As we savor the flavors of summertime fresh salads, week #2 celebrates the Caesar Salad. Experiment and enjoy the flavors of fresh summer fruits and vegetables, and please join me in welcoming culinary creativity, and celebrate with your friends and family! Buon Appetito! Cynthia The Caesar Salad is easy to prepare with simple ingredients, yet classic. […]
Read MoreCelebrating Summer Salads
WELCOME! The GochYa Cooking Summer Salad blog begins! Beginning today, Wednesday, June 1, and continuing for the next 11 weeks, I will be submitting a new salad recipe in celebrating summer salads in various inventive salad combinations, as ingredients are mixed and matched, and as we create an epicurean salad tour from many creative and flavor-packed influences. Ingredients […]
Read MoreHappy Easter ~ Happy Spring!
Easter Memories… Our family traditions from my Italian childhood home continue as I celebrate many of them with my own family. Easter is celebrated with spring cleaning (out with the old in with the fresh, shiny and new), new clothes (fresh and new), colored Easter Eggs (bright new birth), Easter gift baskets (as a reminder […]
Read MoreA Hometown Taste of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Wall Art @Primanti Bros., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-my hometown! On a recent visit, my husband and I took a little culinary tour in the city’s Strip District. During our afternoon adventure, our mission was to purchase a large quantity of grape leaves for my husband’s specialty of stuffed grape leaves, which he prepares with freshly […]
Read MoreLove is in the air…
Spread the Love ~ February is Love month! Let’s Celebrate the ‘HEART’ February brings celebrations – St. Valentine’s Day, birthdays of Presidents and a long weekend when the kids enjoy a break from school, and a “heart-healthy” month. While Valentines Day is a day to remember romance and love for others, it is also a day to honor […]
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