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Penne a la Vodka (five ingredients)
family . food . long island . nostaglia🍝Penne a la Vodka (Five ingredient sauce). 🍝This is the pasta I make for my family at least once a week. 🍝Actually, I make it in a big batch and then freeze the sauce in ziplock containers. 🍝This recipe is from Gino’s Pizzeria in Elmont where I worked as a waitress for about seven years. Read More

Photos from our weekend in Rancho Loma. Read More
Farewell, Austin
austin . C.K. . family . food . friends(written from the Embassy Suites on Congress Avenue in Austin, TX on August 20, 2015) Hi, I need to order four pies. Beat. Yes, pizza pies. 2 pepperoni and 2 regular. Beat. Yes, 2 with pepperoni and 2 with just cheese. My husband called our local pizzeria to buy lunch for our moving guys. His Read More
Dec. 27th… This may turn into a 2014 reflection. In which case, I apologize in advance for the long-windedness and waxing sentimentality. This post will also be rambling and slightly incoherent. It’s 6:02 here in Austin. I’ve been up since 4:09 when my 4yo Jackson busted in our room in tears because he had a Read More
I made this cocktail for a dinner party C.K. and I threw this past Saturday. We had a great bottle of Proseco to start as it was a celebratory dinner. Our close friends Tara and Jay are getting married next September. I’m a bridesmaid and Jay asked C.K. to be the best man. It’s a Read More
I didn’t take a picture of these although I should have. They were delicious though. The basil is an interesting twist, I think. Here’s a roundabout approximation sort of kind of recipe. I don’t do real measurements. 2 parts tequila 1 part triple sec 2 parts watermelon juice* 1 punch of basil, chopped up watermelon Read More
*adapted from Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. Ina Garten is a genius. I watch her show all the time. Her recipes are simple, classic, and delicious. The photography on the show is exquisite as well. Very bright (great for food). Very clear. Lots of extreme close-ups. I highly recommend her show to any Food Network fan.
What follows is my adaptation of the recipe but the spirit is all Barefoot Contessa. I think you’ll see why I would never be good at writing cookbooks. You can see her recipe here at Food Network dot com.
My friend Caroline and I went this restaurant Joe’s on Abbot Kinney today for lunch. Three course lunch for $18 and house picks for wine (a Spanish white that tasted like Sauvignon Blanc and a Merlot) for $7 a glass. I love prix fixe. My eyes are bigger than my stomach so I love know Read More
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