Yes FORTY! 40 Cloves Garlic Chicken!

Cooking with my cousin, Lisa Lombardi has become a regular thing! She challenged me to come up with a great garlic-y chicken recipe which I was more than happy to take on. I remembered MANY years ago, a friend had asked the same thing of me and I’d found some recipe that used 40… yes […]
My Mamma’s Italian Salad!

Cooking with my cousin Lisa Lombardi is FUN so I did it again. We are cousins on our mothers side, sisters Margie the eldest and my mom, Antoinette (called Annette on her side of the family and Toni the rest of the time) the middle of 5 girls. So we like to think we are […]
Grandpa & Grandma’s Easy Escarole & Beans with Mini Rigatoni

Now that it’s Spring, I often think of my mom’s parents, Rose & Tony Giachello. Grandma’s favorite holiday was Easter and we spent every one with them until they were gone so it’s always so connected for me. I was chatting with my cousin Lisa Lombardi, who suggested we cook one of their most common […]