by Flora Caputo | Jan 17, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
How is your New Year Resolution going? Still on track? We fell off the wagon Friday to support a new local burger joint that opened up in our neighborhood. We all need to try and support our local restaurants right now, even if it means a cheat meal. So now we have to...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 12, 2021 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Here in Chicago, you don’t just buy buttermilk, You commit to buttermilk. I am not sure how it is in other states, but here, they don’t sell buttermilk in small pints like heavy whipping cream. So once you are done with that meager 3/4 cup that you need...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over the past 6 months, I have been obsessed with candied ginger. I love its earthy tartness and ZING! When it’s candied it turns into Mother Nature’s version of a sour patch kid! I used it in some magical chocolate brownie crinkle cookies in a recipe I...
by Flora Caputo | Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
One-pot pasta dishes always raise an eyebrow for me. As first-gen Italian, I was taught at an early age that you cook pasta, al dente, in a separate pot. Doing this prevents the pasta from getting overcooked, or absorbing too much liquid so things don’t get too...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 30, 2020 | Bee Advocacy, Gardening, Uncategorized
“Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with the dream.” – Josephine Nuese, author of The Country Garden It’s seed catalog season, everyone. Some...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
The holiday season is not over yet, and we are still celebrating with tasty treats and delicious leftovers. In the middle of all the gluten, sugar, and fat, a dessert was requested that keep the sugar and flour down to a minimum. This cake fits the bill. You can even...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Cold months are hard for gardeners. Yes, the break is kind of nice. But we do miss pottering around our verdant beds, watching all the wildlife, and tending to our flowers as a farmer tends to his chickens and cows. And let’s face it, looking outside at your...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Well, here we are, less than two weeks from Thanksgiving, and COVID numbers are worse than they were in wave one, and the stores are getting thin with supplies. Meanwhile, Thanksgiving and the end-of-year holidays are at our doorsteps. We decided to self isolate for...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tea. It’s not just for, well….. drinking. Tea is a great way to infuse subtle flavors into many cocktails and sweet treats. Don’t believe me? Try these TAZO® TEA chai-doodles. Tea can do a lot of the spice-and floral flavor lifting for you, cutting...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 11, 2020 | Gardening, Uncategorized
I was shaken to my core with heartbreak and anger when I saw a neighbor burning a huge swath of her property, just to get rid of her leaves. The featured photo above shows how big her fire was. She piled her leaves along a rocky, grassy berm that ran the length of her...
