by Flora Caputo | Oct 7, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I felt the need to write this post after my husband and I had experienced some “snake-oil salesmanship” tactics at a 3 different grocers’ deli counters. When you are sitting in line looking at the meats and the prices, are you drawn in by the sale...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 6, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I had never done jam before, so this was an experiment-and a successful one at that! The last harvest of my Dad’s backyard peaches (all 10 lbs) showed up at my house a couple weeks ago. One of the thoughts I had was to use up a lot of it making some jam.What I...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 4, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
All domestic divas need a short cut once in a while. Once in a while, you have two surprise extra guests coming for dinner, and you have 1 1/2 hours to quickly add one more dessert to dinner plans to accommodate the new number of guests. And once in a while,...
by Flora Caputo | Oct 1, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Full of natural, gluten-free spaghetti!There’s nothing more fun than digging your hands into this week’sFarm Fresh Now! vegetable and pulling out long, golden strands of spaghetti. So this week we are offering not one, but two great recipes for...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 30, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
This recipe was adapted by Gail Gand’s “Brunch!” cards. I keep hoping I get to meet her, especially now that I was enducted into Les Dames D’Escoffier in Chicago. She is a prominent member of the group and a baking goddess. Maybe she can...
by Flora Caputo | Sep 27, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Well, gang. Peach-A-Pa-Looza continues in our kitchen. But I think we are getting to the end of it. My dad dropped off a bushel last week, so we have been making our way through all those before we get into all the apple-pumpkin-spice-a-pa-looza. This is a super easy...
