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07 Dec Gastronomic Meditations is now The Gilded Fork!

Posted at 09:11h in Kitchen Sink by Jennifer Iannolo

At long last, we have launched The Gilded Fork, resplendent with exclusive holiday gifts, recipes for holiday entertaining -- and a little ditty about the Night Before Christmas. There is so much to list that I encourage you to just get over there and see it for yourself. :)The Gilded...

25 Nov Out of the Mouths of Babes

Posted at 14:47h in Kitchen Sink by Jennifer Iannolo

After much feasting, revelry, and a few bottles of wine for the adults, my family settled into the afterglow of tryptophan.In an exquisite show of honesty, my three-year-old niece stood up from the kids' table and declared:"I ate too much!"The moment of hilarity caused many buttons to strain from the...

23 Nov Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted at 13:07h in Kitchen Sink by Jennifer Iannolo

As we all flee to our holiday destinations, I'd like to pause for a moment to recognize what I have come to see as the true and proper meaning of the Thanksgiving holiday: a feast held in celebration of the hard work we have put forth all year in the...

22 Nov Little Chefs

Posted at 09:55h in Kitchen Sink by Jennifer Iannolo

In case you were wondering what keeps me going back into the kitchen with my twin nephews, well, how could anyone resist these faces -- or chef toques?? (My last birthday gift. They get...

19 Nov Gourmet Garage No More

Posted at 15:14h in Kitchen Sink by Jennifer Iannolo

Last year The Sister and I were most distressed by having to host Thanksgiving dinner in her garage, as there was simply no room to spare with the growing inventory of stuff imposed by The Twins -- and a crowd of 15 dinner guests. (Which, by the way, is immediate...

19 Nov Looking Back

Posted at 15:03h in Kitchen Sink by 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...