CUORE FELICE

My Bread and Butter has been tweaked both by my shock at how much sugar was in the original recipe and by a dear memory of my grandmother. Between 10 and 12 years old, I was shipped off to my grandmother's for spring break. "Shipped off" has a negative connotation, but who could complain about spending time with your namesake one on one in Winter Park, Florida of all places. It turned disastrous one year when it was the week my boyfriend dropped me for my best friend, but the

In the middle of June, I found myself with 10 lbs. of peaches, 5 cups of basil, and 7 cups of mint (Some beans and new potatoes too!). I knew I would make basil pesto since I am curing all the garlic that I grew. But what to do with 10 lbs. of peaches??? PEACH MINT JAM! Three years ago, my neighbor brought me her homemade strawberry jam, and it was the best jam I've ever had. She offhandedly texted, "It's made the old-fashioned way - without pectin." I had NO idea what she w

At the farm, Sunny makes a rosemary honey chicken that I love so much. One night I told her I think it's my favorite, and Nana chimed in,...

Chicken Parm, Arugula Salad, Homemade Pasta Don't get me wrong; I love the chicken parm recipe from Cook's Illustrated. I've made it hundreds of times and gotten restaurant reviews. HOWEVER, when I lucked into Garth Brooks concert tickets five years ago, I called Taylor and Courtney to see which one wanted to go. (And I love that Courtney told me to take her husband and have a blast.) Taylor and I met at The Palm since it's across the street from the Arena. He used his frequ

Greeting cards have all been sent, but the Christmas rush certainly isn't through. After a whirlwind trip to Southampton, England hours after giving my exams, a near brush with Eclare Cassidy Stoot and her boys, and then boarding the Queen Mary 2 for a cross-Atlantic voyage, there was a day walking my old NYC haunts and Hugh Jackman in Music Man on Broadway. All this, only to have a flight cancelled and a train to Philly to catch a flight home for Christmas . It's ok, of co

I planted tomato seeds on February 27th. It's July 23rd, and I have sauce for months to come. The tomatoes aren't even nearly finished...

Pretty sure this was the last snow day of the year. . . So this was the weekend. So I tried zucchini fries in the air fryer last week:...

Carnitas is my new go-to at my favorite Mexican restaurant. In the spirit of "How Hard Could It Be?", I went in search of a recipe to...

"That's a pie crust promise - easily made, easily broken." ~ Mary Poppins So I made my resolution to post every Sunday. . . maybe every other Sunday? I'm missing La Madeleine in this real winter that Nashville is having. No, not a person, but a place with memories: Lunches with my high school boyfriend's mother over quiche and tomato basil soup . Catching up with Jodi when back in Bethesda over croissants and potato galettes. Grading papers on a school night by their fire an

I'm stunned to see that my last post was over a year ago - especially after lockdowns, tons of house guests, and so many new recipes. I'm...