Mom’s Famous Deviled Eggs

When I asked my Mom for her Deviled Egg recipe for the Serve It Up! cookbook, she really had to think about it. She said something about why you don’t ask old people for recipes, but it’s actually exactly why you should! She had nothing written down, it was all in her head and ifContinue reading “Mom’s Famous Deviled Eggs”

Cilantro Lime Dressing

This dressing is in the Serve It Up! tennis cookbook, which I helped compile with Sharon WIlliams to raise funds for Autism research and the CARD center at U.M.. While it’s suggested in the cookbook to be served on a salad with greens, roasted corn, cherry tomatoes, shredded jack cheese and roasted red pepper (withContinue reading “Cilantro Lime Dressing”

Balsamic Brown Butter Ravioli

If I had to pick my favorite pasta, it would have to be filled pasta, whether ravioli, tortellini or agnolotti. This is probably some kind of sacrilege to my Italian heritage, as I never remember eating any of these at my Nanny’s house for Spaghetti Sunday’s, but there you have it. Apparently I’m an ItalianContinue reading “Balsamic Brown Butter Ravioli”

Mango Mania

If you are lucky enough to have a mango tree, summer is a heavenly time of year in Miami. When my Dad decided to plant a mango tree at his home in Gables By The Sea, he went to my sister Elise’s friend Blair, whose family used to own Four Fillies Farm, and sampled manyContinue reading “Mango Mania”