After all that cooking and baking associated with Christmas, it has been nice to sit back and relax for a bit. I made “Mom’s Chicken Soup” the other night. I needed some comfort food and that soup certainly soothes the soul. We decided to get away for a few days to our mountain house in … Continue reading
It is Christmas morning. Even after a night of cooking the feast of seven fishes, I woke up early to make this recipe for Italian Christmas cookies. I did not have time to make them till now, and it would not be Christmas morning without them. They are exactly what you need with a … Continue reading
Ribbons (Another Delicious Version of What Italians Can Do With Fried Dough) Right now, off the top of my head, I could name you at least a dozen names for variations on fried dough that would knock your culinary socks off. And it seems that every time I speak about one of these delicacies, … Continue reading
Struffoli is not something I make every Christmas. Just like my mom, I would try it every few years, always saying afterwards, “never again.” It is very time consuming, and, quite frankly, back breaking, especially if you are doing it alone. While going through the many recipes that both my mom and I have collected … Continue reading
Somewhere around 1960, my mom met a wonderful woman, who was the mother of my soon to be best friend. I was 9 years old at the time, and we are still great friends to this day. My Mom and Anne (last name to remain anonymous) both loved cooking and St. Jude. They were constantly … Continue reading
I had my beautiful baby girl in 1977, and by 1978 I was so excited to make a new friend…especially a friend who also had a new daughter and loved to cook. It was a friendship made in heaven. We could share stories about parenthood, and we could could share recipes. We spent our … Continue reading
So I mentioned that I would help you use up that marinara sauce from last Sunday, and eggplant parmigiana is perfect for that. Actually, anything parmigiana would do, such as chicken cutlet or veal cutlet. But today it is “eggplant parm,” as we call it in New Jersey. This truly is one of my favorite … Continue reading
Growing up in the 50s, you could always count on dessert each and every night, or at least that is how it was in our house and the houses of my friends. Most nights, we would wait anxiously to see what homemade treat would come out of the kitchen after dinner. Lots of dessert recipes … Continue reading
MARINARA SAUCE If it’s Sunday, it must be red sauce….well at least if you’re Italian. We don’t eat pasta with vegetables on Sundays. This is a day for red sauce only. I’m not sure how this came to be, but not having red sauce on your pasta on a Sunday would be equivalent to having a … Continue reading
When you had a cold growing up in our house, you could bet that mom’s chicken soup was in your future. Only when someone was sick would this soup appear on the stove, and now, all these years later, we are finding out that there really are medicinal benefits in chicken soup for curing the … Continue reading
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