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- One.
- Cheese Heals- Say Hello to Versatile Manchego Cheese
- It is not just a rolling pin
- What is a seacuterie board?
- Our bodies do not define us. Our heart and soul do.
- Once a Blue Devil…Always a Blue Devil
- Sixteen Months to the Day
- Stress Relief in Two Words- Hallmark Channel
- Sorry Chip, but you know I love an accent.
- 365 days…
- Biology Does Not Make You a Father
- Cheese Heals? This one sure does- Nettle Meadow.
- Blog- Beer vs. Cheese- What does heal the soul?
- Travels with Chip- Guess where we went?
- Cheese Heals- Wegmans Sweet 16 and Professor Brie Cave Cheese
- Cheese Heals Like you read about- Murray’s Pecorino Tartufello
- Why do people refer to Chip as my late husband?
- How do you heal what ails you?
- Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear
- Chip, thank you for making me a wife and mother.
- A thank you to Jack’s friends and the end of an era
- Dear Santa, Love Mom (2020)
- Finding peace and a little humor
- Husband Cookies aka Significant Other Cookies
- Cheese (may not) heal: Easy Cheese
- Sassy Bacon Jam
- Quarantine: Dawn of Day Four
- The perfect WFH summer salad
- Love is the answer, and it came on a spin bike.
- Blogging unplugged
- Today is National Cheese Day. Let’s talk about Burrata.
- National Eat What You Want Day.
- Uncle John’s Dunking Cookie
- How’s your heart and soul?
- A recipe for a successful quarantine.
- I’m Italian. What do you mean I can’t hug?
- A mother’s medical knowledge.
- What? No recipe?
- When 2 become 1.
- Drowning in a river of cheese.
- Subscribe to small changes for 2020
- A chain of events teaching life lessons.
- Fig and Fennel Vodka.
- Maple Pecan Bourbon Blondies
- Pumpkin Risotto with lobster, candied pecans, a smidgen of maple syrup and shaved Parmesan.
- A trip to the DMV…with my mother.
- Peaches and Pancetta Pesto Pizza
- Pesto with a twist
- Diluting the “brand.”
- Guest blogger: Triple Ginger Cookies a-la-Ray.
- A Letter to Coach Saban
- Spectacular Soft-Shell Crab.
- A note to my college graduate.
- Bacon Brownies: Friend or Foe?
- Summer is on the way- Time for Pickled Red Onions
- A challenge to all you yogi people out there.
- The magic of tomatoes- Sugo all’amatriciana.
- Chocolate Espresso Guinness Cake
- Looking for an easy Friday night appetizer? Endive.
- Why Italian mothers should referee hockey.
- Nothing says love like flourless chocolate cake!
- Diane’s Egg White Bites.
- Ode to Momma Jo
- Is it a day planner or a glimpse into something more?
- I am surviving the Fresh Start Challenge!
- “Mom?”
- It’s Friday (pizza) night, but time for an amendment to the menu.
- My New Year’s Wishes
- Dear Santa, Love Mom.
- Pancetta, Garlic, and White Bean Dip
- Pizza can be dangerous.
- From our table to yours…
- Ciao and Cheerio!
- If you are going to make an apple crisp…
- If you get hit by the Madison Avenue bus…
- To our 2 college kids who left us empty-nesters
- It’s corn season: Corn Salsa and Mexican Street Corn
- On the eve of Amelia’s 21st birthday
- It’s always a good time for homemade cookies!
- Countdown to Bama
- Small town livin’ at its best!
- Who doesn’t have an orange and some olives in the fridge?
- We don’t deserve dogs.
- Bamaly- is that even a word?
- Missed Call
- Last night I slept in my daughter’s room.
- Strangers at the door. Friends in the kitchen.
- I am failing out of PT
- Simple yet intriguing tostadas
- At peace….
- What is a Charcuterie?
- Kitchen tools: need or obsession?
