Okay…what comes to mind when you think of French cuisine?  Sumptuous food?  Cream and butter? Red wine? Pastry?  Big price tag?  There are many aspects to French food and cooking.  First of all, there is no one type of French cuisine.  The nature of French cooking, just like Italian, is highly dependent on the particular [...]

Long before Italy became the nation we now see, she was divided into constantly warring city-states which shared few cultural traditions and no spoken language. In spite of regional differences, Italian food in general is often characterized as being flexible and innovative, building itself on a model of theme and variation.

It is surprising how many [...]

Salad is a mixture of cold or hot foods, usually including vegetables and/or fruits, often with a dressing, occasionally nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains. You would initially imagine that salad dressings are all the same, that the dressing for a particular salad tastes [...]

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Happy Valentines Day~

.My, my isn’t life a joyful experience!
Every day brings new and exciting things. And, according to the voices on NPR, today is going to be “downright hot.” Was it a weather report or just a view into the immediate future?
Either which way, it made me giggle hearing them say that. Downright hot indeed. But was [...]