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Oops!

Oops!

Oops! is a bit of an understatement for what happened here! No, this was not my mishap, but that of a friend who lovingly prepared a wholesome Mexican lasagna for her family with premium ingredients like organic ground chicken (by the way, I’d love to have the recipe, if you can face looking at it … Continue reading →

Spaghetti Sauce & Home Cooking

No convenience food here, unless you count the fact that I had frozen purchased sausage from a supermarket (a mix of hot and sweet), and the tomatoes were canned, a mix of JerseyFresh crushed and BioNature organic crushed. I did use rigatoni for this, my favorite dried pasta, De Cecco. (Although I do like Barilla … Continue reading →

Happy Labor Day!

My brother Mark, who loves to cook out, emailed me this photo early today to let me know how he was celebrating the holiday weekend. It’s hard to beat the taste of grilled lobster and corn. In my grilling days I always split the lobster and buttered the inside after sort of flattening it. This one looks like … Continue reading →

Wedding on Guam

My niece is getting married today – on Guam!!  I wish I could be by her side, but am with her and her new husband, who is stationed there with the Air Force, in spirit.  She writes: “We are getting married Sunday at a place called Two Lovers Point. It is a huge cliff that … Continue reading →

The apple doesn’t fall….

…far from the tree.  Especially where fathers, sons, and grandsons are concerned. I am not the only foodie in my family. My brother Mark is a whiz in the kitchen, and so, increasingly, is my nephew Patrick, who is now the proud owner of my father’s recipe files and several of his cookbooks. He and … Continue reading →

Carrot Cake Saga

This is the recipe card (two-sided), on which I based my June 1 Packet In The Kichen recipe column, a story about coming across the recipe in my later father’s files. I also wrote a post for this week’s Nassau Inn blog, in which I described my own making of the cake – visually it … Continue reading →

Farewell Sam

My father, Samuel Bahadurian, loved food and cooking.  In yesterday’s In The Kitchen column (written a couple weeks ago), I reminisced about how excited he was to buy cabbage at under 10 cents per pound this time of year. He passed away peacefully, at almost 90, on Thursday, so several people have remarked to me … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s Day

This cute ruffly cake is from the Whole Earth Center.  It is heart-shaped and chocolate with vanilla frosting. I wanted to take something to my father in Acorn Glen Assisted Living (and the wonderful staff who cares for him), so ordered this just before the weekend. Picked it up today and rushed it right over … Continue reading →

My Life Passes Before Your Eyes

Okay, not so much my life, but my parents’ lives, will be on display at the December 9 and 10 Estate Sale at their house in Rocky Hill.  As I type, the Dusty Old Bags team (they are amazing!) are going through the tons of stuff there, pulling things out of closets and drawers and … Continue reading →