Chicken Broth for Tortellini (Brodo di Pollo)

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.. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and so today everyone across the States is stirring up their favorite dishes to serve to loved ones and guests with a sprinkle of love. For us, each holiday is time for our Italian-American family tradition: to prepare thousands of little tortellini by hand and make a home-made ‘brodo’ or broth {Read More}

Quilts Made With Love

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.I’ve finally found some glimmers of moments to finish some quilting projects that have been screaming at me to finish. I started them some time ago and just continued to get side-swiped by life that always puts these things on hold and takes me away to other priorities. Here’s one of my favorite autumn quilts {Read More}

Fresh Cranberry Bread

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.Cranberries, beautiful little crimson red cranberries! They’re fresh in the market right now and I’m stocking up on them to use in some great recipes that have been featured in many cooking magazines this season.  I have an old perennial cherished family recipe that I cannot be without for the holidays, but I’m also anxious {Read More}

Autumn Harvest Spinach Salad with Pears, Cranberries, and Pumpkin Seeds

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. . This week’s theme in the ‘I Heart Cooking Clubs’ food blogging group is “Autumn Harvest” with Nigella Lawson’s recipes. I selected her Spinach Salad with Pumpkin Seeds and Avocados because I just LOVE spinach salad and always serve it for special occasions and holidays. However, I’ve never made this particular recipe. So I {Read More}

Pumpkin Brownies That Are Simply Sinful !

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..Happy November everyone!.I want to thank all of you who wrote to me in the last few days. I missed each of YOU TOO! I just read on another blog that the author was ‘missing in action’ for awhile as she was also unable to post on her blog either . . . I thought {Read More}