Category Archives: Dining

Omelet, Anyone?

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Loretta Giacoletto

Unless I’m traveling, I seldom sit down to breakfast in a restaurant or diner. But when those few occasions do arise, I’m rarely satisfied with the results. Even when perusing a substantial buffet, I wind up with the most basic … Continue reading →

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Project Casalago

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Loretta Giacoletto

You may recall my recent blog “Hanging Out with the Guys.” The one about Hubby D and me driving to Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks and passing two of his fishing buddy friends who were parked alongside Interstate 70. We … Continue reading →

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Hanging Out with the Guys

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Loretta Giacoletto

Time sure flies when you’re having fun. Or, time can be your enemy when self-imposed deadlines don’t materialize, especially those involving major construction projects. Hard to believe but it’s been nine months since our family decided to enlarge Casalago, our … Continue reading →

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Favorite Time for Creativity

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Loretta Giacoletto

Phew! We, as in Hubby D and I, have survived another holiday season. Son #1 and family came from two directions, Wyoming and Upstate New York, making Christmas extra special for the entire Giacoletto clan. To add to the ten-day … Continue reading →

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One Thing Leads to Another

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

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 →

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Ravioli My Way

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

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 →

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Appetizers on the Italian Riviera

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

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 →

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Making Cheese, the Italian Way

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

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 →

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Left My Heart in Italy

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

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 →

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Cooking in Cody

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Loretta Giacoletto

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 →

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