Mia Cucina Su Cucina

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 spend the first part of my trip to the farmers market following my nose. I start at the first stand and wander from one vendor to the next. I gently pick up a sample of fruit or vegetable and smell its sweet mouth-watering aroma; feel the texture of the skin and look upon its [...]

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Tomorrow, 8-4-09, I will have the privilege to guest post for Tamra Klaty. The URL for her blog is: http://www.tamragirl.com. I’m so excited and looking forward to you guys dropping by and leaving her some sweet comments. See you back here toward the end of week. Thank you for the support and for reading my [...]

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Pile a generous scoop of slightly soft ice cream on one chocolate chip cookie, place another on top and take a bite. This is how I love to eat my cookies in the summer.
I have played with many different flavors and they all have worked. Use what ever flavor of ice cream you like. My favorite brand [...]

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Yesterday when I did my Julia post, I put up the recipe for her Pate Brisee Fine recipe from “The Way To Cook”. Today I was reading through my copy of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and found another recipe for a tart shell. I am sharing that recipe and directions to roll out [...]

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Happy Birthday Julia!
August is a special month for those that love Julia Child: On the 7th, Julie & Julia, a movie that intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends…until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible, [...]

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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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Wandering in the farmers market on a lazy Saturday morning you see peaches. You gently pick one up and smell it’s sweet mouth-watering aroma, you feel the slightly fuzzy skin, and look upon a golden red orb warm from the sun. You take a bite and feel the juice run down your chin…. this is [...]

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I put up a sample of this article a few days back, so now I can finally put up the whole interview.
An interview with J.R. Cohen, the general manager of Coffee Groundz. It is a bit technician, but I love Twitter & food, so here it is.
Groundz Zero of the Technical Age
The Coffee Groundz is [...]

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This is a method of preserving that I found fascinating. But, I do not see myself trying it out. Happy Easter to you all.
Most people over a certain age in rural Ireland recall life before electricity. My neighbors in rural County Cork remember baking soda bread in a bastible (basically a Dutch oven) over an open fire, [...]

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