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A beautiful view on the Adriatic Coast in Vieste, Italy I peruse the Facebook posts from Vieste and Puglia for interesting sites to visit and for new recipes to try. It’s become a challenge to watch Italian chefs prepare a dish demonstrating the technique and the ingredients. Of course, they are speaking Italian and theContinueContinue reading “A Tasty Soup from Vieste”

Cacio e Pepe – Cheese & Pepper Pasta Good News! Mangia with Micheline, The Journey Continues will be available for sale this month. Check out my Facebook Page, website http://www.mangiawithmicheline.com , or right here on my. It is currently live on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. Five generations- from left Great niece Jade, me, NieceContinueContinue reading “A Simple Pasta Dish- Oh so Elegant”

Like many Italians, who emigrated to America, my grandparents only spoke Italian. It was important to them for their children to assimilate, to fully become American. In our homes, we spoke English. The adults would always switch to Italian if the subject “not for the kid’s ears”. So, my grandparent’s home was the only placeContinueContinue reading “Sweet Ricotta Easter Pie”

This story and recipe appears in my book, Mangia with Micheline. I thought I would share it for Easter During the Easter season, it is a tradition for Italians to make Rice Pie and Ricotta Pie and for the last 30 or so years I have baked many. I learned to cook and bake priorContinueContinue reading “My Families Traditional Easter Pies”

March is here and spring is just around the corner. It is the month famous for the quote “Beware the Ides of March” which in the ancient Roman calendar is on the 15th of the month. Unfortunately for Julius Caesar, he forgot to beware! It is also the month that the Irish celebrate St. Patrick’sContinueContinue reading ““Beware the Ides of March” Irish Bread”

Cooking has always been a second nature to me. Sometimes I wonder if the skill is hereditary or just intuitive. After all I come from a family of great cooks. I cherish the memories of learning to cook family recipes from my grandmother and mother. I would often call my grandmother and ask her howContinueContinue reading “Winter is the perfect time for French Onion Soup”

Since our trip in 2019 to Vieste, Italy, I have been busy discovering more about Vieste and the region of Puglia through the world of Facebook. I discovered my grandparent’s birthplace, with its rich history through Facebook posts. One of the charming streets in Vieste, Italy We were in Vieste in just 4 short days,ContinueContinue reading “Love is in the Air”

It’s the last day of January in this new decade and I have been watching the weather forecast for the upcoming week.  It appears we are in for a major storm with predictions of up to 14 inches of snow.  My husband is busy checking if the tractor, snow blower and most importantly the generatorContinueContinue reading “A Hardy Soup for a Snowy Day”

Do you ever feel like you’re running on a wheel?  I find myself in the same routine day in and day out, making the same meals, watching the same shows, just stuck in a rut. Since retirement, it also seems like I’m making more meals, like breakfast and lunch as well as supper. Since thereContinueContinue reading “Twist on my mother’s pork chop recipe”