Most of you know I love Valentine’s day. Go ahead, cringe. I get scorns all time time from friends and strangers alike when this inconveniently falls out of my mouth. Rather than try and convince you why YOU should love this day as much as I do or run my mouth about how choosing a Valentine is...
Christmas is NOT historically about giving. The modern day Christmas has become a frantic race to buy “crap” for people who you think will by you “crap” before the date reaches an arguably, fictitious, birthday in December. Today’s modern American culture has produced a...
I know you all understand that Italians eat a lot. I also know you realize that we dial things up during the holidays, particularly Christmas Eve. What I am willing to bet most of you have fell short on is truly understanding the amount of food that gets cooked, served and consumed in the course of...
Well that was 2009. Was it good for you? It was great for us. Ant celebrated 3 times, once in Australia, once in New Zealand and once NYC time. For me, the last night of the decade started with a meal as you would expect. The leftover lasagna we housed at Serena and Josh’s was delish. The...
I can barely move. I am not kidding. For the last 168 hours I have done very little but eat. My goal to eat smart and healthy between Thanksgiving and Christmas succeeded but I find myself asking to what end. Since the 24th I have put an ungodly amount of food down my throat. The best recap would be...
Yesterday I went to my Uncle Tom and Aunt Lorraine’s house for T-Day. The table totalled 23 people and it was covered with food not once but twice. The amount of food is staggering, as usual. Above is one of teh more unique items that hit the table. Keri and Chris turned the normal mac and...
Yesterday was dedicated to Mom’s all over the country. If your mom is anything like ours, she has a lot to do with what, how and when you cook. I guess you could say she shaped our cooking passion. Along with our Grandma, our mom encouraged us to explore food. She made us get dirty in the...
Christmas day starts off with a bang, and I am not talking about a frenzy induced, wrapping paper ripping, gift mania. I am talking about food. For better or for worse, my family does not do much if there is not food involved. I woke up in my grandmothers house which is covered in Santa...
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house every creature was stirring except a mouse. We just finished a feast made up of copious amounts of seafood, cheese, olive oil and vino. Not that I am surprised. This happens every year. Italian families have this Christmas Eve tradition...
