The Anti-Diet Foodie
I came up with this recipe the week I moved. I had only unpacked my deep sauté pan, so I needed to make a one pot meal. The pasta cooks in the mix of chicken stock and cream. By the time the pasta is done cooking, you will have a thick creamy sauce that beautifully…
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Week six of the Culinary Arts program has come and gone. It was a short week due to the holiday, but it sure didn’t feel any less packed. We started our week with the ServSafe exam on Tuesday morning. This is a test for a five year certification in food safety. The good news is…
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This weekend was Mother’s Day weekend. I was lucky enough to get to see my mom this year, as she and my dad came to visit me. They were back home for actual Mother’s Day, but we got to spend a nice Friday and Saturday together. I always want to show my family some good…
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I have officially finished writing about my amazing food adventures in Boston. It truly was an amazing two days of food, history, and culture. I cannot wait to be living there. If those two days were a preview of what is to come, I will be very happy in this city. Before we headed back…
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The time how now come for me to discuss the part of my trip I most looked forward to: eating Italian food in Boston. The North End of Boston is known as their Little Italy. It hosts some of the oldest buildings in the city, including some of the sights on the Freedom Trail. What…
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It has finally started to feel like spring in DC. The cherry blossoms have bloomed; the sun has mostly decided to make its presence known; outdoor happy hours and brunch are popping back up. Since it finally feels appropriate, I wanted to make something springy for our family dinner this past Sunday. Here enters pasta…
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This post is devoted to the culinary skills of my best friend, Chris (with sous-chef Andrew). Chris is an excellent cook. We work well together in the kitchen, which is a vast improvement from our first few times cooking together all those years ago. Chris and I have different cooking style and different tastes in…
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If you have been following my blog, then it would be not a surprise for me to say I have been making a LOT of ravioli lately. After all, I did make three types of ravioli filling for Pasta Fest and another filling when I made gluten free ravioli. Sometimes you might happen to plan…
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Although it may be a bit tedious and exhausting, making homemade pasta is becoming my new favorite hobby. When my friend, Ashley, had said she hadn’t had ravioli in years because she can’t ever find them gluten free, I knew I just had to fix that for her. Since Pasta Fest went so well, I…
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I have been vigorously preparing for the biggest (and by far my favorite) Catie Cooks project since I started this blog. On Sunday evening, I organized a dinner party I dubbed “Pasta Fest” and invited 20 of my friends over for a fantastic dinner, probably the biggest I have ever prepared. On the menu was:…
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