Ma Famiglia
My Mom, Anna Maria
This latte too! 
A to Ziti
They say we always make the same 10 things over and over. Well, here are some fresh ideas for you and your family.
What's Cookin' Momma?
What do you plan to make this week? Here are some helpful ideas. Go to my "Recipes" tab for these easy to make meals for you and your family.
Love our LatteEver wonder just how long you can keep and actually use those spices in your cupboard? Well, I saw this and thought I would share this helpful information. It's from McCormick Spices and it definitely had me checking to see what I should be keeping and what to chuck.
Ground Spices 2-3 years
Whole Spices 3-4 years
Seasoning Blends 1-2 years
Herbs 1-3 years
Extracts 4 years
MOMMA is an acronym I came up with that stands for Memories Of My Mom, Anna. "Mangia" means eat! Momma Anna was a great cook and taught me a thing or two. Some of the same things she taught me, I find myself passing onto my own children.
I plan to share some very fond cooking memories I have growing up with an Italian mother who always cooked for us. We were a family of four...sometimes, with a dog.
What can you expect to find here? You'll find lots of talk of food, recipes, little blurbs (about food). memories of food, etc. What can I say? I'm Italian...we talk about food.
I too, have my own family of four now...including a dog! Brett, my husband, Madi my daughter of 12, Ben my son of 10, and our beloved Latte. Lattes is a Yellow Labrador Retriever whose name means "Milk" in Italian. Yes, there's a story about that too.
So bear with me while I begin this venture and Mangia!
Rita
