by Flora Caputo | Nov 30, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Get your carbs on people with pasta! And when you make it from scratch, it feels less naughty.Well, that’s what I tell myself anyway.My daughter has taken an interest in her Italian heritage, and especially in the food. Lately, it’s been a lot of questions...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 27, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I had some leftover farmstand strawberries that I froze this summer, and I wanted to make a jam with these strawberries for holiday gifts. These strawberries were late season, so their flavors were…well…a little “tired”. So I decided to take a...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 20, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Semolina is not just for pasta! One of my favorite desserts that my mom handed down to me is a semolina egg cake. Her cake was handed down by her mother, and that recipe used lard. The semolina creates a cake that has more of a flan-custard texture versus a flour...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 15, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
*******************Thanksgiving is around the corner and I am sure many of you are roughing out menu plans, as I was doing last night! My favorite course is dessert. I love pies, and they are often a focal point of the dessert course. I gathered all my favorite...
by Flora Caputo | Nov 13, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
My mom has been sharing tasty-esque videos on Facebook, which is totally cute. But they are all in Italian. They are often delicious looking, but converting things to our measurements can get tedious, and don’t always end up being perfect rounded...