LOVE & GRATITUDE
By Francesca Arniotes As it is the time of the year when we are supposed to reflect on our blessings and give thanks for making it...
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Francesca Arniotes
- Oct 9
- 4 min
CHILD'S PLAY
By Francesca Arniotes My nine-year- old grandson and his seven-year-old sister were left unsupervised recently. They went into the...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jul 11
- 4 min
A DIRTY STORY
by Francesca Arniotes I turned over the ground in my garden today, as I have for the last 39 years, the sound of the shovel, the smell of...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jul 23, 2022
- 4 min
HERE'S TO THE HOMEMAKERS!
by Francesca Arniotes In a neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1925, Mrs E.G. Buell compiled The Community Cookbook, with almost 400 favorite...
Francesca Arniotes
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
FIRTH OF FORTH AND OTHER ODDITIES
By Francesca Arniotes Vegetarians, please look away. Sit down with me and enjoy some Forfar Bridies, Clootie Dumplings, Stovies, Cullen...
Francesca Arniotes
- Dec 21, 2021
- 4 min
It’s Christmas! What’s for Dinner?
By Tom Becker We all have holiday culinary traditions. Leaning on heritage, family dynamics and geographical influences, our holiday...
Francesca Arniotes
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
THE THRILL OF THE HUNT
By Francesca Arniotes I’m going to tell you a story about my grandfather. To appreciate it, it may be necessary to remind readers who...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jun 28, 2021
- 6 min
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
Tunneling Toward The Light
by Francesca Arniotes January 1, 2021 Now --- no, SOON is the winter of our discontent to be made...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
On A Little Street In Paris Part Deux
by Francesca Arniotes There are so many French words in the English language that, were we not so afraid of looking foolish, we should...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jan 21, 2020
- 3 min
ON A LITTLE STREET IN PARIS part 1
by Francesca Arniotes Preparing for my February 1st cooking class, “On A Little Street In Paris Night”, Dean and I were reminiscing about...
Francesca Arniotes
- Apr 18, 2019
- 4 min
Unexpected Segovia
Segovia, Spain is a UNESCO World Heritage City. The Alcazar, a royal palace built upon a Moorish fortress built upon the foundations of a...
Francesca Arniotes
- Feb 11, 2019
- 4 min
A Sentimental Journey
Things. Stuff. Possessions. We are supposed to try hard to limit them and our attachment to them. But the recent holiday season reminded...
Francesca Arniotes
- Jan 13, 2019
- 3 min
What IS American Cuisine?
by Tom Becker We are a country of immigrants and, as such, our cuisine reflects that history. The colonization of our country by our...
Francesca Arniotes
- Nov 19, 2018
- 4 min
Postcard from Chianti
Italy is about the size of California. Tuscany is a region roughly the size of New Jersey and within Tuscany lies an area smaller than...
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