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Dinner Recipe Layered Eggplant Parmigiana

September 6, 2010 – 8:04 pm | No Comment

This dish is so beautiful, it is the most perfect dinner recipe because it is so easy, healthy and looks AMAZING! Take a look at those layered fat slices of eggplant. Only Mario …

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Vintage Finds

Antique plates, hand-embroidered aprons, massive popover pans, things I’ve found, many treasures from other GirlCooks

TIPS & TRICKS

How to…get clams to release sand, poach an egg, use skinny bleu cheese, make your own Greek-style yogurt, mash whole tomatoes fast…and more!

Cheap easy dinner recipes

We are a busy working family and these are nightly meals we cook together: fresh, delicious, QUICK, HEALTHY meals to cook after work

Apron Tales

My Stories of Vintage Cooks, Cooking Experiences…Love Made Tangible in the kitchen…..

Heirloom Recipes

The meticulous, time-consuming recipes we create and the recipes passed from generation to generation deserve a special place in our hearts…and our recipe files.

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Bountiful Bread: by Carla Catalano

March 18, 2010 – 8:06 pm | One Comment

The bread made by Riana and the girls and their Grandma
“Riana is going to Grandma Rita’s on Sunday”, my husband announced casually Friday night. “For what”, I asked curiously. “To bake St. Joseph …

Galumpkis, Spaetzle, and Grandma Julie’s Hands

March 5, 2010 – 11:21 pm | 2 Comments

There are seminal moments in a cook’s life and cooking with Grandma Julie on one cool fall day when she deemed I was ready to help her make stuffed cabbage or “galumpkis” was, for …

Potato Salad That Came From Love

February 11, 2010 – 6:13 pm | One Comment

This potato salad recipe comes from “The Gift of Southern Cooking” cookbook by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock.
I don’t know if it is the outrageous outcome I love about this potato salad or …

Chicken Soup From The Bronx, 1930’s

February 9, 2010 – 7:03 am | No Comment

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Make Your Own Greek-style Yogurt Inexpensively

Greek-style yogurt is a thick, creamy, rich version of the yogurt so common in stores. Problem is, it costs about 3 TIMES as much as normal yogurt. So I was determined to seek …

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Dinner Recipe Layered Eggplant Parmigiana

This dish is so beautiful, it is the most perfect dinner recipe because it is so easy, healthy and looks AMAZING! Take a look at those layered fat slices of eggplant. Only Mario …

Vintage Finds »

Capodimante

Cucina Linda: You can tell a lot about a GirlCook by looking at her kitchen…

These large Capodimante plates with hand-painted dimensional cherubs, handpainted flower centers and gold painted surfaces are dreamy, whimsical, sweet and …

Music & Food, A Beautiful Thing

Militello's Restaurant: Music & Food, A Beautiful Thing

"El Jaleo!" I knew when I walked into this tiny glass-enclosed restaurant in Buffalo, NY, that serves every kind of traditional Italian dish, from giambotte to cioppino, homemade bread, great pasta fagiole, good wine--the works, that something was about to happen. There was a buzz

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Fun Finds

CUCINA LINDA

What gives a kitchen its unique character?

Here are some things you'll find in my kitchen.

This salt holder from Spain is one of my favorites, I fill it with coarse salt and use it while I cook. The little French container next to it is French Fleur de Sel which is the delicious grey salt from France; it has a unique delicate briny flavor that is remarkable. I sprinkle it on poached eggs or any food that benefits from an assertive sprinkle of this precious little stash.

Handpainted Italian Pots turned into utensil holders & tiny Italian dishes painted with a cook's sayings are the kinds of things you'll find in my kitchen. Collect whatever it is that speaks to you.

I love vessels and collect them wherever I go...these are vintage deco, I don't know their original use, but I fill them with jam, salsa, creme fraiche, whatever!

Sicilian oregano,

How can a $3.99 bag of stems with oregano still clinging to them be so damn good! This is not your supermarket's oregano, trust me on this. Heat it in your oil before putting in other ingredients, you won't even believe it!

This is one of my favorite aprons: "she cooks with the freshness of the garden and the heart of a poet...".

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Spotlight

Restaurant Week is Coming!

Last year I had this Cafe Boulud three-course meal for $20, it was amazing. This year's Restaurant Week is coming in March to our neighborhood. It's a great time to go to a great restaurant and treat yourself and support independent restaurants. Check out dates in your area.

TIME TO SQUEEZE!

Fresh Squeezed orange juice is so amazing. No fancy equipment needed, I juice my oranges with an old-fashioned hand-juicer. They are easy to find, inexpensive...and oooh, fresh squeezed juice in minutes. Florida oranges are super juicy, not quite as sweet as navels, but terrific. Just a little reminder since now's the time to take advantage of those big bags of plentiful, low-priced oranges.

Making Bread At Home Quickly

"ARTISAN BREAD IN 5 MINUTES A DAY" It's a miracle!

I made THIS rye bread from this cookbook,...homemade bread in minutes, for real. P.S. did you ever check out the ingredients in a store-bought loaf of bread?