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Easy Summer Chicken Salad Recipe – Simple Idea for any Gathering

Easy Summer Chicken Salad Recipe – Simple Idea for any Gathering

Chicken salad is the perfect dish for a party, a boat ride, a picnic or any summer outing. It’a simple classic recipe, but it doesn’t have to be boring. You can have it on a salad if you’re following a ketogenic diet or a paleo […]

Fun Halloween Party Food Recipes – Prosciutto Ham Head & Pillsbury Spooky Finger Breadsticks

Fun Halloween Party Food Recipes – Prosciutto Ham Head & Pillsbury Spooky Finger Breadsticks

Making Halloween Party Food is a fun way to get creative in the kitchen. The Prosciutto Ham Head & Pillsbury Spooky Finger Breadsticks are the fun type of party food that makes a celebration special. I love to have parties and when I do, I […]

Party Ideas: 4th of July Pool Party and BBQ – Good Clean Fun

Party Ideas: 4th of July Pool Party and BBQ – Good Clean Fun

Throwing a great 4th of July Pool Party can be easy and fun if you follow some of my simple tips.   The 4th of July is a great time of year. Most of our neighbors get together and enjoy a backyard BBQ and some good […]

Rudy’s Famous Italian Hot Pepper Cream Sauce Recipe

Rudy’s Famous Italian Hot Pepper Cream Sauce Recipe

I want to share a simple appetizer recipe with you that my friend Rudy calls his Famous Italian Hot Pepper Cream Sauce. I enjoyed this recipe when I traveled this Summer to New Jersey to break bread, enjoy wine, share old memories and create new ones […]

Simple Spaghetti Puttanesca Recipe – Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Simple Spaghetti Puttanesca Recipe – Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Puttanesca (literally “whore’s style spaghetti” in Italian) is a simple pasta sauce that has been around for centuries and became popular in Italy for being made by the ladies of the evening. Who knew? I first learned of this translation from Luca, an impossibly attractive Italian […]

Summer Cooking – Adventures & Recipes in New Jersey – Part One

Summer Cooking – Adventures & Recipes in New Jersey – Part One

Other than the holidays, summertime is my favorite time to be with family. Most of my extended family and friends live in New Jersey and all of them love to cook. This year, I decided to start snapping up recipes from everyone’s houses while we […]

Vegan Lifestyle Choices, Fasting and Healthy Eating

Vegan Lifestyle Choices, Fasting and Healthy Eating

As most of my readers already know, I am not a vegetarian or a vegan.  I like meat.  My london broil or chicken cacciatore recipes make that pretty clear.  Having said that, I am aware of some of the benefits that vegans experience because of […]

Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2011

Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2011

Where to begin?   “Mmmm.”   Let’s start with that.   Four days of delicious food, wine, champagne, sunshine and all of my favorite Food Network cooking superstars at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.   Giada, Bobby, Rachael, Emeril, Guy.   OMG! Some […]