- Alas poor Yorick*
- Mom moved in.
- Is it just a dress?
- Welcome to the new Pasta on the Floor!
- Category: Blog
- Travels with Chip- you guessed it- Wegman’s Cheese Department
- Wedding Band Finds a New Home
- I have to break up with Sam Sifton
- Travels with Chip- The Sugar Shack
- A New Way To Travel With Chip
- Chip….
- Grief is the price of love
- Everyone needs a squad. WWW.
- Low Fat Lobster Bisque
- Now I get it.
- Why everyone should want to be a Pug.
- Recipe for a pandemic work out with a mask
- Confessions of a quarantined and frustrated writer
- We are small
- Holiday Wishes.
- Do you Sous Vide?
- Making a new friend and reading poetry over bacon and eggs.
- Does time and distance improve your perspective?
- Nice Melons! Summer Melon Salad.
- My Take on Tuna Poke Bowls
- 29 Days, 6 hours, 33 minutes, and 30 seconds (and counting)
- Empty Nest Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- Jack, I am glad you are not a penguin.
- Recipe for a gym.
- A weekend with Skates.
- Holiday absolution.
- Pomegranate Molasses: Is there such a thing?
- Three Fine Gents
- Do you know what makes you happy?
- Empty Nest Chicken Rolls
- Countdown to Bama- 14 days
- Here’s how a mother’s mind works.
- Lemon Shrimp: How easy is this?
- Ode to Kate…
- It’s going to snow…
- Easy Shrimp Scampi for Amelia and the Roomies
- Cooking with Saffron- Saffron Cream Sauce Over Sole
- The shoes tell the story.
- Resolutions: friend or foe?
- 3,675 Miles
- To my fellow riders spinning on Christmas Eve
- Guest Blogger- Allison’s Fudge
- Guest Blogger-Michelle’s Apple Brownies
- Life in Black & White
- Guest Blogger- Moose Balls
- sheer perfection pumpkin muffins
- Things I tell my dog-how do you self-soothe?
- Are you worthy?
- It’s about time we talk turkey about chocolate.
- A Tale of Two Disciplines
- Guest blogger- Crustless Quiche
- Guest blogger- When the Fall colors come out, so do the Ginger Cookies
- I work out so I can….
- Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day.
- I held my mother’s hand today.
- Healthy Flourless Pumpkin Bread
- Pizza Crust in a Flash
- Polenta with Lobster & Mushroom Medley
- Grilled Scallops with Peach & Corn Salsa
- What’s your naked?
- Life lessons from my pug.
- Weekend at the Beach Brownies
- When the teacher becomes the student.
- Mother-in-law Tongues a la Puttanesca
- It’s just a car, right?
- This is not a dress rehearsal.
- Cauliflower “Burrito Bowl” for Dummies- a la Angela!
- Seared Smooth Dogfish with Cauliflower “Rice” Vegetable Medley
- Just try it….
- College living- I’d forgotten…
- The mental phases of spin.
- Seared Scallops over Treccia (pasta)
- It all starts with chicken.
- Is hindsight really 20/20?
- Chocolate Coconut Quick Bread
- They say bread is life, I say not without cheese!
- Random use cauliflower “bread”
- You gotta know the why.
- The baking struggle continues…
- Defending Your Life
- Grilled Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
- Empty Nest or New Nest?
- Guess what I learned today?
- Not by the hair….
- Laura’s Biscotti
- Fridays During Lent? No Meat!
- A Sicilian Message From My Pug
- The View from Inside
- Tequila Shrimp Pizza With Chorizo & Cilantro Pesto
- Bad news ladies
- breakfast for spinners
- Recipe for…
- In the waiting area…
- Sweet Potato Turkey Hash
- A Mom’s Life
- 35 Minutes with My Mother
- Utica Greens ala John
- My 2 week and 3 pound hiatus.
- Tipsy French Toast
- Another hotel story.
