Rigatoni Della Nonna
Later this week, we will be in vacanza in Italy, and non vedo d’ora! (I can’t wait!) We will be traveling with my parents to visit our relatives in northern Italy (my grandmother’s cousins) as well as heading to some parts of Italy that none of us have been...
Renegade Paella
I was cooking paella at home long before I had ever set foot in Spain…which perhaps might not bode well for authenticity. My parents took a trip to Spain during the 1990s, and returned home marveling about many things, but what I remember repeated most was the late hour which...
Ossobucco Milanese
I love to start the new year with a good hike. And after, a great dinner. This fancy-pants meal is one of the greatest things to come out of your crock pot, and makes a wonderful post-hike celebratory dish to come home to. Ossobucco (translated to hollow bone) is...
A Pandemic Christmas
Whew, it’s been a year. And not the holiday season any of us anticipated. Instead of the usual fanfare and events to look forward to (Trolley party! Ugly Sweater party! Family dinners! The infamous punch bowl at the office holiday party!), it was more like a regular work week...