If I had to choose one thing it is actually possible for my dad to love more than my mother or us kids, it would be garlic. My father adores garlic. He cherishes it. He has garlic magnets, garlic t-shirts, garlic cookbooks, and garlic chewing gum. He has attended garlic festivals (and yes, I have […]
There’s something about a fresh tomato sauce for pasta. It just screams summer, and tastes infinitely better when the tomatoes are locally grown, and even better than that when they are from your own garden. No, it’s true. I’m thinking of conducting a blind taste test to prove it. You’d think that this sauce would […]
Do you have a favorite pizza sauce? As much as I love a good old fashioned red sauce pizza, I tend to detest jarred pizza sauces. They are never the right consistency for me (too smooth and runny) and they’re too salty. I’ve gotten around that in a couple of different ways. Sometimes, I’ll just […]
In honor of my first post for my new column, Snackalicious, I thought I’d write about a snack that is central to my heritage. I am half Sicilian, and spent most of my childhood summers in Palermo. My siblings and I had lots of fun with our cousins — playing, swimming, traveling and of course, […]