- Christmas Tree #12- on the road
- Christmas-a-holic or losing my marbles?
- Chocolate Dump-It Cake
- Ahh the sights, smells and sounds of NYC.
- A very special recipe.
- Easy Sauce (or what some call “gravy”)
- Campus Life (for you Pete)
- Pizza with Caramelized Onions, Pears, Chicken and Blue Cheese
- A different view from my treadmill
- “Our Germans”- Day 16
- How do you celebrate your birthday?
- Our Germans-Day 5.
- My chi is off. I need a clementine.
- The Jack Factor-Number 197.
- Zucchini “Ravioli”
- Panzanella with Burrata
- The Diet Saga Continues.
- The boyfriend’s first visit.
- Tartless Lobster and Corn Tart
- “AA”
- Guess What?!
- Ode to Paulette- You made me a baker!
- Ahh, beach time. Peace and Quiet?
- What was that?
- To err is human but will my body forgive?
- For The Last Time.
- That’s a Hard No!
- Oh. My. God. It’s only been 20 hours!
- Ahhhh, Prosecco!
- Italians are not meant to be alone
- What comes with living in the happiest place in New York State?
- The many faces of coffee.
- Empty your pockets please…
- What’s in your kitchen?
- Spinning is a privilege, NOT a right
- Life and Death…
- We fill gaps…
- Jersey drivers aren’t even close to Italian drivers.
- Betty
- We all have stuff.
- God’s best- a dog.
- Here’s to…..
- The 12 Spinning Days of Christmas
- A view from the corner in Starbucks
- It’s like watching planes take off and land
- Halloween: what are we, kids? YES we are!
- Do you know how to “OODA-loop”?
- Peace in the darkness
- Returned to it’s rightful owner
- Really Motivated or Really Crazy?
- 26 years and counting….
- Mascarpone Lobster Pizza
- Cycle “Porn”.
- I dropped off a girl and met a young woman.
- Summer Night Dinner: Lobster Napoleon
- We May Never Pass This Way Again
- My Freshman Daughter-She’s on her way!
- Cauliflower Sweet Potato Soup
- There is a terrible song within each of us.
- The number 18 on its own may appear insignificant…
- Conversations from the dock.
- Don’t wait till the funeral to bring the lasagna.
- Time. Period.
- What can you fit in a 36C?
- Hot & Spicy Monkey Pizza
- Mom to kids, “have you…?”
- Today I made my last PB sandwich for Amelia
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-June- make it fresh
- Ravioli with Asparagus, Truffle Oil and Egg
- Who is stroking your boat?
- Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong
- How do you talk to a friend that is dying?
- Clams Casino Pizza
- I am still, sadly, speechless.
- Hanging out with Lurch- Last Will and Testament
- Pizza with clams and olives
- Jury Duty: civic responsibility or major pain in the @#*?
- For once, I am speechless.
- Spin Bike 2- Karen 0
- Free to spin….if you can get a sneaker on
- I forgot my clothes
- “He died of a broken heart.”
- The view from my sofa…
- Is it possible to show the human side in modern medicine?
- What’s in your underwear drawer?
- This is better than the Hallmark Channel.
- Are you a baker or a cook?
- Old friends…new times.
- Life sends another message.
- Would you like to share my cheese?
- The view from my spin bike
- How would you like to be remembered?
- We had a thing, bike 97 and me….
- Why don’t we see ourselves….
- Please watch for cyclists
- Who is your Christian Grey?
- Facebook: Friend or Foe?
- Who are the people in your neighborhood?
- This week’s life lessons
- I’m trying to be a good sport, really I am.
- Where does inspiration come from?
- I lost my wallet.
- The view from my treadmill.
- Pappardelle with Salmon and Lobster in Mascarpone Thyme Sauce
- What is damage to an Audi worth?
- Now I know why they wear velcro sneakers and sweat pants
- Romance is in the genes
- Quiet and White….
