by Flora Caputo | Dec 26, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Happy Holidays everybody! If you are like my family, you are recovering from a food coma and digging your way out of a pile of leftovers. One of the holiday staples that I feel you never know what to do with, yet breaks your heart throwing out-is leftover cranberry...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 15, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I finally closed out my holiday baking, and tins and boxes are slowly making their ways to clients, colleagues, and loved ones. This part is the best part of baking showering people I care about with my handmade cookies. I think it really encapsulates the spirit of...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 14, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
What goes better than chocolate and peppermint for the holidays? Nothing! This cookie is like my favorite Starbucks holiday drink in cookie form, minus the coffee. (Although you could add some instant coffee to the cookie batter for a little...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 9, 2018 | Crafting, Uncategorized
I’ve been trying to purge and simplify our lives, little by little. I am tackling a closet a week, and a room a month. I try to clean out, give away, sell, and reorganize each pile of flotsam. It’s a great feeling-but fair warning, it’s often darkest...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 6, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Who doesn’t love a whole chicken for dinner? I love the way it smells as it roasts, and I love the amount of food it makes, giving us some great chicken leftovers to use in another recipe-like a salad or pasta dish, or even a casserole. We are busy, right? SO if...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 3, 2018 | Recipes, Uncategorized
The mission to use up extra buttermilk continues. You may notice a plethora of buttermilk recipes on this blog. That is because, for whatever reason, the buttermilk bottles in our stores in Chicago sell large quarts or half gallons. And usually, you only need a cup or...
