Tag: Family Traditions
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Barbecue Spare Ribs
Made simpler…in your oven! Not feeling like a pitmaster this weekend? Not to worry! These barbecue spare ribs will be absolutely delicious when slow cooked in your oven this weekend. Follow the video for a quick lesson on St. Louis spare ribs. A recipe for barbecue sauce will be posted below the video…or you can…
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A Moment in Time
Set Limits so that we can become… Limitless What are we doing with the times of our life? Regardless of what our minds tell us, we cannot do everything. Not all at once, at least! What are our hopes and dreams? What is our contribution? I have recently been contemplating the value of time, and…
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Italian Hospitality
Fabio Dell and his recipe for Fagiolini in Umido (String Beans in Tomato Sauce) to accompany my Italian Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Rosemary…although I’ll bet the pasta recipe actually came from his Mama’s Cucina as most Italian recipes do! We served Fabio’s pasta as a first course to our Italian Chicken Thighs. Bellissimo! Impromptu…
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Living in Italy
Trulli living …in Puglia Anthony’s Puttanesca Sauce … scroll to the bottom of this post for the recipe.. Magical moments transpire when we let go of our expectations and live at present. Our goal when visiting Puglia, Italy, was to slow down and enjoy the lifestyle and the environment that was right around us. We…
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Olives and Grapes
Duca Carlo Guarini A family with Norman roots, living out their story in Puglia since 1040. Cultivating the land, respecting traditions and turning olives and grapes into organic oils and wines. From One Family Business to Another As our Italian adventure continued, we were pleasantly surprised to visit the most beautiful wine kitchen belonging to…
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Italy is a Feeling
A friend told us that “Italy is not a place, it is a feeling, and it feels good.” After spending the week with our boys in the Apulian region of Italy, I wholeheartedly agree. Italy is a feeling of warmth and plenty, a feeling of charm and quality, and Puglia, Italy is what magic feels…
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Housewarming Paella Party
“When something won’t leave you alone, you must explore it…you owe it to yourself to explore it.” {Chowfancy 2019} Step back in time with me to October of 2019. Anthony, myself and our boys had just packed up the home that we lived in for 21 years on the South Shore of Long Island, and…
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January! Looking from the Other Persons Point of View
To Walk on the Moon By jake chinappi To walk on the moon, To experience greatness, To have no inkling of distress, Overtaken by joyous thoughts, Able to walk on that unknown soil, So far away from home, Able to feel the heat of the sun, Having the scent of ozone fill your nose, The…
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Did you just realize that Thanksgiving is next week?
Have you just finished the work week, taken a breathe….and then realized that Thanksgiving is next Thursday? Yikes! Hold on though….No worries… No Stress…We’ve got you covered!
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Chowfancy~ Let’s bring back the old!
I love January… I love Sundays, good food, time spent with family, beautiful dishes, clementines, fancy perfume, rustic recipes, fresh-cut flowers, cookbooks, everything french, quality handcrafted and useful objects, fine chocolates, special cheeses and prosciutto, Champagne, Cabernet and a top quality steak…that has been grilled to perfection. I am inspired by …people with artistic vision,…
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