by Flora Caputo | Dec 25, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Happy Holidays everyone!We had a fabulous night with my Italian family enjoying the Feast of the Seven Fishes.It’s a night of “fasting”. I say fasting in quotes because it is hardly a fast, but a ridiculous amount of food and...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 22, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
It’s the mad dash to Christmas Eve for us, and it is nothing but crazy at our house. In the middle of wrapping gifts and dropping off cookie plates to neighbors, I am now in the planning phase for the actual holiday itself. One of our traditions is that we like...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 12, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
So we had a bit of a marital spat last week. I was asked to make my famous tira mi su, and I needed lady fingers. Now I have been making this dish for over 20 years, and I assumed my hubby knew which lady fingers I liked for my dish. I need the spongy kind, that...
by Flora Caputo | Dec 11, 2014 | Crafting, Uncategorized, Urban Cottage Chic
So I have a problem. I love the holidays. And that’s not such a big problem unless you just keep wanting to decorate and craft things so that each room in your home will eventually be decorated with holiday cheer. But where to store all this stuff in an...