Good Mansion Wines: Shangri-La in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Have you ever heard of the place Shangri-La? Shan·gri-La [ˌSHaNGɡrēˈlä] DEFINITION a Tibetan utopia in James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon...
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COOKING CLASS WITH CAROL
We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. Cooking Class with Carol serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
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CarolOfMoon
- May 27, 2022
- 5 min
(In) Watermelon (Sugar) (High)
What's more synonymous with summertime than watermelon? As a kid it was a favorite with the neighborhood parents. Much like freeze pops,...
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CarolOfMoon
- May 22, 2022
- 9 min
While my (maccheroni alla) Chitarra Gently Weeps
Humor me, please...I'm a music fanatic. I promise a food blog is buried in here, somewhere! I wasn't even a twinkle in my father's eyes...
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CarolOfMoon
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
Hyeholde Restaurant: A Tesseract of Cuisine and Time
It pays to know people. In 1988, Holly Sinatra, then Holly Snyder a 16 year-old worked as a server at Hyeholde Restaurant under the...
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CarolOfMoon
- May 7, 2022
- 9 min
Lemon Meringue Tarts and Mothering: Layers of Work That Looks Easy
It's all about Eve. It's a complex debate. Whether you believe in evolutionism or creationism, it's still all about Eve. Mitochondrial...
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CarolOfMoon
- Apr 29, 2022
- 3 min
Living on The Wild Side
I was a "good kid" growing up. That's to say for the 70s/80s standard of "good"-- I followed the rules, listened to my parents and...
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CarolOfMoon
- Apr 22, 2022
- 5 min
The Tale of Two City Chickens
For as much as Yinzers hate Clevelanders down to the bone, we all come from similar backgrounds. And eat similar food. Pittsburgh and...
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CarolOfMoon
- Apr 7, 2022
- 6 min
Orzo: the other pasta
At first, they turned their noses to it. All my kids. It had too many colorful veggies, a green mixture and feta. "What in the world...
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CarolOfMoon
- Mar 31, 2022
- 6 min
You say Haluska; I say Haluski. No matter how you say it...mmm!!
My first recollection of Haluski or Haluska goes back decades. I'm probably about 5, messy pigtails uneven on my head, missing both...
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CarolOfMoon
- Mar 16, 2022
- 6 min
Kiss Me I’m… Polish!! An Interpretation of Irish Dinner for St Patrick’s Day.
Several years ago I did my DNA analysis with 23andMe. At the time it was one of the only companies doing comprehensive ancestry...
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Dr. Bonnie Gasior
- Mar 10, 2022
- 6 min
The Professor with a Passport--Tagine: The Quintessential Moroccan Dish Everyone Should be Making
¡Hola! I’m Dr. Bonnie Gasior. The Professor with a Passport series is inspired by my love of teaching, learning, travel, and food!...
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CarolOfMoon
- Mar 9, 2022
- 2 min
"The Professor with a Passport" Series
Dr. Bonnie Gasior is the third Carol of Moon's contributing writer. I asked her to share with us because well, quite simply, she's a bad...
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CarolOfMoon
- Mar 5, 2022
- 2 min
Black Gold: Composting
Blackburn Farm in Sewickley PA where I kept my horses used to call it Black Gold…it took about a year for it to become its name, but damn...
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Mark Singo
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
A Classic Dish That is a Vegan Delight: Ratatouille
Ratatouille (RAT-ə-TOO-ee) NO, not that dumb ass movie everyone loves…Ratatouille Niçoise, a classic French vegetable stew that’s very...
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Mark Singo
- Mar 1, 2022
- 8 min
Climbing the Ladder is No Easy Task
Please help me welcome my great friend, adopted cousin and cooking mentor, Mark Singo. Along with my cousin Cindy, Mark has taught me so...
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Paige Stoehr
- Feb 24, 2022
- 2 min
Doughnuts of the World Unite: Poland's Paczki!
Fat Tuesday: The day that we Christians shove our faces with food before we begin fasting for the season of Lent. This seems like a great...
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CarolOfMoon
- Feb 23, 2022
- 2 min
Welcome Paige!!
What does food mean to you? Do you eat to live, or live to eat? I guess most of us do both. What's a plate of spaghetti with a slice of...
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CarolOfMoon
- Feb 20, 2022
- 3 min
Whicka-Whicka: Pancakes From Scratch
You're probably wondering how the sound of a needle scratching (being dragged back and forth across a turntable) came to be used to...
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CarolOfMoon
- Feb 17, 2022
- 4 min
Chicken Parmesan: the ubiquitous mainstay in restaurants, pizzerias, and kitchens
(for the sake of this blog I will be interchanging chicken parmigiana with chicken parmesan and chicken parm. Please don't get upset...
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CarolOfMoon
- Feb 16, 2022
- 1 min
What’s in a name? Devils On Horseback
Devils on horseback are a hot appetizer or small savoury dish of dried fruit stuffed with such ingredients as cheese or nuts, wrapped in...
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