by Flora Caputo | Dec 30, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
The holidays are not over.No sir.It’s not over until we are all hung-over and sleepy this Wednesday, as we enjoy the first day of the New Year.And you will want to eat something very yummy, but you won’t want to work hard making it.Well, put this on your...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 23, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My sister and I join my mom annually to have a two-day bake-a-thon. My mom is very traditional in our cookie making, and they are the same ones every year (mostly ITALIAN). But lately, my sister and I have been trying to get her to expand her baking horizons. My...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 23, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
People think I’m crazy, and this year I wondered if maybe I was, making 11 kinds of cookies for holiday plates and tins…some of the recipes I even doubled! My back was in bad shape after I was done. But I am pretty proud of my efforts. In the mix are some...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 22, 2013 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Every year, for about 20 years, I’ve taken two days off work and my sister and mom bake all kinds of traditional cookies. I am exhausted after all of it, but it is so much fun. It’s always great to just hang out with them, and also learn some very...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 16, 2013 | Crafting, Uncategorized
I spent Thanksgiving weekend, and the following, making a large wreath for our outside gate. I found a beat up hula hoop under our deck, and thought I could make it from that. It was the right size-nice and big! I also was able to decorate it with strips of old...