Author: LeAnne Notabartolo

Holiday Gift Guide – 2020 The COVID Edition

The Holiday Season is going to be very different this year. Thinking of having a Holiday open house? Fuggetaboutit. Holiday office party? Nixed. Traveling to be with family? Do it at your own peril. I am expecting the remainder of 2020 to be more of the same. Because many people are staying home as much…

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Food in the COVID Times

Why do we go out to eat? We have food at home! I know how to cook. If the size of my ass is any indication, I am pretty good at. So why do we go out to eat? I’ll tell you… I Can Do Anything for 30 Days! When this pandemic and self-quarantine situation…

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Quarantine Kitchen – THIS is a First

I blame my sister Nancy. It’s all her fault. For years she has been calling me and saying things like the following: I am trying to make __________. I don’t have ____. What’s a good substitute?What do I NEED to know before I attempt making ______?Why isn’t my ________ ______ing?I have <ingredient X> in the…

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The Best of 2019

2019 was decidedly NOT a year of eating dangerously or experimentally… Toward the end of 2018, I went to the doctor to arrange for my knee replacement (Jan 2019) and she said to me, “Quit smoking. Quit drinking and lose 30 pounds.” I looked at her said, “SURELY not all at the same time!” I…

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Lessons From My Mother

Moms always have sage bits of advice. These are some of the one liners Mom taught me.