by Flora Caputo | Aug 26, 2009 | Motherhood, Uncategorized
As my friends embark on their mommy journeys, I find myself sharing ideas and tricks that worked for me not too long ago. One of the struggles we had with our daughter was helping her find words to communicate her feelings. Children have many emotions, but they are...
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...
