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Category Archives: Cooking

It is always all about the cheesecake

Darlings, Note before you start — this recipe makes 3 nine inch round cheesecakes.
Cheesecake freezes beautifully.
What? You haven’t seen cheesecakes in the frozen foods section?  Of course you have.
Did you know that in the United States, July 30 is (the unofficial) National Cheesecake Day?
The Fab wonders at us, we are now declaring unofficial national holidays [...]

Fabiola’s Famous Beef Stew …

Well, Darlings, famous if you lived in the Fab’s family growing up.  Famous in a bad way actually, because (Mary) who could have chosen any meal for her birthday dinner (a family tradition) chose Beef Stew instead of Harris Pizza which everyone else invariably chose, except for one of the Fab’s sisters, who picked lasagna, [...]

The Fab’s Thanksgiving Nagging – Turkey

It is four days before Thanksgiving. Have you bought your turkey yet? You should have, if you haven’t, go shopping soon (today). If you wait, all the good ones* will be gone.
* By good ones Fabiola means the BIG frozen turkeys. You get more value for your money with the bigger turkeys (meat to bone [...]

If Grandma isn’t around … Talking Turkey

If Grandma isn’t around to ask, or you would rather paint your behind blue and walk nekkid down main street before you would admit to her that you JUST WERE NOT LISTENING the two dozen times she told you how she cooked a holiday dinner. Was it just two dozen? Doubt it.
Anyway, if Grandma isn’t [...]