Announcing the 2023 Red Carpet Menu!
Welcome to this year’s announcement of the 2023 KitchAnnette Red Carpet Menu! I say it every year. Whatta list! There are 10 films vying for the Oscar® Best Picture award! I am always freaked out when there have been TEN. That’s ten dishes which I will be serving all at once on Oscar night. And […]
Donuts with Spiced Chocolate Filling – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Dune, it’s Dunuts! We complete our Mid-Century Dinner Party with these wonderful treats! DUNE! I watched it because it was a Best Picture Nomination and I liked the cast. It didn’t strike me as my kind of movie. But boy, was I wrong. It was so […]
Cherry “Pop-Tart” Pastries – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For King Richard, it’s Bing Richtart! We continue along the desserts for our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Tennis. It was a big part of my childhood but not for reasons you’d guess. Ya see, back in the housewife days of the 1970’s Bronx, ladies looked for hobbies or […]
Macarons with Salted Honey Buttercream – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Drive My Car, it’s Hive MaCaron! Our Mid-Century Dinner Party is turning to the sweets! Is it wrong to say this movie did not DRIVE my movie joy? The story certainly had depth and complexity but seriously… it draggggggged on. The driving was a lot too. […]
Orange & Fennel Chopped Salad – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Licorice Pizza, it’s Licodiced Pieces! It’s salad time at our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Paul Thomas Anderson gave us this gift of a nutty movie. Licorice Pizza is actually the name of a video store chain in Southern California around the 1970’s/’80’s. The vibe of the film […]
Mashed Potatoes with Bell Pepper & Garlic – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Belfast, it’s Bellmash! We have the second side dish for our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Kenneth Branagh is an incredible film maker. If you weren’t sure after seeing such films as Dunkirk, My Week with Marilyn, Tenet, etc., then Belfast will push you over into his camp. […]
Roasted Nightshade Veggies with Taro – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Nightmare Alley, it’s Nightshade Alley! Our Mid-Century Dinner Party is moving to the SIDE-SHOW (ahem)! Truth be told, I dig a little tarot reading and have been known to “know things” out of the blue (never anything especially useful like the wining lottery numbers – haha). […]
Roasted Chicken Breast with Spicy Passion Fruit Sauce – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For West Side Story, it’s Breast Side Story! We are LOVING the main course for our Mid-Century Dinner Party! Passion is the fashion when we are focusing on the modern and post-modern take on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story. Steven Spielberg took on the classic (mid-century […]
Beef Bourguignon – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For The Power of the Dog, it’s The Power of the Bourg! It’s our first Red Carpet Stew that ties right into our Mid-Century Dinner Party! This film is yet another Netflix offering that allowed you to turn your home into the local cinema! Is it a […]
Leek, Shallot, & Goat Cheese Puffs – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Don’t Look Up, it’s Dough’d Leek Cup! It’s the second appetizer for our swanky Mid-Century Dinner Party! The whole premise of Don’t Look Up is one that does not feel so fictional. A select few scientists see that the world is going to be obliterated by […]
Cod Fish Salad in Endive – 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2022 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For CODA, it’s COD-A! It’s time to chic-out with this year’s theme of Mid-Century Dinner Party! Maybe a touch of a Mad Men vibe… late ’50’s… early ’60’s. FUN! I’m not going to bury the lead. LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS from the moment I saw it! It […]
Orange Queen Cakes – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For The Favourite, it’s The Favourange! The Favourite is a movie that is more cheeky than you’d think before seeing it. The performances by everyone, but especially Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, were fabulous. Olivia Colman as Queen Anne was a triumph. There’s so much to this […]
Raspberry Trifle – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®!
