Mia Cucina Su Cucina

              This post makes my heart sad and tears come to my eyes. I follow Jennifer Perillo (@jenniferperillo) on Twitter and this past weekend she post a tweet that simple said, “He’s gone. And my heart is shattered in a million pieces.” Her young husband, Mikey, had died suddenly [...]

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This morning it was cool outside and that mixed with the desire to cook had me jumping out of bed. I was excited to start, but I decided to detoured by the computer to check in with my Twitter friends (www.twitter.com/miacucina). In the first couple of tweets I quickly learned that Gourmet had ran it’s [...]

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I’m a contributing journalist for an online publication call “Magnify You“. Check out the magazine & subscribe, it’s “free”. The June article I submitted is called, “Revitalize with the use of Healthy Healing Herbs and Essential oils”. I am posting it up here so you can read it and try out my fabulous potato salad. [...]

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Chicken fingers, pasta, pizza, hamburger, hot dog, grilled cheese the basic children’s menu no matter where you go. Italian, Sushi, Mexican, American styled restaurants and they all have the same menu for children. These food selections are fine for your children if you don’t mind them eating fried chunks of unidentifiable, but supposedly edible, chewy [...]

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In last week’s L.A times food section (Jan. 14, 2009) there was an article about what was going to be served at Barack Obama’s first supper. Since I am such a Foodie, these things excite me .  The menu for the meal planned for this evening: What’s on Obama’s menu? The inaugural lunch presented by the [...]

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A while back I wrote/shared a post about supporting your local restaurants and balancing it with tasty meals at home. When I prepare meals I want them to taste similar to what my senses experience dining out. The material covered in this post is so informative and shares tips that will make dining at home exciting. I am planning [...]

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My boys insisted that they “needed” bananas when we were shopping last week. The bananas sat in the fruit bowl, first they were green, then they were yellow and today I noticed they were brown. My boys were on their way to bed when I took the bread out of the oven. They tried to [...]

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I wrote a post the other day about my oldest son needing a pumpkin for Pumpkin art. I have a picture and it turned out so cute! I will admire it for the weekend and then Monday morning it will be baked and a pie will be made from the sweet flesh.       [...]

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Piccolo 5 Dudley avenue Venice, California 90291 phone 310.314.3222      ¦      www.piccolovenice.com Piccolo is on the Santa Monica-Venice beachfront. Low-key and not easy to find, Piccolo offers something close to true regional Italian cooking.   Recently, my friend and I arrive at 6pm. Vittorio Viotti, owner, and Roberto (BoBo) Ivan, chef, come out of the kitchen and both [...]

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