pizza takes on new shape

February 23, 2010  |  cusine, the big apple  |  2 comments

Rome it’s rectangular. Chicago it’s deep. @ Dominos it’s crispy, and at others it’s doughy. Naples-style is known as Neapolitan. New York it’s “New York style” and pretty much ”regular”. Sicilian traditionally features the cheese under the sauce, and if it’s thin it’s “nonna pizza”.  New Haven it’s oblong, and D.C. it’s jumbo slices. Then there is grilled pizza, “bar-pizza”, stuffed pizza, and even California style with a Meditteranean twist. But in New York , pizza is taking on a whole new shape: 

K!Pizzacone gives pizza a rebirth.

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a tasty treat

February 20, 2010  |  Recipe, morning time, sweets  |  No Comments

I wish I could take a picture of smell, captured it in all of its’ scrumptiousness, and post it right here for you to enjoy. Since technology hasn’t quite gotten there yet, this will have to do:

Let’s play with our imaginations…take a deep inhale through your nose just like pilates breathing, and put yourself in my kitchen!!

If your mouth is now watering, continue scrolling…

There is just nothing like the smell of cinnamon baking away in the oven. These beauties pretty much smell like a lazy Saturday morning with coffee in hand.

*The recipe for the rugelach pinwheels is adapted from MS, and made with crescent roll dough. Note: I’ve made the homemade dough too, an it dances in your mouth!

cold weather remedy

February 6, 2010  |  cusine, gifts, lovely things  |  4 comments

It’s cold here, and rainy. Yuck! I feel a little under-the-weather. Winter is in full force, which doesn’t help at all. I would love a hot and comforting bowl of homemade chicken soup. Don’t we all when the 10 day forecast shows cold, cold and more COLD? “Chicken soup has long been touted by grandmas everywhere as being ‘good for what ails you’”. [+]  The only problem being when I (I think you’d agree) feel sluggish and tired, the last thing I feel like doing is to embarking on a cooking and cleaning adventure in the kitchen. So what to do? There is always the option of resorting to Cambell’s Chicken and Star, what your Mom always gave you. And you really cannot go wrong there, but I have a NEW option for you. I wish I had some right this very moment. Here it is right here, “A Spoonful of Comfort Chicken Soup“. “This soup is made and sent with love to warm your heart.” Send it to me a sick loved one, or even to yourself! Read the story behind the soup too, it is a touching story for sure! 

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