{ Pearls & Pasta } — unrecipe

My daughter has been on a full-on French Onion Soup kick lately—and she’s not messing around. She’s taste-tested her way through restaurants including two local favorites: BierHaul Farm House (Thornton) and White Dog Café (Glen Mills). After very serious consideration, we have a winner: BierHaul. Not long after, I received a magazine from another local gem, Realtor Fran Day, and wouldn’t you know it—inside was a recipe for French Onion Soup. Irony? Fate? Either way, it felt like a sign. Of course, I had to make it. True to form, I can rarely leave a recipe alone. I adapted it to...

Pearls & Pasta — A Story & Recipe This rich, custardy Italian-American crab pie — made with a sour cream crust and served as part of a traditional Christmas Eve Seven Fishes dinner — is the recipe I searched for years to find again. I once made a crab pie so good my sister-in-law ran back for seconds before anyone else could get firsts. Then I lost the recipe. Years later, I found it again — not in a cookbook, but in memory. Some dishes aren’t just food. They’re moments you refuse to forget. 💜 There are recipes you make...

This is a recipe that sets my family and friends mouths to water I call it an 'un-recipe' because I grew up with my Nona & Mom creating and cooking with whatever we had in our pantry or garden. Hands down this is my most anticipated dish and it disappears at any size family gathering! I've put this to paper the best I could.  Pasta Fagioli ‘Fazool’ as we called it Feeds approx. 6 / Double this recipe for a big crowd Takes approx. 20 minutes to make What You'll Need You can modify this to what's in your pantry! XV Olive...