Pasta e fagioli is the soup of my childhood and the first soup I ever learned how to make. It was my father’s favorite so we ate it often, usually
If you didn’t notice that Thanksgiving is basically around the corner, I am here to remind you! I am teaching a Thanksgiving bootcamp starting next week (!) which will get
I love soup of all kinds and make it at least once a week, if not two or three times a week during the school year. Soup is very digestible,
I love eating something in a restaurant and challenging myself to make the same dish at home. Sometimes I try to “clean it up,” or sometimes I just like to
This was originally published in January 2014, but I have been making it again on the regular and thought the website needed updated photos! You know what is just the
I’m all for a reset every now and then if I’ve gotten myself into some habits that don’t make me feel good. I have the type of personality that can
This recipe was originally published over 10 years ago, but I still make it all the time and have given the photos a makeover! We are a football-watching family. On
You have the appetite for one last soup, don’t you? Last I checked, it was still chilly and damp in many places. And even where I live in Southern California,
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I come from a large Italian-American family with 28 first cousins (on one side of the family!) where sit-down holiday dinners for 85 people are the norm (how, you might ask – organization! But more on that later …).
Some of my fondest memories are of simple family gatherings, both large and small, with long tables of bowls and platters piled high, the laughter of my cousins echoing and the comfort of tradition warming my soul.