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Panna Cotta di Riso con Fragole

May 4, 2011

As I was going through my latest “La Cucina Italiana” magazine, I found a pudding recipe that sounded interesting and it used rice flour as the thickening. I love rice flour and use it often and with a little salt, pepper and soda water, it makes the best light breading for shrimp! But when I [...]

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Italian Semolina Bread

May 1, 2011

Italian Semolina Bread is one of my all time favorite breads. I just love the taste of semolina flour! You can find semolina flour in two varieties, course or finely ground, and either will work in this recipe. I could not find the finely ground semolina until recently and used the coarse ground variety for [...]

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Bread and Butter Pickles

April 29, 2011

Since I am so looking forward to summer this year, I decided to post my Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles. And this post has been written and waiting to be posted since last summer! I love sweet pickles and they are one of my favorite late night snacks. And I particularly like this recipe because [...]

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Egg-free Brioche Cinna-bites

April 27, 2011

A few weeks ago I received a request for an egg-free recipe for my Cinna-bites. Far be it from me to turn down a request for a recipe, but I’ve never worked eggless before! I am allergic to eggs but I have to eat like six eggs in one day to cause any problems so [...]

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Caterpillar Bread with Beer and Bratwurst

April 24, 2011

I’ve had Caterpillar Bread on my ToDo List since about 2005 when I saw it posted on a cooking forum. I do remember seeing a similar recipe in one of my very first cookbooks either “Better Homes and Gardens” or “Good Housekeeping” published sometime in the early ’70s. Originally the Caterpillar Bread was made with [...]

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Sprinkle Cupcakes for Easter!

April 22, 2011

Okay, I promise this is my last post for Easter! And it’s a good thing since Easter is just two days away. But I’ve been working on a new vanilla cupcake and I just had to unveil it for the holiday. And I not only added sprinkles as a topping, I added some to the [...]

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Chicken Bones **The Candy

April 17, 2011

Last October and being it was close to Halloween, my Mom and I were talking candy. And my Mom mentioned that when she was a child she just loved Chicken Bones. Well, I don’t need to be told twice and I put Chicken Bones on my ToDo List. Well, I figured out the recipe right [...]

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Radiatori Pasta with Goat Cheese, Sausage and Tomatoes

April 13, 2011

Radiatori is a relatively new pasta shape, first coming on the market between 1930-40. The shape of Radiatori was supposedly inspired by radiator ridges but I think it looks like sea coral so we call in Coral Pasta. Radiatori is a small bite-sized pasta, about 3/4″ by 1/2″, but holds sauces extremely well and is [...]