http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/struffoli-recipe/index.html My mother didn't have the recipe written down for this one, so I've attached Giada's here. I trust her, and her method seems closest to my mother and Grandma Jennie Testa's. My mother told me to just use Wande dough for this but there are so many specific steps that I wanted to make sure that I …
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Lindt Ball Muffins – it’s not like they’re cupcakes…
http://thecookingchook.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/one-is-never-enough-lindt-ball-muffins/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Doesn't this sound absolutely wonderful?! I love chocolate, and the muffin aspect helps one feel that these aren't just pure decadence- though we know better. I would love to try this for Christmas breakfast with coffee...unless someone wants to make them for me! Related articles Moist Chiquita Banana Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe (chiquitabananas.com) Recipe-Tripple …
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Ravioli Season
http://www.prouditaliancook.com/2012/11/tis-season-to-make-ravioli-again.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ProudItalianCook+%28PROUD+ITALIAN+COOK%29 I had no idea there was an actual season for making ravioli. What a pleasant surprise! Please check out Marie's recipe and process. I had to wipe the drool off my chin more than a few times as I read this. Her Proud Italian Cook blog contains many wonderful recipes for authentic and contemporary Italian …
Wanted: Cold Turkey and Pumpkin Pie Detox
campaign=Feed%3A+ProudItalianCook+%28PROUD+ITALIAN+COOK%29 This looks like the perfect detox salad to come off my stuffing and pie high. Monday's gonna be tough.
Farewell to Twinkies
Goodbye, Twinkie the Kid. It's sad in a nostalgic sort of way, but those things are pure poison. I will miss the coconut covered snowballs though - the only marshmallow dessert that I really liked We're probably better off in the long run, but Twinkies are a symbol of American ingenuity, decadence and silliness that …
The Pizzelle Lesson
I spent Saturday afternoon with my mother making pizzelle. I have always been fascinated with the pizzelle iron as a child. My mother got her iron forty three years ago on her 25th wedding anniversary as a gift from her mother-in-law, my Grandma Jennie. I told my mother that when she croaks I get the …
Wicked Good Eats for Columbus Day – Stuffed Peppers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWznbUpkImg&feature=youtu.be I have known Steve for over 40 years. We attended first grade, and all subseuent grades, together. He is not only an accomplished mechanical engineer and design manager, but he is, as we would say in our hometown of Johnston, Rhode Island, a wicked good cook. And a wicked good guy too. His dad …
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