'Reviews'


I’ve often recommended the Menu Mailer by Saving Dinner to folks who have trouble answering the ‘What’s for dinner’ question from week to week. It’s convenient, inexpensive, offers of variety of menu options and takes the weight…

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The second week of our cooking through Almost Meatless was just as tasty as the first. Maybe even more so?

Shabu Shabu Soup
Shabu Shabu Soup

We started with Shabu Shabu Soup. Traditionally this soup…

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Giuseppe Garibaldi - Portrait of an Italian Pa...
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D’Angelos is a upscale Italian restaurant on the border of Hudson and Twinsburg. My family has been going there for many…

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Ikea


Ikea Store Outside
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If you have ever heard of this store, you know the great things offered here! Ikea is a home shopping…

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It was my turn to cook this week and, as the cookbook testing is mostly done, it was time to find some new inspiration. In a stack of books under my bedside table was Almost Meatless

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French baguette
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Tucson restaurant news: Downtown dining

47 Scott Street
Tonight, my friend and I met at 47 Scott Street which is my newest favorite…

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Book Review-Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession

I wanted to like this book because I loved Julie & Julia by…

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Eating Los Angeles or perhaps drinking Los Angeles at Musso & Frank’s in the heart of Hollywood

While in L.A. my syn twister (twin sister separated at birth) Deni had the bright idea to go to Hollywood Blvd and…

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Eating Los Angeles

I went to L.A. recently. What a food city!

My friend and client Chef Annette Gallardo invited myself and another friend, Andrea, to the Knife Skills class at the South Bay School of Cooking

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Beast Fingers
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Around my other job, I work for my Dad’s company System to Sell fixing up houses. My friend,…

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