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Holidays and Celebrations

Thanksgiving and The Sneetches

A Thanksgiving Lesson from The Sneetches — and from My Mother, Maria… In an odd way, Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches; a children’s book about star-bellies, outsiders, and the ridiculous ways […]

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Maria’s Secret Stuffing Recipe

Maria’s Stuffing Recipe serves 12-16  Divide recipe in half for smaller crowd unless you LOVE leftovers  Ingredients  1 lb.                Breakfast Sausage (Jimmy Dean Country Sage) optional  1/2 stick          Butter (optional)  […]

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Why Our Italian Kitchen Cooks Passover Seder Meals

Passover 2022 begins at sundown on Good Friday, how perfect is that? ITALIAN OR JEWISH…The Kitchen is where my family’s cultures come together. I get asked all the time, “Why […]

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An Italian Bowl of Luck

How about a bowl of luck? Eat lentils on New Years Eve 2021! My mother Maria would tell us to eat lentils on New Years Eve. Why you ask? The […]

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History of Valentines Day

Did you know that St. Valentine was Italian? St. Valentine was a Christian martyr who lived in the third century A.D. His basilica stood just opposite the gate of the […]

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