by Flora Caputo | Jan 15, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Well, here is the culprit of my “buttermilk week” of recipes this week. I was asked by the people over at cakesundertheinfluence.com to give one of their cake kits a whirl. They wanted to see what I thought about them and if I could develop some fun...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 14, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Have you ever bought a bottle of buttermilk just for, like, 1/2 cup or so? Then you are left with a giant bottle of buttermilk to use up for weeks?It seems that happens to us all the time.Yeah, I know. “Yay! Waffles! Yay! Pancakes!”But my goal this week is...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 8, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My Italian family always needs some nosh if you still have wine in your glass after dinner. My dad usually pulls out some hazelnuts, walnuts, or some fruit. But during the winter months, my parents will roast chestnuts during dinner so they will be ready to have with...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 3, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I know. I know.Holidays are over, right? You are all on the “eating rice cakes” New Year’s resolution stuff, paying credit card bills and feeling all depressed because January stinks. I myself am munching on a salad as I write, looking at a very cold...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 30, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
The holidays are not over.No sir.It’s not over until we are all hung-over and sleepy this Wednesday, as we enjoy the first day of the New Year.And you will want to eat something very yummy, but you won’t want to work hard making it.Well, put this on your...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 23, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My sister and I join my mom annually to have a two-day bake-a-thon. My mom is very traditional in our cookie making, and they are the same ones every year (mostly ITALIAN). But lately, my sister and I have been trying to get her to expand her baking horizons. My...
