by Flora Caputo | Dec 20, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Christmas Day 2016, all cooked up with my mom’s meat sauce all over them. Yum!Over the years I have been making an effort to document my parents making all the yummy things I have come to take for granted. One of those things, especially around the holidays, is...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 18, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
As some of you may know, I am a first-generation Italian. SO there are certain cookies around the holidays that are a must, like the tri-colored Neapolitans, or Struffoli, or Cartellate. One cookie we keep trying to tackle every year is the treasured Amaretti....
by Flora Caputo | Dec 12, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Chicago is known for it’s food communities, and one of my favorite food trips is a visit to Greek town. One of my favorite things to have there is a nice bowl of lemon chicken soup. Traditionally, its made with rice. My recipe uses pearl couscous-but you can...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 19, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
One Saturday morning we were meandering around the kitchen, taking our time waking up, and wondering what to make for dinner that night over coffee. Ah, I love those mornings. We turned on Lydia Bastianich on PBS, and she was cooking up a lot of mushrooms for a show....
by Flora Caputo | Nov 13, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Tender, off the bone brisket has been the holy grail at our house, particularly when we smoke it. We haven’t quite figured out how to crack that code. But when we get it from a few choice BBQ joints we love in the area (Smalls Barbecue Shack), if you ever are on...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 12, 2016 | Crafting, Uncategorized, Urban Cottage Chic
We got a small fixer-upper lake house, and I have been slowly making it our own-on a very very tight budget. I mean, getting it took all our extra money and our first born (kidding..sort of). So we need to live with some things for a while, like the 1970’s wood...
