BlondieItaliana

about me

Born & raised in Northern NJ and now live in the NJ suburbs of New York City.

I grew up on all the traditional Italian meals from my Grandmother's kitchen. Holiday's were parades of food of all kinds, from main dishes to desserts, but mostly I remember Gram's traditional Italian dishes around the Holiday's surrounded by all of our family.

I love to cook everything now. I find it great to experiment & try new recipes. Most of all, I love to entertain & host dinners with family, friends & have Holidays at home with my terrific husband & our four legged furry goofball bulldog!

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Spring 2008: I was picked for the Pick-A-Chef Spring 2008 Contest by a wonderful chef: Lainey6605 who made my Delicious Penne Vodka With Fresh Mushrooms, Mozzarella, Olives, and my Beef Pot Pie - the Best! and lastly, my Rich & Moist Dark Chocolate Cake (Uses Cake Mix)

The link to the cookbook from that contest is: http://www.recipezaar.com/cookbook.php?bookid=199542



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July 2008: I was just Z-mailed that I was picked for "My 3 Chefs 2008" Cooking Contest by: Gina from TX who made my: Very Easy Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies (Uses Cookie Mix)

She Z-mailed me the link to the cookbook from that contest: http://www.recipezaar.com/cookbook.php?bookid=213150



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Favorite Foods:

Lobster, Chorizo, Calamari, Sangria, Salmon, Chilean Sea Bass, Veal, Todd English's Flatbreads, actually, there's just too much more to even list... it's all good!

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