One of our favorite things to browse during the holiday season is the numerous gift guides posted by our favorite food magazines. We especially liked reading Saveur’s online holiday gift guide. They’ve got some great recommendations this year 😉 So, in light of this gift guide trend, we decided to gather some of our favorite food-related items that […]
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By Cal Virgilio If I had to pick one style of food to live on for the rest of my life, it would be Italian. Whether it’s a red sauce dish or Ossobuco, Italian food never fails to provide flavor and comfort. Despite my love for Italian food, I’ve never travelled to Italy to experience the country’s […]
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After our trip to Tuscany this past fall, I came home wanting to cook wild boar ragu. Wild Boar, or cinghiale as their called in Italy, used in various meat sauces and charcuterie in Italy. For a starting point on my recipe, I used Nancy Silverton’s cookbook, “Mozza.” If you don’t own this cookbook, I’d recommend […]
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By Calvin Virgilio Photography By Julie Sinkovitz Judging by the colorful leaves and temperature drop outside, we are in the month of October. It’s officially comfort food season. And while the next few months will be dedicated to evening cooking and entertaining, October makes for a perfect month to plan a weekend brunch. Lisa and […]
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by Suzanne Virgilio I don’t know about you, but I LOVE salads. Salads are the opening number to a dinner that introduces the season to be celebrated. I suppose one reason salads are so popular is that it allows us to eat something delicious and nutritious. What could be better? When it comes to making […]
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by Dea Castrejon This last weekend, my husband participated in a relay marathon with some coworkers. He happened to be running the first leg of the race, so the plan was for me to drop him off at the start line and pick him up at the end of his running stint. It was also […]
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by Dea Castrejon When we decided to start this blog series, “30 Ways in 30 Days,” it was much easier to come up with sweet ideas/recipes for granola. This was expected. The savory dishes, or recipes that didn’t revolve around baking something (although there is nothing wrong with that!), were a little more difficult or […]
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by Dea Castrejon Okay, I am going to preface this post as follows: these granola energy balls may not be the prettiest looking things, but they are so GOOD! Now that that’s out, let me preface a little more. Lately, it seems as though I have been “on the run,” sometimes, quite literally. Aside […]
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SWANKY SUMMER SALAD by Dea Castrejon Have you ever been thoroughly blown away by a new dish ordered at a restaurant? As a foodie family, we are always trying new restaurants, waiting for those one-of-a-kind dishes to “wow” us. Well, one of my favorite restaurant dish discoveries, to date, has been the Opaque Salad at […]
Continue reading →For our menu & recipes, see links at the end of the article. By Suzanne Virgilio There is nothing better than enjoying food and drink with friends during the month of August. The mid-summer nights are perfect for entertaining in the yard and setting a long communal table for dinner. That was the plan […]
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