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Growing Up Baklava…
As a child I would circle the dining room table pretending to play while impatiently watching my mother baking in the kitchen, all the while waiting for her to call me over – her “little helper”. How I...
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Roasted Tomato’s Sauce Ala Grecca
Growing up in south Florida with a luscious garden in the back yard created an assortment of Mediterranean cuisine that graced our family dining table with a unique and unusual arrangement of fresh...
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That’s Apizza
My first attempt at making Apizza, surprisingly came out super tasty. I took my roasted tomatoes’ sauce recipe, fresh mozzarella, olive oil infused with garlic, basil and oregano, however I settled...
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Apple Orchards – Apple Cake
As we venture out into autumn’s foliage in the midst of auburn leaves decorated in orange, red, yellow and gray they gracefully dance the summer away. I find myself thick in the season’s activities and...
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Yia Yia Bessie’s Spanakopita
Yia Yia Bessie came to visit, my beautiful and amazing mother. Yia Yia means grandmother in Greek, a title she’s earned with her 10 remarkable grandchildren. Her trip turned out to be one of the most...
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The way to a man’s heart…
It’s true; the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Seriously! This is the first meal I ever cooked for my husband Jeff and I can still hear him saying “you’re a really good cook… you’re a...
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Soup it does the body good!
I heart soup, especially on a day like today when it’s cold and rainy outside. Each season offers a distinctive harvest of produce to inspire any epicurean with a colorful pallet for creating...
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Bella – Bella for Portabella!
Agaricus bisporus is not the most glamorous name, but that’s what they call this dark brown mushroom in scientific circles. However, to the rest of us they’re known as Portabella or Portobello...
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Turkey Joes on Pitas
In an effort to get thin and I mean fabulously thin, one of my new year’s resolutions is to lose those extra pounds I so graciously packed on from, well… to be exact starting May 24th 2008. Why do I...
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Sweet Talking with Fritz Knipschildt of Chocopologie
One of my favorite guilty pleasures in Fairfield County is Chocopologie, run by master chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt. You would think he was born with an affinity for exotic chocolates. The famous...
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