookmark, and make in your home. A couple of things before you continue – (1) The only order I placed the recipes […]

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Homemade Twinkies!

May 1, 2009

di fattura casalinga/homemade First, it looks as if I will not be able to get the CCC3 round up posted until Sunday or Monday. Thanks for your patience! Be sure to keep checking back! It has been forever since I have participated in WTSIM. In fact, it’s been over a year! That’s horribly unacceptable! I […]

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Meatless Taquitos

April 30, 2009

Messicano/Mexican The Foodie Films Event (hosted by Joelen’s Culinary Adventures) is on of those fun parties I like to attend. May’s movie, in honor of Cinco de Mayo, is Tortilla Soup. To join in the festivities, we are asked to share a Mexican inspired recipe. Like everything else in my life for the last 18 […]

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Grilled Watermelon, Fennel, and Chicken Sausages.

April 29, 2009

grigliato/grilled Today’s it, the deadline for Cooking to Combat Cancer III is tonight. The round up is going to be awesome! Many friends/foodies have helped me work toward completing the event’s third year, but there is always room for more. Why today, April 29th? This is the day, 8 years ago in 2001 (at 9:13 […]

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Expresso Crunchies

April 28, 2009

carico energetico/energy charge (Cute coffee mug from Pier 1) While in Walmart the other day, I came across a bag of cappuccino chips. Cappuccino chips? A new one for me! Accordingly, as with the inevitable draw of most new things I find in the baking aisle, I bought one bag. When I first began think […]