Are you ready?

Every fam­ily should have a “Go Bag”, a col­lec­tion of items you may need in the event you should need to evac­u­ate your home with lit­tle to no notice. Ide­ally, each mem­ber of your fam­ily should have their own bag. A proper “Go Bag” should con­tain enough gear / sup­plies to pro­tect and sus­tain you under uncer­tain con­di­tions for no less than 72 hours. The items in your go bag should be spe­cific to your locale and per­sonal preference(**see below). Con­tinue read­ing

It’s Spring! Time To Clean Out Your Pantry.

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Orga­niz­ing your pantry is no small feat. No mat­ter how dili­gent I think I am with my FIFO (First In First Out) rota­tion I always seem to find some­thing that’s expired. Other than a hand­ful of expired items our pantries can also hold many unhealthy foods and ingre­di­ents.  The pantry is a great place to start clean­ing for your health. So here are a few things to remem­ber when you clean out your pantryCon­tinue read­ing

Talenti Gelato

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Yummy! If you are look­ing for some­thing sweet to snack on then this is it. I picked up this yummy vanilla bean gelato at Whole­foods. My last trip to Rome I ate the most amaz­ing gelato!  I am always search­ing for gelato like the amaz­ing gelato I ate in Rome so I thought I would try this one. It’s not from Rome but it was very yummy and I will be buy­ing it again!

Enjoy the Snack Of The Week.

Man­giare!

 

Le Nid d’ Aigle Restaurant Gastronomique

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I was trav­el­ing with my fam­ily in the south of France and we stum­bled upon a trea­sure of a restau­rant in Gour­don. The name is quite fit­ting, Le Nid d’ Aigle(eagles nest), since it is perched up high on the edge of a cliff.

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Grazie Bistro Basque

I went to Bistro Basque last night for a late din­ner with friends. The food was fan­tas­tic as always. I tried one of the new drinks on the menu called the Parisian. The fla­vors were mint and lime with a hint of anise. It was very yummy.

Bistro Basque Parisian (Friendsfoodwine.com)

A big Gra­zie to David and his won­der­ful staff for another amaz­ing meal.

Broccoli Rabe Pizza

Broc­coli Rabe Pizza (Friendsfoodwine.com)

I went to Whole­foods today to pick up a few things and while I was wait­ing for my pro­sciutto to be sliced I over­heard a man say­ing how fan­tas­tic the Broc­coli Rabe Pizza is. I leaned over to check it out and it looked amaz­ing so I grabbed a slice and let me tell you it was fan­tas­tic! So here it is…Snack of the Week!

Ingre­di­ents:

Sun dried tomatoes

Olive oil

Moz­zarella

Ricotta

Broc­coli Rabe

Roasted gar­lic

Man­giare!


Calling All Gardeners And Wanna Be Gardeners…

It’s fast approach­ing. “What is fast approach­ing?” you might be ask­ing your­self. March is fast approach­ing and that is the month I start my gar­den. I start it like most old school Ital­ian gar­den­ers in the north­east, in doors from seeds that I saved from my gar­den the pre­vi­ous year. My Nonni taught me well. Con­tinue read­ing