by Flora Caputo | Oct 14, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Now I know it has gotten chilly in the Midwest-but you still may have a lot of tomatoes you harvested sitting on your windowsill. This is a recipe that uses garden tomatoes in a very light, sweet sauce. My recipe uses an old fashioned Italian food mill to puree the...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 23, 2009 | Uncategorized, Womanhood
One night, coming home from work, I caught an interview on the radio with a researcher who had finished a study on the paradox of declining women’s happiness versus men’s happiness. And as it turns out, it had gotten a lot of buzz because Maureen Dowd...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 21, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
A contender-but alas, not a winner. A crumb topping apple pie was crowned the winner of my parish’s apple pie contest. But I gave it a good college try with this recipe. I still had rave reviews (and was a top seller at the auction as well…go figure). SO,...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 17, 2009 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
I have not had a blog post in a bit because of the shear high-pitch busyness my life has suddenly taken in the past week! I had two big presentations, I volunteered to be on our school’s very large festival fundraiser this week (meaning many hours are being...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 8, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This cake is a beauty when it is finished. My sister and I have debated what exactly red velvet cake is-she thinks the name is deceiving and doesn’t get the almost cult following for this cake. I love the contrast of the deep red color of the cake with the white...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 3, 2009 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This is a simple appetizer to make with your broiler or a grill (using a veggie grill tray). It’s a great way to use leftover pesto sauce and that little bit of left-over ricotta after making a lasagna. That’s actually why I came up with the recipe! Pesto...