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s Bohemian Raspberry! The first thing I am amused by is that both dessert dishes for this year’s menu focuses on Queens – the band and the 18th century woman in charge of England! And both are as royal as the other!!! Of course […]
Plum Tomato Salad with Buttermilk Dressing – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Roma, it’s Romas! My dislike of one-word titles is doubled this year, however this one was a cinch… not even a question! If it’s going to be one word, let that word be useful for FOOD! Haha! And what’s interesting in my observation of this year’s […]
Spicy Bacon Bourbon Corn – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For A Star Is Born, it’s The Star Is Corn! Bradley Cooper had a vision. And his vision is up for a few Academy Awards! Pretty good. This movie was probably the best of the four versions. The chemistry between Bradley and Lady Gaga’s characters was very […]
Collard Greens & Potato Casserole – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Green Book – it’s Green Bake! We’re up to the second side dish! And we’re up to the movie that informed this whole menu. While watching Green Book, I knew it would be a Best Picture contender. I knew the menu would be southern cuisine. And […]
Blackened Chicken – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For BlackkKlansman it’s BlackkKluxsman. This movie… dare I say it’s Spike Lee’s best movie ever? I dare! I knew the story of Ron Stallworth before the movie came out and it was wild. This man still carries his KKK card signed by David Duke. Insane! The way […]
Skillet Herb & Cheese Biscuit Bites – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Black Panther, it’s Black Pantherb! For our second appetizer, we’ve got a cheesy delicious biscuit bite to celebrate Black Panther!!! And coming up with this dish was not easy. Two movies use the word “black” in the title, which was limiting unless I wanted to be […]
Shrimp Ceviche – 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®
It’s the 2019 Red Carpet Menu for Oscar®! For Vice, it’s ceVIChE! This year’s menu was quite a challenge, especially when creating a dish for Vice. Many people suggested Rice or Ice… but it just didn’t reflect the movie. Ceviche was a more interesting option, even if it is somewhat of a stretch. One word titles […]
Grandpa’s Layanette! Cinnamon Chocolate Raisin Pinwheels!
I am so happy to be able to share this recipe with you. Actually, I’m really happy to have it myself! You see, my grandfather, Anthony Giachello, made this every Christmas. He would make the dough and then call us in to sprinkle on the cinnamon, chocolate, raisins, and honey. He’d make several batches each […]
50 is Delicious!
I am 50. Take a good look. No makeup. No botox or fillers – ever. Freckles on my schnozz. A ruddy complexion that, as you can see below, I was born with (so I have the complexion of a newborn – haha). I still have the uneven fuzzy hairline. I can stand to lose a few pounds. […]
Create our 2015 Oscars®-Inspired Menu!
Oscars® season has been a WHIRLWIND! Not only was the Pre-Oscars® event on February 20 at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center a big success, but the Academy Awards® show and evening were fabulous. Neil Patrick Harris was a lot of fun to watch as were the fashions. And then… then there was the food. Everything was really […]
Our 2015 Oscars® Red Carpet Menu has arrived!
I am proud to announce the 2015 KitchAnnette™ Red Carpet Menu to celebrate this year’s Academy Awards® Best Picture nominated films. It’s been the hardest year, hands down! I had a lot of help as usual with amazing suggestions from the usual crew but a special shout-out goes to my sister Nancy Zito, Eileen Congdon, and Adriene […]
“Cacc” of the Day! Chicken Cacciatore!
It’s been a whirlwind since the release of KitchAnnette™ Red Carpet Menus. And now that it’s Spring, JUICE THIS™ has been reinvigorated! Suffice to say, things are busy. But dinner still has to be made! Here’s one of the greatest dishes that is so easy and truly comes together in less than an hour… so good! Chicken […]
KitchAnnette’s 2014 Oscar® Menu is here!
(Cue trumpets blaring) I am pleased to announce the KitchAnnette 2014 Oscar® Menu! I am also amazed to share that this is my 20th year doing this – 20 YEARS! I can’t believe it. And to commemorate that anniversary, there’s a special surprise being finalized – stay tuned. But until then, please enjoy this year’s […]