... "cooking" with playdoh. Thanks to lessons from Daddy, Brendan now makes playdoh gnocci, mirequoix (the mixture of carrots, onions, and celery used in soups, etc), soup, hamburgers, ... for soups, etc. Brendan had almost every pot and pan out for awhile. Offering Daddy some gnocci. He was so into cooking for awhile he even brought the pots and pans outside so he could use them while ...

... late last night for a spot of supper with the Italian husband. Although this is a grainy shot from my phone, it captures the essence of how absolutely divine was Chef Dennis' red beet gnocci with black truffle cream sauce paired with a sultry glass of Dutton Estate Pinot Noir. Cucina celebrates its one year anniversary in its new location on Petaluma Boulevard in the heart of downtown's ...

Continuing my fascination with the weirdness of LIDL's graphic design team: Tron? And now I come to think of it, aren't complimentary things usually free? Defined as "given free as a courtesy or favor" by one online dictionary. So are you supposed to help yourself? And why doesn't 'food' deserve a capital letter? I need to to get out more - except this is what ...

... nbsp; MMM.. my Mouth is still watering. It was SOOO GOOOD! Cody had gnocci, and it was good, but the gnocci cheese sauce he makes would of kicked the pants off of the one he had. (Cody's gnocci is to DIE for!) On the way to dinner Cody surprised me with a gift card to a spa that is not too far from our house. I get to choose what I want to have done. He even scheduled me an appointment for ...

... City chicken. Christmas rice (only at Xmas!). Halupki. Aunt Kathryn's gnocci. Brujole. Various casseroles. MANY desserts (but I will not type out the mini-cheesecake recipe; I've always ... ) married an Italian. To impress his (female) relatives, she learned how to make the BEST DAMN GNOCCI in the world. To such a cookbook, I may need to add recipes I don't currently have access to: my ...

... in, and as I'd mostly been snacking over the day, I made dinner. I cooked gnocci with butter, parmesan and a little bit of green pesto. Eating it, I suddenly had this really ... just go for Italian food, which was a bit of a treat. We were sitting at a round table, and I had gnocci with pesto. I can't remember much else about it, but that image came back with such vividness. I've now spent ...