- Wisdom Where You Least Expect It
- Christmas Lights = Christmas Fights
- Second Look Club
- Thank You Hallmark Channel
- Give Thanks….pass it on.
- Why the pained expression?
- Darn you, Criminal Minds
- There is nothing worse than….
- Gnocchi with Pumpkin Cream Sage Sauce
- Women all over the world may be sighing….
- Interesting day in the city.
- Kiss your parents
- Wanna hear weird?
- Really Chip? Yes, 24 years.
- Girls Nite Out
- Just feel the Zen of the boat…
- Just as good as the first time
- Zumba ladies don’t need much…
- It all comes out in the wash
- I am only back a week
- Relegated to the back seat
- I’ll take it where I can get it.
- It’s all in the placement of the clothespins
- What I know now that I didn’t know then
- It is not natural….
- Don’t Try – Just Do It
- Don’t cry for me Pitbull
- Just this side of crazy
- What makes YOU smile?
- Kidnapping is a strong word
- Ode to Diverticulitis
- Dirty Sue
- Warm Mushrooms on Toast with Goat Cheese
- scarola con ceci e salsiccia
- Bless me Father…..
- Gut Check.
- A cross on the side of the road
- What do I title this?
- Wow, I didn’t see it ending that way in my head…
- It’s Fat Tuesday
- early onset…..?
- What’s a tooth worth these days?
- I knew that look…
- A Sea of Orange
- I have no title today
- Ode to Zumba Ladies
- Spur of the moment….
- Today, it was about more than Zumba.
- It was so worth it….
- Wait, What?
- Tragic (electronic) deaths
- Shiny and New
- Ode to a Zumba Instructor
- Adjustment
- Apple and the Tree
- Today.
- Really Jack? (and Amelia too)
- I ate Perreca’s toast with butter
- Be a donor….please.
- I can’t sleep……
- Life Lesson #492
- Fall Perfection
- Axe is NOT Tide
- Old Friend….New Pizza
- Now I am 50
- Don’t Break Your Own Rules
- Week Four: I could be exotic if I wanted to.
- Week Three: Yup, I have been called many things, and exotic is not one of them.
- Close the deal Chip
- In the beginning…..
- Week Two: I am pretty sure I am NOT exotic
- Please Remember……
- I love that yellow box
- I have determined I am NOT exotic
- 1 Month to 50: WOW
- Seasons Change
- I have a confession to make
- It’s simple, you can put that together
- I am too old to be falling down
- “Do I speak a foreign language?”
- I love the 1980’s
- Thank a Teacher Today
- 2 Months to 50: Say Thank You
- Why is it better?
- I remember when I got that scar
- Is it in the eyes or in the tushie?
- Are these fish drinking the kool-aid?
- 3 months to 50: what the H-E-double hockey sticks?
- What do you do when you’re blue?
- Harvey Wallbanger Cake (The alcohol burns off, right?)
- I’m stuck…..
- Pasta Con Melanzane E Mascarpone and Pollo con Brie e asparagi
- Nice Coconuts
- The Boot: My caregiver duties are mounting
- This side of the swinging surgery doors
- “There’s nothing like a good Tabata in the morning”
- New York State of Mind
- 4 months to 50
- Romance is not dead….it’s just on hiatus.
- I Have Pecs!
- LAX, SUV’s and Fifty Shades
- Panic in the tube
- 5 months to 50
- Mario Puzo and My Grandmother
- God is not a LAX-er
- There are some gentlemen left
- “Oh Mary We Crown Thee…..”
- There’s Got To Be A Better Way
- Walk like an Egyptian
- Ode to the Barista.
- Spinning: what’s that all about?
- Can I just get out the door?
- This J-Lo business is tough
- Good Morning
- 6 months to 50: Get my J-Lo on.
- Happy Easter Food Fest
- A Slice of Heaven
- End the month with a Bang!
- Once a Month
- While I drive…….
