By Jodee Weiland My close friend, Ann, was visiting me, and we decided we should make a smoothie. As usual when two friends get together and decide to do anything creative, we found ourselves laughing and taste testing as we created this delicious smoothie. No one could say we didn’t put effort or thought into
By Jodee Weiland Growing up in an Italian family, the idea of having olive oil, garlic, and pasta was a natural. My father and mother always liked hot peppers, so they always added crushed red pepper to theirs. This dish, linguine with olive oil, was referred to as pasta with Aglio E Olio sauce in
By Jodee Weiland Being Italian and loving Italian food makes me want to know how to cook all types of Italian dishes, not just the ones I grew up eating in our family home. We did have a wide variety of family recipes for everyday meals, as well as holidays and special occasions, but there
