Robin Made This And I Was Hooked! One of the great things about following other bloggers is that, when they share a terrific recipe like this, I can try and replicate it! I received this last month from “Robin &… Read More ›
cooking from Rao's restaurant
It’s National Pasta Day 2025! Celebrating With Giuliana And Bill! Stanley Tucci’s “Pasta Pie” + “Under The Tuscan Sun” Pici Rolling!
It’s National Pasta Day 2025! I love all of the “food holidays” throughout the year, and nothing is better than this one: a celebration of all things pasta! So I have reached out to all of my Celebrity contacts to… Read More ›
Pici “Imperfect Shape” Pasta Is My Vacation “Holiday” Meal! From “Under The Tuscan Sun!”
Cheers From Tuscany! There is a long story behind this photo, but I am going to keep it short, simple and hopefully delicious. It’s all because of Brookford Cooking Diaries! Jo Tracey has a great website that celebrates food all… Read More ›
Rao’s Rocks The Rest Of The Store-Bought Sauces! + Here Is Rao’s Meatball Recipe!
Who Makes The Best Store-Bought Marinara Sauce? Well, it was a fun question to ask and so The Washington Post did just that – and taste-tested a dozen different ones – and guess what? A legendary New York sauce romped!… Read More ›
A Terrific Pesto Pasta Salad For Today’s “Cookbook Confidential – Thanks To Darlene Foster!
A “Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta Salad” Recipe And Review! Bernadette’s terrific “Cookbook Confidential” series continues with Darren Foster, who always shares great recipes on her blog, so I was excited to see what she chose to make and how it… Read More ›
A”Shrimp Linguine” Recipe Gets A “Cookbook Confidential” Review!
A “Restaurant Worthy Easy Shrimp Linguine” – Recipe And Review! Dorothy Grover Reed shared her recipe and review of the latest “Cookbook Confidential” series that Bernadette has at her “New Classic Recipe” website…it’s a great look at a simple but… Read More ›
I Am Making Classic Rao’s Restaurant Meatballs And Marinara! Can I Duplicate Anna And Vincent Rao’s Sauce?
Meet The Rao’s! There is a restaurant in East Harlem that has been open since 1896 – run by multi-generations of the Rao family. Two years ago, I shared this story of trying to replicate their famous Meatball recipe –… Read More ›
Bernadette’s “Pasta al Tonna With Vegetable Foccacio” Recipe! The Best Of Pantry Cooking!
Why Call It “Pantry Cooking?” Well, Bernadette always shares terrific recipes and stories about food – and what inspired her this time was a cold, dreary day! As she posted: “This pantry dinner came about on a cold, dreary January day… Read More ›
Cooking Aliyah And Joodse Boterkoek Too! The Cookbook Confidential Has The Recipes And Review!
Meet “The Julia Child Of Jewish Cooking!” I love this choice as I haven’t cooked Jewish food and was eager to try! Here’s what I found out about the cookbook and Chef Claudia Roden: “Claudia Roden is the author of… Read More ›
Cooking An Amazing Potato Dish – And More Fish Balls Too! Cookbook Confidential Has The Recipes!
It’s day three of the terrific Cookbook Confidential review series, and today Dorothy Grover – Read made two dishes from “The Book Of Jewish Food” Cookbook, and both look terrific – in fact, I made one of them yesterday! As… Read More ›
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