- Walking along the double yellow line
- Really Chip?
- 7 months to 50: Did I find peace?
- Ask.
- I am tired of wearing the same size underwear
- They are hard-wired
- The best $7 I’ve spent in a long time
- “It’s not about you”
- Sweet Peace
- 8 Months to 50
- Catholic Basketball
- Do you speak Russian? I don’t.
- Is She Watching My Butt?
- It Doesn’t Fit Over the Cheese
- I am off the rails, already.
- 9 months to 50
- Ode to Zumba
- The Christmas 3.4
- It’s A Sign
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- That Quarter Costs $465.49
- 10 Months till 50
- Don’t Zumba and Drive
- The girls are good…my spirit needs a boost
- Spare a dime….or a quarter?
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Pick up the Pace
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week Five/UGH
- One Hundred Push-ups: Week Four/Day Two
- One Hundred Push-ups: wow, where am I?
- 12 Months to 50 (plus 100 Push-Ups)
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week Three/Day Two
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week Three/Day One
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week 2 day/Day 4 & 5!
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week Two/Day Three
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week Two/Day Two
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week Two/Day One
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week One/Day Five
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week One/Day Four
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week One/Day Three
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week One/Day Two
- One Hundred Push-Ups: Week One/Day One
- Women vs. Men (Life Stories)
- One Hundred Push-Ups
- 22 Years And Counting
- Back to School
- Inhale…..Do you smell that?
- Listen…Do you hear that?
- Degeneration
- OMG….I am my mother
- Food Heals
- Malocchio Part II
- Malocchio
- When I smell…
- what do you call?
- Shocker
- I hear Pitbull in my sleep.
- How much food……
- The Power of a Song
- The Times of Your LIfe
- and the hits keep coming…..
- You’re Messing Up My Chi
- What’s the Password?
- Yes, Plague and Locusts
- The Tamoxifen Blues
- Big Day for “The Girls”
- Menopause Stinks
- Happy Easter; we did it!
- Life is Funny
- I Smell Cut Grass
- Eat the Doughnut
- 140 Kids on a Bus to NYC
- Because That’s How We Roll
- Even the Fish
- What’s better than chocolate?
- Cocoa Krispies Biscotti, really?
- Acupuncture vs. Chocolate (Day 11)
- St. Patrick’s Day for an Italian Family?
- Day Eight: Deprivation and hallucination: Chocolate Pizza
- Day Five: Chocolate and Zumba, really?
- Day Two: Are Swedish Fish Brain Food?
- Fat Tuesday
- Lunch With The Girls Through The Ages
- What’s for dinner?
- The Jack Factor
- Were you painting?
- Betty, Sammy, Chuck
- The Birds and The Bees
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall……
- Peace
- O Christmas Tree…..
- Is a hula-hoop a lethal weapon?
- Goodbye to Dad
- Pilgrims and Zumba?
- Coffee, next to Garlic, is nectar of the Gods.
- Zumba is……
- The Cavalry is NOT coming
- My apron tells a story…..
- Park Avenue to Crack Alley
- Women are from Venus
- Time Flies
- Stick with your own kind……
- Imported or Domestic
- Mad Italian on the train.
- Category: Food and Cooking
- Gave up chocolate for Lent? Dessert? No problem!
- Wednesday’s Recipe for Saturday’s Dinner
- Category: Drinks
- Category: Breakfast
- Category: Lunches
- Category: Desserts
- Category: Dinner
- Category: Dinner Recipes
- Category: Appetizers
- Cheese Heals- Come Ash You Are
- Pasta with Shrimp in a Lemon and Ricotta Sauce
- Cheese Heals: Ricotta Cheese
- Cheese Heals: The French cheese Mimolette
- Cheese Heals: Drunken Goat- cheese soaked in wine!
- Black garlic? Oh yes, and it is amazing on pizza!
