It's time to tune in to Tasty Tuesday. Concetta outdid herself. I thought she was going to have a little trouble handling the raw shrimp, but she did it! Her face was a picture in itself, but she was glad she saw it through when she tasted her creation! She has come a long way since she first started and I am proud of her.

Tasty Tuesdays

Concetta came over for dinner last night and we planned our Tasty Tuesday appetizers! Watch my blog and hers for some tasty, easy to make appetizers sure to impress your guests with little effort on your part. Looking forward to Concetta learning to cook from my cookbook- Everyone Brings Something to the Table and just wait to see what she is bringing!

Review from American-Italian Blog

 The American-Italian Blog wrote a wonderful review of my cookbook in a recent post. Thank you so much Tom and Becky for introducing me to your blogging community and for your kind words.  Be sure to stop by their blog and check out the easy and elegant recipe for one of my favorite dishes, Chicken Saltimbocca. 

Three generations baking Italian Christmas cookies.

Simple Holiday Treasure

The holidays are here again! It's hard to believe another year has gone by. It is the best time of year for sharing time with loved ones and those you would like to get to know better. Dennis and I had our neighbors over last  night and we had a wonderful time. Try this simple but tasty appetizer and impress your guests! Our loved it.

                                                              Bruchetta

1 bagette loaf, sliced in diagonal pieces
2 plum tomatoes, chopped in small peices
1/4 cup good olive oil seasoned with your favorite seasonings. I like Tuscan seasoning, but also use a combination of Italian,tuscan, rosemary, garlic- whatever you wish

Brush the bagette slices with the seasoned olive oil. Place pieces of tomatoe on bread and top with goat cheese. Place in hot oven 450 degrees for about 5 minutes until edges of bread are brown.
Arrange on platter and serve hot!

That's it. If you don't like goat cheese, put the cheese of your choice-feta,gorgonzola, mozzarella, romano- it doesn"t matter.

Everyone enjoyed this last night and what a great time we had!

The Holidays

This is my favorite time of the year.  Thanksgiving day was filled with family events beginning with a nice walk with Sandy, Nicole, Ryan,Dennis, Courtney and Ramsey the dog.  We had two turkeys this year, one deep fried and the other traditionally baked.  They were both delicious.  Sandy my son-in law cooked the deep fried one and made three pies for dessert. His pumpkin pecan and chocolate pecan were big hits.  Dennis children, Erin, Jason and Courtney joined us this year along with my son Jason and his wife Olga and their two children Sasha and Ben. My daughter Nicole her husband Sandy and their son Ryan were with us to.  I hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving and enjoyed the time spent with family and friends.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November has been a busy month.  The book signing at Antonio's Gourmet Market was a success and a good time was had by all of us.  Special thanks to Antonio Salidino and his daughter Brittany for hosting me and to Fran and Bob Giannuzzi for helping out.  Thanks to all of you who purchased a cookbook and to those who participated in the gift basket raffle and soup donations.  We raised $400.00 for the Raleigh Rescue Mission and Leslie Millett from the Mission was very grateful.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family and friends in North Carolina, New York and Michigan. We are grateful to have you in our lives.