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Category Archives: Cooking
That Time of Year Again
Well, it’s that time of the year again. What was supposed to be my lavender-bordered herb garden has evolved into a pleasant mishmash of rosemary, tarragon, oregano, and two varieties of sage combined with pink Monarda (bee balm), yellow Coreopsis, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Flowers, Italian American
Tagged container gardening, echinaca, gardening, herbs, Lifestyle, Loretta Giacoletto, Loretta on Life, writing
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Peanut Butter Etcetera Cookies, My Way
Well, it’s that time of year again, usually the only time I bake cookies since the temptation would be too much for Hubby D and me if those delectable morsels were available year round. Besides, this Christmas season #1 son … Continue reading
Kitchen Updates and Special Moments
Six days after the tear-out of our twenty-two-year-old ceramic tile kitchen floor, the new kitchen floor was declared ready to walk all-over, as was the family room floor previously covered in wall-to-wall carpeting. This practically maintenance-free porcelain tile has taken … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family, Food, Italian American, Italy, kitchen, kitchen design, Lifestyle, Travel, Writing
Tagged kitchen remodel, Ligurian wine, Loretta Giacoletto, Loretta on Life, porcelain floor tile
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One Thing Leads to Another
Our first kitchen tear-up/redo started some years ago with the demise of the self-cleaning cycle on our 1970s avocado green GE electric range. Considering the cost and practicality to repair an appliance that came with the house, we decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Dining, Food, Furniture, kitchen, kitchen design, Lifestyle, Writing
Tagged flooring, Frigidaire, gas range, GE stove, Jenn-air, Kitchen, kitchen design, Loretta Giacoletto, Loretta on Life, porcelain tile, remodeling
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Ravioli My Way
If all the people I’ve entertained over the years got together and discussed what they ate at the Giacoletto table, ninety per cent would probably say ravioli. “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” I tell myself, which doesn’t say … Continue reading
Appetizers on the Italian Riviera
Seems like only yesterday but it’s been more than two months since Hubby D and I returned from our latest visit to Northern Italy. Although we spent most of our time in the Piemonte Region, we also took a road … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Dining, Family, Flowers, Food, Friends, Italian American, Italy, kitchen, kitchen design, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Italian American, Italian Riviera, Italy, Liguria, Ligurian Region, Ligurian Sea, Loretta Giacoletto, Loretta on Life, mozzarella cheese
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Making Cheese, the Italian Way
In the 1890s a young woman who lived in the Piemonte Region of Northern Italy sailed to America to marry a man she had yet to meet, an Italian immigrant who came from a village not far from hers. At … Continue reading
Left My Heart in Italy
Still dealing with an annoying case of jet lag brought on by my recent trip across The Pond—one part of my brain holding on to images of Northern Italy, the other part struggling to play catch-up with the real life … Continue reading
Cooking in Cody
December 26, 5:00 a.m. Hubby D and I left our Christmas-decorated house and headed west, our destination Cody, Wyoming, to spend the rest of our holiday with oldest son M and family. In Nebraska we even took time out for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Dining, Family, Food, Holiday meals, Italian American, kitchen, Lifestyle, Travel, Writing
Tagged agnolotti, Cody, Cody Wyoming, cooking duck, cooking elk, Cooking wildlife, cooking with family, Loretta Giacoletto, Loretta on Life, ravioli, Wyoming
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A Meal By Any Other Name
When I was growing up, life was simple yet somewhat structured, at least in our home and in spite of both parents employed at jobs that took them away each weekday. Still, during the school year my mother felt compelled … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family, Food, kitchen, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged Dinner or Supper, Lifestyle, Loretta Giacoletto, Loretta on Life, main meal, mid-day meal, Supper or Dinner
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