I couldn’t let this year close without one more post.  I am still on vacation–will be ringing in 2012 on the beach.  I just wanted a chance to thank you for keeping me company here and for making 2011 such a fun blogging year–I’m looking forward to sharing more delicious times with you!
I have limited kitchen resources at my disposal but the warm, tropical weather I’ve been enjoying here in Maui inspired me to create ...

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We are left with only a few days before we ring in the new year.  Was it a good year for you or is it one better left behind?  Good or bad, what’s great about opening up that first page of the calendar is that it is a marker for new beginnings.  On the health/lifestyle front–for most of us–ambitious plans for a fitter, healthier 2012 will be in place by the time the last drop ...

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I have been trying not to look at the calendar too much.  When I do, it sticks its tongue out at me for having fallen behind so much.  I have two days to cross things off my holiday list–there’s still hope!  My husband and I are celebrating Christmas a bit differently this year so time is even more of a factor.  That said, I am still looking forward to Christmas–I have reminded myself that this ...

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Many of you might already know how much I love to eat pasta.  I can eat it each day of the week and not tire of it.  Were I to be asked what my last meal would be, pasta would most certainly be in the equation.
So when the good people of Cooks & Books & Recipes gave me the opportunity to have a first look at Domenica Marchetti’s The Glorious Pasta of Italy, I was very ...

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