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Three of the Seven Fishes
Merry Christmas Eve – La Vigilia – The Feast of the Seven Fish. We’re home this Christmas Eve – Nonna is not up to traveling up to North Jersey – so we’re doing a bit of a rake on the 7 fish theme....
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Christmas Eggnog Cake
It’s a really quiet Christmas Day around here. Almost too quiet. Both of us are used to loud, raucous family gatherings, so it’s a bit strange to be home in a relatively quiet house. Nonna just isn’t...
View ArticleCranberry Stilton Salad with Pumpkin Dressing
Ruth Pearson This salad shows the genius of my dear friend, Ruth! After seeing a salad with Pumpkin Dressing at a local salad place, she created this, blending Fall flavors in a hip, contemporary way!...
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Food, Glorious Food
226.4lbs the morning after Thanksgiving. Not bad, considering it was non-stop eating from 2pm until sometime past 8pm. And what glorious eating it was! It’s really great to be a part of a family that...
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Apricot Macadamia Nut Fruitcake
I started a bit of holiday baking, today… A bit, because we do not do the insane baking of years past. We had a lot of fun doing it, but, at the same time, it was all we did for weeks before Christmas....
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Traditional Fruitcake – Sorta
There are so many variations on a Fruitcake, that it’s nigh-on impossible to call one traditional. I mean… traditional from the 1600s? Traditional from a can? The only thing really traditional about...
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Panettone and Holiday Weight Gain
Ah… ‘Tis the Season, indeed. 227.4, this morning. Christmas – the gift that keeps on giving! And giving… It’s really been a yo-yo two weeks. It started with Christmas Cookie Baking at my sister’s...
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Christmas Dinner – 2022
Phoebe and Nancy pulled out all the stops. An outrageous meal with some outrageous people. Fun, Fun. And More Fun. We started off with an hors d’oeuvre remake from Christmas Eve. And then we moved...
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Welcome 2023
Out with the old, in with the new… Here’s a reprint of my take on New Year…. If my mom ever cooked anything special for the new year, I really don’t remember it. The first time I recall hearing about...
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Perfect Panettone
How this came out as perfect as can be will always be one of life’s great mysteries… For the last two years, I’ve actually made a pretty darned good panettone. The previous years – not so good. Using...
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