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Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Fennel and Gorgonzola

Published on 2011-11-15 12:49:00

So it has been awhile. A long while. That's what happens when you take a seasonal job that requires you to work six days a week for pratically the entire summer. Things that you actually like to do go by the wayside because you've been slaving and breaking your back in the hot sun all day, and all you want to do is come home, close the blinds and watch some mindless television. And so my summer is gone without having even enjoyed it and i'm posting a recipe I came up with last Christmas. B [..] > read more

Cheese Souffle

Published on 2011-04-04 12:13:00

Obviously I'm a little behind on posting things when I'm just posting this cheese souffle that my sister Mary and I whipped up for Christmas Day brunch. Of course, at our family get togethers there is never a shortage of food, so there wa > read more

Spicy Ginger Cake with Milk Chocolate Chunks

Published on 2011-03-24 11:30:00

This, my friends, is not your typical ginger cake. It's like gingerbread on steroids. It's spicy. Real spicy. Absolutely need that dollop of whip cream, spicy. It's from a book called Chocolate Holidays, by Alice M > read more

Italian Pastry Ring

Published on 2011-02-02 15:36:00

This is something I made sometime last spring and has been patiently waiting in my inbox to be posted. It's a rather simple and unassuming breakfast pastry, served with milk or coffee to dip in. It can also serve as a light e > read more

Italian Grilled Cheese Salad

Published on 2010-12-14 00:25:00

I recently dined at a little coffeeshop with my mom and sisters after a concert and had the kind of sandwich I love seeing on a menu. They called it an Italian grilled cheese; a medley of a tangy pesto sauce, fresh tomato and swiss cheese > read more

Cornmeal and Olive Oil Cake

Published on 2010-12-11 13:19:00

Well, I'm back again after another long hiatus. We just returned from a nice 2 1/2 week vacation to Richmond, Va. Eric's dad and sister and her family live there, and due to the fact that we both have some down time now it seemed li > read more

Apple Cinnamon Cream Cheese

Published on 2010-10-12 15:10:00

If you have bushel baskets of apples to use this fall as I do, you are quite possibly looking for something to make with them other than apple pie and applesauce and apple butter. I have a million apples to use in the fall becaus > read more

Scratch Lasagna

Published on 2010-10-04 14:54:00

Lasagna, completely from scratch. Yep, I went there. I really didn’t even intend to, it kind of came out of me cleaning out leftover this and that in the refrigerator. As I was summing up what I had, I realized I could make > read more

Caramelized Onion, Olive and Feta Pizza

Published on 2010-09-28 10:39:00

Well, there's no good excuse that I can give for the long absence of posts. I've been galavanting off on weekends to Duluth, helping my dad at a BBQ contest, taking shopping excursions with my sisters and helping the youngest move off for > read more

Fresh Peach Pie

Published on 2010-08-09 15:45:00

I recently happened upon a truckload sale of peaches, and on a whim decided to buy an entire box. They were absolutely fabulous, perfectly ripe and sweet, with piles of juice running down your chin at the first bite. Although > read more

Pasta Primavera

Published on 2010-08-05 12:16:00

Pasta Primavera means pasta with spring vegetables. Sounds a little dull, right? I thought so too, but for some reason I still wanted to try it. It is the second recipe I have tried from my Giuliano Hazan's Classic Pasta Cookb > read more

My Favorite Caesar Salad

Published on 2010-07-20 12:41:00

Among my many food obsessions is the Caesar salad. But I suppose I have somewhat unrefined taste here, since I can't say I care too much for an "authentic" dressing, made with olive oil, egg, anchovies and such. Nope I make mi > read more

Rhubarb Muffins

Published on 2010-06-22 12:01:00

Along with spring and summer comes the inevitable question, what to do with all that rhubarb? It gets a little out of control at times, kind of like a weed. This got my mom and I to thinking, what is rhubarb, anyway? Well, we did a > read more



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