- Cheese Heals: Soothe your soul with Wegmans Cave Ripened 1916 Cheese
- Italian Style Cowboy Caviar.
- Ready? Set? Create!
- Bread. Say no more.
- pasta per pizza facile per i principianti
- Chip’s Unorthodox Jalapeno Poppers
- Sweet Potato “Nachos”
- Guest blogger- Caramel Apple Sangria
- Category: Multi Use Recipes
- Category: Wednesday's Recipe for Saturday's Dinner
- Category: From the Kitchen
- Category: Stories
- It’s Small Business Week
- Category: LAX
- Category: Quarantine
- Category: Fifty Shades
- Category: Exotic Dance
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Category: Diet 2016
- Category: Zumba Stories
- Category: 2015 New Year's Resolutions
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-December-Relax
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-November- Just Believe
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-October- self acceptance
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-September-It is What It Is.
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-August- Let it Be.
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-July- Simplify
- Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-May- refrain from commenting on my husband’s driving
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-April- “Sit up Straight!”
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions-March- Just Breathe.
- 2015 New Year’s Resolutions- February-Take it Slow
- It’s going to take me a year to fix this….
- Category: Turning 50
- Category: Culture
- Category: Being Me
- Thank you James Taylor
- Say goodbye to love.
- They have a personal trainer for that?
- Everything is temporary.
- To the German family who will soon have my son….
- 02:49.79
- Happy Birthday!
- Why do we bully each other?
- Table for One
- It’s only negative until you fix it
- Who is your person?
- I am so hot…
- and life is (almost) good once again…
- To sign or not to sign?
- Wine as a prescription…so I can’t give it up for Lent
- Who knew a baked brie could be that dangerous?
- Ironic or Just Plain Sad?
- That muscle is overworked, that joint is distressed…….
- Slight Wardrobe Malfunction
- Are you “New West-Worthy”?
- Where do I begin?
- Ba Humbug? Me?
- Am I OCD or just crazy?
- No coffee?
- OK, I admit it….
- I am about to go AWOL
- “Beauty Hurts”……
- Category: Being Italian
- Cheese Heals- Say hello to Taleggio
- Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes
- Five things to have on hand this holiday season
- Can’t we just tell each other the truth?
- Tomorrow is my birthday.
- Public Service Announcement- Get checked for skin cancer.
- Dear Jack,
- Limoncello a la Pasta on the Floor
- Boy, do I have a story!
- Love in the Kitchen
- Recipe for a college student’s mom
- It’s National Pasta Day!
- Macaroni tonight: Bucatini with Limoncello Sauce
- Mezza Morta
- Let’s talk broccoli rabe
- If only you could fix everything with a cake!
- What to cook?
- Easy Zabaglione
- Spinning Nonna
- Do you want to be in the Circle of Trust?
- A Sicilian Message…
- Diet Day 14: Shell of an Italian Woman
- She’s on her way.
- Text me a heart or a kiss…..
- “I don’t even know which pants I am going to wear today!”
- Happy St. Patrick’s Day…From an Italian.
- Duck and Truffle Risotto
- Part Two- Italian mother
- I am a good Italian Mother…
- 5 Quick Reasons I know I am Italian
- Where were you this morning when it was -10 degrees?
- Ginny (Guinea) Goodbye
- Let’s look at this in a different way…
- Did you hand mash these Mom?
- Step into a memory
- Like any good (Italian) wife
- Bow your head for Tessio
- Category: Chip
- Category: Kids!
- Category: Life Lessons
About Me
Hello and welcome.
I am often asked, “What is Pasta on the Floor?”
Pasta on the Floor is different for everyone. It is a recipe that tells a story and inspires them to try something new. For others, stories of family, joy, loss, and hope engage with them. This brings me a great deal of happiness. I do not take myself too seriously, so be forewarned the subject matter is open and truthful. In many ways, Pasta is a tale of life, and I think you will find familiarity and commonality as you scroll through these pages.
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