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Butternut Squash Risotto

Recipes

I’m newly obsessed with butternut squash.  For most of my life, I never really ate it.  And then I was introduced to the most amazing pizza at our favorite restaurant in Hoboken that has butternut squash, truffle, and fontina.  Sounds weird, but I think that’s what started my butternut squash kick and now I’m playing around with some new recipes,…
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Some Fun for the Foodies

FYI· Wine

Remember Mad Libs?  I had so many of those books, putting in random nouns and adjectives that never made sense when the story was over. A friend sent me a grown-up version for us foodies, as featured in Food & Wine magazine. (Thanks Katie!) I think it’s more fun to not peek, so I’m listing the words you have to…
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Review: Circolo

Restaurants & Bars

Last weekend, Tom and I went into the city to meet with a travel agent and explore our options for our Italy trip in September.  Our Labor Day getaway is my new project (yes, I love to plan) and I’m balancing a half DIY, half guided tour for me (who has been to Italy twice – yes, I’m spoiled) and…
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Better-for-you Banana Bread

Recipes

Happy Wednesday! I’m still doing some maintenance but I’m hoping you won’t notice a thing.  Hopefully by the end of the week I will be migrated to the more flexible WordPress.org. Anyway, this is my final muffin post… for now. My sister tipped me off to a better-for-you new twist in our banana bread recipe.  I won’t call it “healthy”…
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J’ai La Vie is Getting an Update

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Well, kind of. I’m in the process of switching over to WordPress.org and will be undergoing maintenance for the next day or so! The site may be down for very short periods of time as we undergo the transition. Hang in there with me, everything will be up and running shortly and you won’t even notice a difference!