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Everyone has a a hobby. Some ordinary activities like cooking can be one. For this cooking granpa, home for me is the kitchen. Near food. Ar...

Cooking every day can become monotonous. The same old. So I have been making some eggplant casserole. Good hot and cold. Over the weekend ma...

Barb and my son-in-law celebrate the same birthday. So my daughter Natasha had a family get-together for both family groups. She did not kno...

Trying to embrace my zest for cooking. Sauces and soups are starting to happen. However, I am a little bored lately. Making the same old, sa...

Time for soups and sauces as the cooler weather arrives. But last night a barbecue with the last of ours steaks from an order in June. Warm ...

marriage Barb and I celebrated 45 years of marriage May 15th. Since it was a special occasion, she took a week's staycation to rest and...

I was so bored with having to heal after my knee surgery. So one day when Barb was home she passed me the cutting board with carrots, onions...

After knee surgery I can make some simple things but have to leave the cooking for meals up to Barb. We had take out Chinese Food on Friday ...

The start of the long weekend. Time to shop. Already have a frozen turkey in the freezer with extra thighs to have more dark meat. Barb does...

As the busy Christmas cooking season is around the corner, it takes planning to know when to buy the ingredients. For Italians, the Feast of...

After two weeks of being sick, my appetite is back. So is my desire to cook! Barb had picked up the slack of shopping and cooking. The festi...

Parsley can not be made into an individual dish. It is an ingredient that is added to so many dishes. I like to grow some in my su...

Today is Father's Day here in Canada. A celebration of being a Dad and now a Granpa! Back in Italy we had thriving businesses, then life...

Since it's Mothers's Day- Festa delle Mamme- I thought I would share some pictures and information about my mother-madre. I dedicate...

Adolph's Ragu or Meat Sauce Most Italian regional cooking has their own version of the Ragu- Meat Sauce. Ciociaria cooking is no differe...

My wife Barbara convinced me to blog about my cooking. I am not a chef. I just love to cook because I love to eat good food. There are sever...