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Sunday Dinner Musings
Sunday dinner means a lot to me. It’s not just my memories of dinners when I was a kid but its the memories I know I am making for my family today that motivate me to make a pot of sauce on a Sunday....
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Fuji Grill – Hibachi Fun
Have you ever been to an Hibachi restaurant? My first experience was Fuji Grill located at 7310 Niagara Falls Blvd, Niagara Falls, NY 14304 (716-283-6388). I had recently been to Melting Pot at the...
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Quick Sip Orange Cat Frozen Caramel
Gina at the Orange Cat mixed me up a blended caramel iced coffee. So good that the guy behind me said “I’ll have what she’s having!” Could be the start if something good!!! Have a yummy day! Filed...
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All My Old Stuff…
A few weeks ago I baked a cake. I looked at these pans and I thought, “how did I get old enough to have pans older than my mothers?” Then I really started to think, when I started baking I was about 12...
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Our 1st Quick Bite Quick Sip Contest
Win $25 from the Lewiston Village Pub! ‘Quick Bites and Quick Sips!’ Here’s how it works: At the beginning of every month, we will announce the theme of the month. You drink and dine around town and...
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Weekday Roasted Chicken
Roast a chicken on a weekday and still eat before bedtime? Easy as 1-2-3! 1. Cut it in half. 2. Clean and chop carrots and parsnips early in the day. Scrub potatoes but do not peel and chop until just...
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Corned Beef and Cabbage Bowl
First this… Corn Beef and Cabbage from Bandana’s Bar and Grill It was the very best corned beef and cabbage I have ever had. All they would tell me is that it was beer, sugar and pickling spices. There...
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My 32 year old “Joy of Cooking”
Blast the Internet, and all other ways of getting recipes. This is still my go-to resource for the best of cooking and baking. Have a yummy day!! Filed under: Food Memories, Jude The Foodie, This and...
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Viva Saint Guiseppe!
When my grandparents talked about the old country they were talking about Italy. My mother’s family is from Bari and Calabria and my father’s family is from Sicily. So, I describe my Italian heritage...
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Easter Cookies…Hop to it!
Easter Cookies? Why not? Simply make your favorite drop sugar cookie (I made a ricotta lemon cookie) with yellow food coloring, frost with sugar glaze and sprinkle with pastel sugar. The secret to any...
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Brunch Is Back! Town Hall – Lewiston NY
This pretty and delicious drink is the perfect testimony that brunch has come a long way from the long silver chafing dishes filled with dry scrambled eggs, over cooked potatoes and bowls of fruit...
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Quick Sip: Saquella Cafe – Boca Raton FL
Enjoyed an iced mocha caramel latte today at a lovely Italian cafe in the Royal Palm Plaza. The almond croissant was a very good bite, as well. Have a yummy day! Filed under: Dining & Drinking,...
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1 Activity + 1 Bite + 1 Sip = Easy Party
Any holiday is busy with church and travel and family so it’s hard to coordinate the fun and have fun yourself. For Easter this year I decided to schedule an early brunch for our family at a lovely...
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The Glamour of Traveling
When I had the honor of singing the US and Canadian national anthems at Toronto’s Skydome (before Rogers amassed their billions for the naming rights) I met a woman who was to throw the first pitch....
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It’s Fun to Eat at the Bar!
I travel a lot, often by myself. While I am not averse to eating alone with a book or my iPad, I most often enjoy sitting among my soon to be friends at the bar. You usually get served more quickly and...
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Social Media and Ginger Cake
Let me open this by saying were it not for social media, you would not be reading my food and life blog on WNYPapers.com. Here’s why: When I decided to spin my blog away from an online news source in...
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A Day Of New York Minutes
4:25 am: I’m up before the alarm for my 6:45 am flight. It’s safe to say that happens never. 5:01 am: put on sensible shoes and put suitcase into car. 5:04 am: change sensible shoes and replace with...
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Quick Skewers – Quick Dinner
It’s that time of year, isn’t it? The days are longer and we somehow seem to have even more to do. If you’re like me, you don’t want to spend all the daylight inside cooking. I try to sneak at least a...
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Remington Tavern and Seafood Exchange
I have this theory I call the “Disney World theory.” That’s when your favorite thing is the last thing you did. When you just get off Space Mountain that’s your favorite ride until you get off of the...
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Gone Bananas
I like bananas but they have to be the perfect ripeness for me to really enjoy them. Too firm or too ripe and the texture is very off putting to me. Icky, actually. Recently while grocery shopping...
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