by Flora Caputo | Sep 13, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I am of the mindset that chocolate can be used in just about everything. Maybe I am wrong, but I wouldn’t mind spending the rest of my life trying out my theory! I admit, my latest apple pie experiments with chocolate have been lack luster at best, so maybe...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 12, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Some of you may know that my daughter has become obsessed with red velvet cake. She has been asking for red velvet cake at the most inconvenient times, and when I had no buttermilk. Well, I have been appeasing her with this and that. But at the end of the day, red...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 4, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Recently, I saw a friend of mine post a picture of a her chocolate cake in a mug next to a book and a cup of tea on her Facebook wall. It looked perfect and cozy, and I could not believe it took only 3 minutes and cooked right in the mug. But I filed the idea away in...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 31, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
These little guys were so cute and yummy. They were a great way to sneak in healthy protein, fruit and fiber into my daughter’s breakfast routine and she did not know they were good for her. I mean, how can something with a ton of mini chocolate chips be good...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 26, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Oh peaches, you are so lovely and delicious right off the tree.Sweet and juicy, (and a great color on me).You’re good in cobbler and pie,Which eating, you’ll make me sigh.You make summer the best,But to find you is a quest,And for the life of me I...
by Flora Caputo | Aug 23, 2011 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Being a first generation Italian and a lifelong Chicagoan, Italian beef for me is fact of life, like blizzards in winter or construction traffic…just as messy BUT WAY more yummy and enjoyable. If you are ever in my hometown, I urge you to partake in the MANY...
