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DARLENE’S PIEROGI – following in her mother’s footsteps
Hi there, To continue my series saluting Mother’s, it is my pleasure to bring you the story and the recipe for these delicious pierogi from Darlene Foster. Darlene is a very talented storyteller and her work can be found at DarleneFoster.wordpress.com. Mom’s Pierogi by Darlene Foster One of my favorite memories about growing up on the […]
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HUMMINGBIRD CAKE – a very special birthday cake for a very special mother
Hi there, Continuing with honoring mothers during the month of May, it is my pleasure to introduce Robbie Cheadle and her mother, Elsie Hancy Eaton. Both mother and daughter are writers and co-authored a book called While the Bombs Fell. It is the story of Elsie’s experience living through the bombing of England during WW2. […]
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Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary To Us
Hi there, Today Dom and I are celebrating our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We were married on a beautiful spring day. The marriage was witnessed by 250 people and 3 priests. We knew that there was never going to be any backing out of this contract. Our wedding cake was an Italian Rum Cake baked by […]
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THE BIG SALAD – long before there was Elaine, there was Linda’s big salad
Hi there, Long before Elaine was ordering her big salad at Monk’s and Melissa Clark was teaching the world to toss a salad with your hands or the New York Times featured the Lucali Salad, every Sunday my mother-in-law, Linda, was making a big salad. Sunday dinner was mandatory at the Laganella household. And my […]
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Asparagus and Spring Onion Soup – spring at last
Hi there, I am housebound right now because of surgery. Dom took me for a very careful outing to the farmer’s market. It was wonderful to be out of the house and be around my favorite things – ingredients! I spied beautiful locally grown spring onions and asparagus. When asparagus is locally grown the price […]
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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
May will be here before we know it and I am looking forward to sharing your story and your recipe about your mother. If you would like to share your story and recipe, please contact me at newclassicrecipes@gmail.com. I am looking forward to reading and sharing your contributions. Bernadette
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New Classic Sloppy Joes – a little bit healthy and whole lot of yummy
Early spring, with its schizophrenic weather, always brings to mind spring sports particularly Little League. I remember fondly sitting in the stands rooting for the boys and I also remember running from one practice to another and one game to another. The games, practices, and homework sure didn’t lend themselves to a family dinner. Those […]
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COCONUT CARROT CAKE – It’s What’s Up Doc
Hi there, The Doc in our house recently had a birthday. The grands wanted to celebrate by making a homemade birthday cake. As those of you who have befriended me may remember, my resolution this year is to become a baker. Not a better baker mind you, just an entry level baker. So, my baking […]
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GARLIC BREAD – a baton of deliciousness
Hi there, We had some friends for dinner a few weekends ago. I waited until the last minute to buy a loaf of bread to serve with dinner. Unfortunately, this particular weekend the weather forecast called for snow and I was like Old Mother Hubbard, the cupboard was bare. The only thing left to buy […]
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WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN CONTINUED
So many of you expressed an interest in the World Central Kitchen’s efforts in Ukraine. I thought you might like to read this update. https://wck.org/en-us/news/chefsforukraine-visual-stories I have turned off comments on this post. If you have the time, just read and enjoy the goodness that exists on our planet.
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