Taco Salad
We eat a lot of salads during the summer – both pasta and lettuce – and Taco Salad is one of my favorites. This Tex-Mex dish has been around since the 1960s and I often order it when I lunch […]
Soups, Salads & Sides
Flatbread Pizza
Flatbread has been around since the Earth was cooling and Flatbread Pizza has been around for some time now. I used to order it often when I would see it on a restaurant menu because I did not know how
Bacon, Cheese and Tomato Panini
Milena rented a house at Cape May, NJ for the summer one year and invited me down for the weekend. I had never been to Cape May and was excited to visit one of the country’s oldest vacation resorts. The
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1000 Island Dressing
When I was a youngster and went out to dinner with my parents, my mother always ordered Roquefort dressing on her salad and my dad ordered 1000 Island. Fast forward years and I was watching a show on the Travel
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Pasta with Breadcrumbs
This is another recipe from my dear friend Milena during my Philadelphia days. I believe she had it growing up in Yugoslavia. When I asked her what it is called, she said “poor people’s food”. I feel anything but poor
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Glazed Carrots
I did not like carrots as a child, but I love them now. In my very informal survey (n = 3) it seems most people only use carrots when they are making a stew or roast – and toss them
Green Peas with Bacon
I love green peas. I always have a bag of peas in the freezer – one of the few frozen vegetables I enjoy – and we have them several times a week. But I did not always like them. Growing
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Chopin’s Potato Salad
Southerners are serious about their potato salad. I was at a funeral once and the eulogist said, “Miss Mae made the best potato salad”. And the Baptist church I use to attend put together a committee to decide who would
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