Category Archives: Recipes

Here’s a lovely idea for a craft project, tomorrow while the rain returns to our fair city.
You’ll need some cotton string or yarn, some white glue, some little cups, some small blown-up balloons or wax paper. It’s messy so you’ll want to have some soap and water handy too. You might want some [...]

It’s that time again! Get your kids in the kitchen and make some salt dough ornaments. Good for kids of all ages, but of course you’ll want to judge your individual snowflake’s artistic ability.
Here’s what you’ll need:

1/2 cup salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup water
Rolling pin
Cookie sheet
Toothpick

What to do:

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
Mix together, [...]

With the summer looming in front of us, you may be looking for ideas on what to make for picnics. In Italy, there is a delicious rolled sandwich creation named “stromboli,” a name that summons up “strolling along the pier” for me. We make it here about once a week, and it’s very easy to [...]