Readers who’ve been with me for awhile might remember that I shared my 100 things list a few months ago just before the new year. This is a list I started a few years ago and keep updating with new goals and accomplishments. Basically, it’s all the things I want to do in my...
Read more →We love us some potatoes in this house. Whether its some quickly whipped up mashed potatoes, which can be a quick and versatile starch to accompany meals, or baked fries and roasted potatoes, it’s tasty stuff. In terms of types of potatoes, we are pretty open. A sampler of types of potatoes: Red potatoes...
Read more →Ready for the chain of thought version of reflections? Here a’goes. Andrew started off the episode with an f-bomb. Puh-lease . . . so over it. This season, it’s like instantly into the quick fire, but if you blink, you might just miss the whole thing. Is it just me, or has the quick...
Read more →When I saw the cover of Sweet Melissa Baking Book, my mouth watered. The confectioner’s sugar topped dessert looked too good to be true. And when I later read the book (during my breaks at work), I was intrigued. I love author Melissa Murphy’s style. Her brief tidbits with each recipe really make the...
Read more →Advice for New Bloggers is a new regular feature here at Sarah’s Cucina Bella. Inspired by Dine and Dish’s Adopt-A-Blogger event, and written with my adoptee in mind (Hi, Rachel! Click here to check out Fairy Cake Heaven), it appears every Tuesday. A comment on a previous addition of Advice for New Bloggers sparked...
Read more →The first time I made this bacon, we liked it. But it wasn’t an all out, geez we have to do THIS again recipe. So, I didn’t make it again . . . until recently. I had some extra bacon to use up and didn’t want to make a holy mess. The thing is,...
Read more →I couldn’t keep myself up to write about Top Chef Chicago last night, but I still wanted to share my thoughts . . . Here it goes . . . Thank goodness: Maybe Bravo heard the blogosphere? There was far less gratuitous curses flying about . . . and Andrew was less irritating for...
Read more →Advice for New Bloggers is a new regular feature here at Sarah’s Cucina Bella. Inspired by Dine and Dish’s Adopt-A-Blogger event, and written with my adoptee in mind (Hi, Rachel! Click here to check out Fairy Cake Heaven), it appears every Tuesday. I’ve posted several tips over the last few months. In case you...
Read more →Do you know who Fritz Knipschildt is? No, it’s not a trick question. He is a chocolatier who owns Chocopologie in Norwalk, Conn., and also owner of Knipschildt Chocolatier. Fritz hails from Denmark, who was trained in Denmark, France and Spain. We didn’t know who he was either until we saw him on Throwdown...
Read more →Alright. I love Top Chef. It’s a fun series and really interesting to see what the cooks come up with. And there are always a few zingers . . . Remember the Marcel drama? It was like a train wreck – uncomfortable, but too hard not to watch. This season opened with a pizza...
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