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Chicken Wing Big Shot

Bonus Recipe: Not Buffalo Wings

Wings & Hangups Having grazed on mediocre to terrible Buffalo Wings in several eateries, but still kind of liking the...

Ingredients: Spaghetti Alla Carbonara

Not Your Bacon & Eggs About 40 years ago, a client who became a great cooking and travel buddy said...

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Juicy Post: Sheet Pan Superior Sources

All For One, One For All Looking through a copy of La Cucina Italiana during my accidently prolonged stay in...

Hors D’Oeuvres: Retro Horses Doovers

Old Style Horses Doovers For A New Year My mother rarely made canapés or spiced nuts to have with drinks...

Juicy Post: A Bolognese Christmas

Celebratory Choices When you have to choose among Panettone, Pandoro and Offella as a backup Christmas treat for guests who...

Bonus Recipe Pumkin Radicchio

Bonus Recipe: Radicchio & Squash Gratin

Step Away From the Holiday Leftovers Between the Christmas cookies, the deluge of desserts,  and gifts of candies, fruitcake or...

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Superior Sources: Dishwashing Relief

Nancy shares her long search for a better dish detergent and explains why Cucina stands out for grease-cutting power, gentler...

Juicy Post: Charlene Sinkin’s Christmas Shortbread

Cookie Inspirations When we were in the exhausting throes of the Christmas season at La Cuisine, Charlene, who is one...

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Ingredients; An Ode To Onions

Burning Questions I love Brussels sprouts, and I love onions (not so crazy about sweet potatoes with brown sugar and...

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Juicy Post: Taking Stock

The Squirrel Complex Looking at the squirrels on my kitchen window boxes, barreling through my newly planted parsley — which,...