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Pasta With Alfredo Sauce
February 9th, 2012 • In Pasta, Recipes, Simple Classy SeriesGiven that it is but a few days from perhaps the most benignly lenient food filled holiday of the year I expect most of you have declared war against the salt, the excess, and the…
Lasagna Stew
January 16th, 2012 • In Beef, Pasta, RecipesAnd now you have time for lasagna–well, er, the stew version anyway. But I promise the flavors are there and the time involved is quick. Who doesn’t love a quick luscious meal that warms the…
Confetti Salad
December 20th, 2011 • In Chicken, Pasta, Simple Classy SeriesThere’s something about pasta that just does it for me. But then there’s something about food that has the same effect so I’m not sure I’m being totally unbiased in that statement. Add some vibrant…
Soup Au Pistou
October 25th, 2011 • In RecipesWhomever cast the soup spell on me did a fabulous job. I am a certified soup junkie. No other dish is quite as satisfying nutritionally as it embodies that comfort effect only a warm hot…
Puttanesca Pasta
September 20th, 2011 • In Light and Tight Series, Pasta, RecipesWho knew there is gossip among food. Yes, that’s right even food and its origins have their dirty little secrets. And straight out of a seedy dirty-esk page of a, well, history book I give…
Chicken Cacciatore
August 16th, 2011 • In RecipesWe ate. We chugged. We laughed. The tweet version of life. Food is the center of every happening. I know this well. After I had my children I dabbled in a few ideas I could…
Cod Bless America
July 18th, 2011 • In Light and Tight Series, RecipesLately, my mind’s been racing with strange and silly no-good feelings, I’ve had a hard time focusing, and I haven’t been able to turn it off. In cooking, you can add a raw potato to…
Pizza Quick
July 12th, 2011 • In RecipesCrisp flat bread. Pungent olive oil. Fresh grated cheese. Green basil. Faintly crunchy onions. Each of these separate are worthy stand alone components but together: welcome to my life long addiction. On days I have…
Pizza Casserole
June 20th, 2011 • In RecipesOnce upon a second time around there was this amazing little meal I affectionately refer to as my all time favorite food ever which is none other than pizza. As if pizza is not quick…
Pesto Pasta
April 5th, 2011 • In Simple Classy SeriesI entered a foody video contest today. For those of you that aren’t aware, not only do I write this column but I include it on the internet and I’ve gathered a fairly sizeable following…