Tag: dinner
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From Ireland to the Deli Counter: A Different Kind of Tradition
This week, we’re leaving the Italian peninsula and taking a bit of a detour—traveling to Ireland by way of a New York Jewish deli. Over the past few years, we’ve built a tradition around the Somerville St. Patrick’s Day parade. While the streets fill with green, bagpipes, and celebration, our house fills with the smell…
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I’m Back… and We’re Cooking with the Devil
It’s been a while — and I’ve missed all of you. The holidays came in fast. The house was full again. Winter break meant both girls home. There was a quick trip to Nashville to ring in the New Year. Track meets replaced the beloved gymnastics meets of old, but Maria and I are there…
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Hotel Rooms, Holiday Lights, and One Very Special Macaroni & Cheese
I feel like I’ve spent more time in hotel rooms lately than in my own kitchen—and for someone who loves to cook (and watch The Food Network in said hotel rooms), that’s saying something. The past few weeks have been a blur of conferences, travel, and trying to squeeze in little moments of normal life…
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Skriventures in Shenandoah & Sage Butter Gnocchi
Some weekends are planned weeks in advance, and some happen on a whim. This past weekend? Total whim. What started as our daughter Gabby casually announcing she had “Autumn Break” (seriously? Didn’t she just start college?) quickly snowballed into a full-blown Skriventure—our family term for a spontaneous adventure. And we love an adventure. Gabby wanted…
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Fall, Football, and Butternut Squash Spaghetti
This week it became fall… and guess what? Summer came roaring back to New Jersey with a vengeance. Just when I should be enjoying crisp mornings and windows flung wide open, I’m back in shorts, running the A/C, and muttering at the weather app on my phone. Still, that hasn’t stopped the inevitable: pumpkin spice…
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Supli, Arancini’s Roman Cousin
Supplì al Telefono: The Roman Fried Rice Balls That (Almost) Upstaged Taylor Swift Last summer’s Italy trip was built around one very specific, very glittery goal: seeing Taylor Swift at San Siro in Milan. (Worth it. Always.) We zig‑zagged our way through Venice, Florence, Milan, and finally landed in Rome, where—somewhere in the shadow of…
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From Ambulances to Balsamic: A Father-Daughter EMS Journey and a Chicken Caprese Worth Waiting For
A year ago, my daughter Gabby came to me with a spark in her eye and a mission in her heart: she wanted to join the local first aid squad. Now, this wasn’t exactly a surprise—Gabby has dreamed of becoming a doctor since she was about ten years old. And not just any doctor. She’s…
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