by Flora Caputo | Aug 25, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This is an old stand-by recipe that I often pull out for special “brunch” occasions (Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas morning) . The beauty of strata is that you pull the ingredients together the night before, and let the fridge do the...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 17, 2009 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
Coming off of the “great unplugged family experiment”, I realized how very distracted with multitasking all this technology has made us. Ironically enough, there was a great article in Real Simple this month (September issue) that was written by a man who...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 17, 2009 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
On our recent vacation to Michigan, we rented a different cottage than we typically do. Because we were new to this cottage, we were not sure what amenities there were. The write up said “cable” TV and a DVD player. We also figured we would be able to get...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 16, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This was adapted by a Williams Sonoma recipe and is a great way to use up the fresh blueberries from the farm stand. The other thing I have learned over the years about baking with blueberries is to couple it with lemon juice or lemon zest. Blueberries become quite...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 15, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I have various processes for pie-some complex following The Pie Bible directions, and some more laid bake like my mother’s simple crisco-crust apple pie. When we vacation in Michigan, the fruit just calls my inner baking goddess to bake pies, muffins, breads and...
