Author: Jennifer Iannolo

Invariably, when the end of the year rolls around, I tend to look over the past year and take stock of all that's transpired. I was perusing my first Gastronomic Meditations blog, and chuckled at my initial experiments with blogging, trying to find a niche in the food world, and...

The Thanksgiving preparations have begun in my kitchen.My nephews and I spent the morning making the dinner rolls for the family feast (wheat and rye rolls), and there is nothing so hilarious as watching a four-year-old trying to knead a heavy piece of wheat dough.They are in the oven now...

Well, we are a week away from the tryptophan coma, so Chef Donna has been scouring, like me, through our past issues for inspiration. She has some great ideas that can actually work throughout the holiday season, so if you, too, need some inspiration, take a peek at her Notes...

Well, it's time for a tailgate celebration -- my godson Nicholas's football team has just made it into the Super Bowl. :) Congratulations Nick!Yes, children now have a Super Bowl of their own, it seems, and this one will be played in Michie Stadium, the famed venue for the U.S.M.A....

I am very late in doing this, so I am due 50 lashes with some kind of noodle, but I wanted to send out a hearty congratulations to the team at Leite's Culinaria for their huge win at the 2005 World Food Media Awards.In a collection of nominees including Gastronomic...