Auntie went a little cuckoo with the coconut for the kids! #easter #cupcakes (at home)
New York Times’ Easter Fruit Bread hot from the oven! #easter #bread (at home)
Julia Child’s Mousse au Chocolat! #easterdesserts (at home)
Easter = Italian Ham + Cheese Pie
My great aunt Rose Ciampi Russo, mother of five, aunt to hundreds, will always be known for her ham and cheese pie at Easter. I have no clue how many she baked, but it had to be dozens. Thankfully, one or two always found there way up the street to my grandparents’ house where we […]
Caldo Verde for the Soul
All this talk of wind chill factors and threats of snowfall and driving rain sent me into the kitchen the other night to prepare the classic Portuguese soup Caldo Verde. This hearty one-dish meal made with beef, linquica or chourico, potato and kale was a staple on every restaurant’s menu in the Azores when I […]
We went to a Jack ‘n’ Jill baby shower in a la-di-da part of Brookline today. On the grounds of the multi-million dollar home overlooking the 15th hole of The Country Club were two fancy chicken coops! The rich truly are different…
I treated myself tonight by pre-ordering Joanne Chang’s “Flour, Too.” It will arrive in early June. The first “Flour” is one of my go-to cookbooks for all things pastry. Her Banana Bread is the best you’ll ever eat, the New Old Fashioned Coffee Cake will be a classic and her Pain Aux Raisins are magnifique! […]
I taped a video testimonial for my kitchen designer yesterday. Today, this bunch of beauty arrived from Consider the Lilies in Duxbury! (at home)
Quiche with leeks, potatoes, bacon and Irish cheddar.
They were just fighting a few minutes ago! Sisters… (at home)