GMS Kitchen Facelift!

It’s been a light cooking couple of weeks for GMS because our main kitchen has been undergoing a major renovation! It all started when I noticed moisture in our Tupperware cabinet (which everyone has, right? Two shelves completely dedicated to …

The Fishes of the Season!

Merry Christmas, everyone! For Christmas Eve dinner in my family, we celebrate with a Feast of Seven Fishes, as the Italians of Southern Italy. This year, we had squid, crab, lobster, scallops, shrimp, mussels, and clams. We steam the clams …

Home for the Holidays 3: Poppy's Candy

Enjoy this guest post from Poppy… The secret to a good almond candy is roasting the almonds ’til they’re burnt. Bitter almonds + bittersweet chocolate seems to be a good combination. Cool the almonds before adding to the tempered chocolate! …

Home for the Holidays 2: Steak Dinner

While those mushrooms were going, there were potatoes in the oven, rolls rising, green beans boiling, and most importantly, steaks to prepare. These need some salt, pepper, oregano, and maybe a little A1 sauce. There… That’s better… Grill just a …

Home for the Holidays 1: GOOD Mushrooms

Sorella Cipolla here reporting from her hometown, Knoxville, TN, with lots of good cooking stories to share. Friday night we made a SCRUMPTIOUS steak dinner for my sister’s birthday and you know what that means….sauteed burgundy mushrooms. One of my …