IT’S OKAY TO LOOK A GIFT PIG IN THE MOUTH…IN FACT THEIR TEETH ARE REALLY CUTE!
Growing up in suburban Columbus, Ohio, I never really saw a pig in my future. Granted, there were pigs, cows, and horses galore in Ohio, but none in my neck of the woods. Fast forward to a rather bizarre move westward to Montana, and some very special new friends, and we have been gifted a pig! [...]
Spring Break: Going Local
Last year my best friend, Lisa and I decided to succumb to the traditional ways of spring break and traveled to the Dominican Republic. This year we decided to go in a different path. We decided to visit local shops and restaurants here in Old Town Alexandria. With so many different choices, who could resist. [...]
Montana or Bust #1
August 2010 I wanted to take my daughters on a great adventure type vacation. Somewhere educational but totally unforgettable too. Stephanie and her husband Rick were out in Helena, MT and Nancy had already been twice and said she thought the girls would have a ball out there. And what better way for them to [...]
The Pancetta Project
Sometimes there is courage in numbers. I had lurked on the Mrs. Wheelbarrow site for weeks, (I found it through Twitter) but I thought, no way will you have time to participate in this marvelous salume adventure. Then one day Domenica Marchetti (www.Domenicacooks.com) waltzed in and voiced the same [...]
SHOPPING LOCAL FOR A WEDDING IN ITALY
My daughter Tatiana got married in Ascoli Piceno with over 100 well dressed Italian men and women in attendance. How to dress as the prospective suocera (“mother-in-law” in Italian) with suitable chicness was easily accomplished right in my own neighborhood. First stop: Donna Lewis at 309 Cameron Street (703 548 2452)for a serious investment in clothing [...]
My Grandmother Edna Ryman Gage
I knew very little about my maternal grandmother, other than that she was born in Wilkes Barre Pa, had loved music and gone to a music conservatory with her sister in Ithaca. She met my grandfather who was an engineering student at Cornell. He fell in love with her, but she resisted, she wanted to [...]
ROSE GRAY: IN MEMORIAM
On the last day of February, 2010, Rose Gray died. She and her partner, Ruth Rogers, at the River Cafe in London influenced how I cooked Italian food immeasurably.We actually went there before we travelled to Italy. Their cooking was adventurous, with a concntration on seafood We have carried every River Cafe title we can get [...]
BOB & KEVIN’S EXCELLENT OSCAR PARTY
A few years ago, Bob and Kevin (one of the Soiree du Film cast couples) started a new tradition: hosting a meticulously themed dinner and viewing othe Oscars. The Board of Directors for La Cuisine are also invited. One year as a surprise, all of us surprised the hosts by coming in costumed as contenders for Best [...]
THE MANLY DINNER
We have not been very bloggish these past months because we are all scrambling around the software switch. But I did have to take a day off and organize The Manly Dinner. Robert has had this absolute killer bottle of wine that had to be paired with steaks from Peter Luger. We are always trying new steak [...]
SOIREE DU FILM SECOND FILMS OF 2008 REVIEW
Migrating data, marrying the website to the instore software has taken a toll on all of us. Many of you, I know, are tired of listening to the whining of the Cuisinettes, so my New Year’s resolution is to get this out to everyone who has requested the Soiree du Film picks for 2008-2009. As you [...]
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