Cooking: Overcooking

After a weekend of eating poorly (at least from a healthy point of view), it was time to get back on the track and eat well. Last night, I pan-fried some tilapia (seasoned with Slap Ya Mama), some fresh green beans with onions and prosciutto, and some out the box…

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Traveling: No pane con pasta; Pane con carne (or how I discovered I love gnocchi)

Pescara: A City Many Americans Donโ€™t Visit In the middle of our June 2010 Europe trip, we spent the night at a Best Western in the seaside town of Pescara, Italy. Pescara is the kind of Italian town that Google maps quite doesnโ€™t understand. Instead of having us walk a…

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Learning to Cook

Two years ago, I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Best thing that ever happened to me. I discovered that I actually have a passion for something: cooking. Iโ€™ve always been the kind of person interested in everything but no one thing in particular. Trying to control…

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