My father is an amazing chef and Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday. We usually cook a number of dishes together, from the father-daughter cranberry sauce (fresh cranberries cooked with fresh orange juice and secret flavoring) to the bread stuffing. I love sharing the kitchen with him and learning from each other.
I shy away from the [...]
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Naked lemons and recipes
Posted in Cooking, tagged Cooking, epicurious, food, greek food, lemon, lemon dishes, phaidon, recipes, silver spoon, tastebook, vefas kitchen on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No matter how much you love to cook, sometimes you need a little inspiration.
I have a absurdly large collection of peeled lemons in the fridge. I made one recipe that called for a hefty amount of lemon rinds and now that I have recovered feeling in my hand after all that peeling, I need to [...]
La Bella Vita – here in Ann Arbor!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Italian language and culture, tagged dante alighieri society, italian classes, italian conversation partner, italian film festival, italian resources, italian tribune, italian tutor, italians in ann arbor, italians in detroit, italians in michigan, learn italian, paesano's restaurant, rec and ed, silvios pizzeria, study italian, university of michigan on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I teach Italian through Ann Arbor’s Rec and Ed program. Next semester I will be teaching Italian I and Italian II on Wednesday evenings. Recently, students have been asking me for more local resources. I thought I’d share a few with you:
The Dante Alighieri Society offers children’s language classes and various events, like an annual [...]
Cooking and Eating for a Good Cause: Raising Money for the Greenview Hepatitis C Fund
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Personalized Wedding Poems and Writing, tagged charity writing, cookbook, Cooking, food writing, greenview hepatitis C fund, hepatitis C, raise money, research money, university of michigan, writing on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debbie Green is calling for recipes and tasters for a second cookbook to support the Greenview Hepatitis C Fund, a nonprofit. The Fund raises money for Hepatitis C research at the University of Michigan.
As avid writers and chefs, I thought I’d share this with you.
The cookbook will focus on special diets (think: allergies, glutton free, [...]
Dinner in a Meat Market? Yes!
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, tagged Ann Arbor, cannolis, cook, Cooking, eating, epicurious, farmer's market, feast, food, host, kerrytown, polenta, pork, pumpkin, recipe, sparrow meat market on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sparrow Meat Market in Kerrytown (Ann Arbor) hosts a semi-secret monthly feast. They take over the supermarket and Sweetwaters Café area with long tables covered in white tablecloths. They serve multi-course meals and guests share their BYOB wine with each other. The entire complex is closed except to those who made a phone reservation and [...]
Countdown: (18) Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
Posted in Cooking, Countdown, Gifts, Traditions, Wedding Cake, tagged bride, bridesmaid presents, cake tasting, chocolate favors, chocolate making, chocolate wedding favors, dj, hotel welcome bags, making chocolate, Michigan, mother of the bride, New Jersey, wedding, wedding cake tasting, wedding favors, welcome bags on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a sweet, sweet day. It started off with cake tasting at our venue and ended with chocolate making.
The Mother of the Bride and I were each given a plate with four different generous slices of cake. The venue made four cakes total and we took home the rest of the four cakes. I [...]
Guest Blog: Celia Milton on Chocolate Sharing at Your Wedding
Posted in Ceremony, Cooking, Starting to plan, Traditions, tagged Celia Milton, Chocolate sharing, heartfelt wedding ceremonies, wedding, wedding ceremonies, wedding chocolate, wedding rituals, weddings on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you are a regular reader, you know how much I love chocolate. When New Jersey Wedding Ceremony Officiant and Minister Celia Milton suggested that chocolate could be a part of a wedding ceremony, I asked her to share more details. Thanks, Celia, for these great ideas!
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Many couples include unity rituals in their wedding ceremonies [...]
I Heart Chocolate: Truffle making class at Sweet Gem Confections, Ann Arbor
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, tagged bridal party gifts, chocolate making class ann arbor, chocolate transfers, chocolates, decorate chocolates, decorate truffles, dip chocolates, group chocolate making class, how to make truffles, michigan chocolate, morgan and york, nancy biehn, sweet gem confections, truffles, wedding favors on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve been reading my blog, then you know how much I love to cook and search out food-related events. At a recent (free) wine pairing discussion at the gourmet grocery store Morgan and York , I saw a sign announcing that Sweet Gem Confections has truffle making classes. I knew immediately that a class [...]
Russian, Italian and Thai, Oh My!: Cooking lessons with friends
Posted in Cooking, tagged Ann Arbor, chloe yelena miller, cooking lessons, Galina, Italian cooking, lasagna, Paula, pizza, Russian cooking, saltimbocca, Thai cooking on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is Memorial Day weekend and we are all inevitably thinking about cooking and eating. I’d like to share some recent cooking adventures with you.
I know my way around the kitchen (from finding the fridge to following a recipe) and have a repertoire of dishes that I like to cook, mostly Italian. Looking to expand dinner [...]
