Pantry items :

Essential Pantry Items

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Before we start making any Turkish dishes we need to know what is in the basic Turkish pantry.  I compiled a comprehensive list of what you would probably find and most of this is in my pantry as well. Lets start with spices,[...]

The Well-Stocked Italian Kitchen Pantry

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Photo credit by Deana Romano One of the major challenges of almost any home chef/cook would be how to keep a well stocked pantry.  I’m not talking about buying lots of canned goods in case of emergency or disaster, although for some of us,[...]

It's Sunday (night) already??

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Oh how I love and hate Sunday all the same - love it because it's usually the day I can relax the most; hate it because it means back to business tomorrow - it goes so quick! Tonight we had our fab crockpot chicken cacciatore meal that I've[...]

Kitchen Staples- What do you need to keep on hand?

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Everyone has their own list of "must have" kitchen staples. Whether it's cooking wine, frozen pork chops or lobster meat by the pound, there are just some thing you feel you can't go without. So, I thought it would be fun to start a list of my[...]