Introducing….

Introducing the new section of the blog:

Sunday Cooking with Family

Last weekend when I was in New York, my Mother was cooking up a storm and I felt nostalgic and sad that I am not there to be part of this experience anymore. When I think of my Italian family, I think of food, of course. My Mother is hands down the best cook I have ever had in my life. She always makes everything from scratch and is beyond talented. I wish I paid more attention to her skill growing up. Now that I'm married, I do my fair share of cooking but I am always yearning for her special touch. Therefore, I pitched an idea to my mom. How about we find recipes that we both enjoy and cook it on Sunday, send each other pictures with details and I'll document it on the blog. Therefore, it's like a virtual cookbook. If one wants to mimic the recipe, then great! But really it's more of a diary of my mothers recipes that mean the world to me and I'm just trying to be like her :)

We tried to make the same thing the first week but with both of our schedules, we decided to pick the same meat product and cook it different styles. Our first Sunday we both had pork.

She had ribs that she grilled on the grill with a pasta salad made of chopped tomatoes, cannellini beans, pine nuts, parsley, finely chopped white onion, capers and olive oil.

I made carnitas tacos with heirloom tomatoes, shredded cabbage and guacamole, served with baked beans.

This week I am going to attempt to make her famous chicken and dumplings. Stay tuned.