by Flora Caputo | Dec 31, 2016 | Recipes, Uncategorized
10 years ago, I had a cake at a friend’s party around Christmas. It was the most AMAZING cake I had in a while. It also had all my favorite flavors-peppermint combined with rich chocolate. She told me it came out of Kraft’s Food and Family magazines they...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 26, 2016 | Crafting, Uncategorized
Walking around JoAnn Fabrics this fall, I found a really cool line of fabrics called Square By Design®. The design that caught my eye was the fish square. Each of the squares has a lovely tapestry-like embroidery, and is very thick. I think they are usually used for...
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...