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Cream Puffs with Chocolate Sauce

Learn How to Make Parmesan Crisps - we love them as an appetizer

 

Butternut Squash Risotto

 

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Not Your Usual Lasagna - No Meat and No Tomato Sauce!

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"If it doesn't rot, it's not real food."

-Joel Salatin,
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Sicilian Arancine

Learn How to Make Artisan Bread with no Kneading

 

 Thanks, Mom!

 

Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits Require No Baking

 

My Favorite Dish - Spaghetti with Roasted Tomatoes and Pancetta

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Chocolate Panna Cotta

 

Make Your Own Vanilla Extract

What's the Best Flour to Use for Pizza?

My Mom, Angela, and my brother, George, in Naples

Welcome to my blog and my kitchen. My name is Elaine and I live in Michigan.

My mother, Angela, was from Italy and I guess I just have that Italian gene in me - I love to feed people. I began this blog to teach people how to cook. It pains me that so many people do not cook for themselves and instead order carryout five nights a week. Cooking from scratch is much easier than most people think.  It's healthier and cheaper. Subscribe to this site and cook along with me - I'll show you how.  

I love photography and, in a previous life, was a painter. My food photography enables me to really show you how to create things, step by step.  I love the beauty of food and the creativity of the kitchen. Developing my own recipes is just another way to fill a canvas. I hope you enjoy what I love so much - cooking for people and the joy of the table.

Since starting this blog, I have met some amazing people, connected with other food bloggers and received e-mails, literally, from readers all over the world.  Thanks to all of you.

 

 

My husband is Brian and we have three boys:  Barry, Nick and Nathan.

 

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You can contact me at elainemccardel@mac.com