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Passion for Cooking

Eataly Market by Mario Batali in New York City

August 27, 2010 0 comments
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“A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.” Pictured: Mario Batali – Quote: Famous British author Samuel Johnson Can’t make it to Italy this year? No worries. Get your fix right in downtown Manhattan. “Eataly” is [...]

What Europeans Can Teach Us About Food and the Joy of Life

July 7, 2010 9 comments
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Cruising through the Aegean Sea this past weekend with Rome and Greece behind me and Naples, Sorrento and the island of Capri in front of me, it really hit me how much the Europeans get it – food, love, laughter and life.   Over the past two weeks, our magical stay in Rome and our breathtaking stops [...]

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution? – Take the Cooking with Sugar Food Challenge

April 12, 2010 2 comments
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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is trying to win the hearts of a West Virginia City by getting them to eat healthy foods. His new show “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” documents his efforts to change eating habits in a community the network calls the nation’s unhealthiest community (Huntington, WV). If you haven’t seen the show I [...]

Haiti Mission (Impossible) – Part Two: The Recipes

March 5, 2010 4 comments

OK, so the plan consisted of 8 different entrees. They needed enough for 10 days so I doubled up on the stew and the Bolognese sauce. I figured they wouldn’t mind a repeat of that the following week and that was easy to make more of. I wanted to make dishes high in calories that [...]

Haiti Mission (Impossible) – Cook 150 Meals in Two Days

March 5, 2010 2 comments

Boy, are my feet killing me! Today, I am finally able to sit, soak up my success and rest. Here is the mission, which I had no choice but to accept. Earlier this week, without any prior warning or consideration, I volunteered to cook over 150 meals to send to Haiti for a mission team [...]

Do You Know What NBA Basketball Players Want? I do. Home-Cooked Food.

February 23, 2010 3 comments

This weekend, I journeyed from balmy Palm Beach, FL to icy Atlantic City NJ for a girls’ weekend and had the unexpected pleasure of sitting next to NBA Basketball Player, Mark Blount.   [Secret:  I had no idea who he was.]    I only knew this was the tallest man I had ever laid eyes [...]

Be a Creative Cook, not a Recipe Robot

February 16, 2010 2 comments

Any Robot Can Follow a Recipe Robots on an assembly line today make most of the processed foods on the market. Think about it:  ingredients are sifted, measured and sorted out, added at different stages, cooked and then packaged, only to be boxed by humans on the other end. Then, off to the supermarkets they [...]

Julie & Julia Movie Review – I’m Not Crazy!

February 14, 2010 2 comments

My daughter rented the movie “Julie & Julia” last night.   Being a busy mom, I don’t go to the movies that often and I had no idea that the movie was about other people who are insanely passionate about food.  So, I didn’t see it in theatres or rent it.  And I had no [...]