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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
Apr 29, 20223 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20222 min read
"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, 20222 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20228 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20221 min read
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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CarolOfMoon
Feb 12, 20224 min read
Beet It! Roasted Beet Salad
Only once in my life I was in fear that this was it…the end. I was certain it was internal bleeding. You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm...
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CarolOfMoon
Jan 27, 20226 min read
Holy Guacamole: (Avocado) The GOAT of produce for Aztecs and Americans alike.
I'm convinced that if my high school Spanish teacher, Señora Lucas included a lesson of Aztec cuisine in her teachings I would've paid...
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CarolOfMoon
Jan 14, 20227 min read
Beef Shanks: Shins and Grins
When I read articles about past generations, or cookbooks with history lessons embedded in them, which I often do, I am always fascinated...
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CarolOfMoon
Jan 3, 20223 min read
Easing into 2022...."smoothie-ly"
Perhaps posting this at the stroke of midnight as we rang out 2021 and auld lang syned in 2022 would have been more appropriate timing....
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CarolOfMoon
Dec 31, 20214 min read
What could be better than Midnight Pasta on New Year's Eve?
It's almost too easy. Seems a tad cliche; well, that's because it is! I contemplated waiting to post the Midnight Pasta recipe for the...
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