Posts categorized as Holiday

We’ll be at the market this Dec. 8th doing a bit of Christmas shopping. Drinks and Brunch (see below for menu) served in the tap room and the market is in the hall. Let’s shop local Ridgewood! Hope to see you there! – Sunday, December 8th 2013 – Sunday, December 15th 2013 – 11 AM to 5 PM! – Handmade, Artisan, and Vintage Gifts! – Food, Pastries, Brunch, Alcohol and more!!! Gottscheer Hall!! - 657 Fairview Ave Ridgewood, NY 11385  MENU In addition to standard bar menu, Gottscheer Hall will be offering […]

Fiver and I are true kindred spirits– we both love seasonal decorations! Yes, this is happening… submit your cute cat pic to cutecatpic[at]theglorifiedtomato.com. What’s the best way to insure your cute cat will make the cut? Pictures of your kitty in the kitchen, eating or playing with food are preferred!

Fiver and I are true kindred spirits– we both love seasonal decorations! Yes, this is happening… submit your cute cat pic to cutecatpic[at]theglorifiedtomato.com. What’s the best way to insure your cute cat will make the cut? Pictures of your kitty in the kitchen, eating or playing with food are preferred!

My sister made this amazing collage of my mother placidly watching over the food at our wedding, 4 years ago today. It’s surreal and awesome!

We just returned from a much needed nature vacation in the Lake George area. To get a taste of how wonderful the Adirondacks are, check out two of our GL posts from last summer: Vintage Food Signage, Fishing and the below Tomato Vine highlights! Our cabin on the North East part of the lake near Ticonderoga. Putnam Pond Corn Eating Mother Gaia DJ DJ Barbecue

I am sure there are families that can remember birthday celebrations in a fancy catering halls, restaurants or perhaps even a Knights of Columbus venue. But our family, in the true Brooklyn Italian tradition, had our momentous parties in the garage. My grandparent`s house was on a corner of a quiet side street in Bensonhurst. While the house was large, and the basement served us well in the cold months, summer and spring parties went right to the garage. I remember that cars never went there; we parked on the […]

Cousin Chrissy’s BBQ was a smash!

I like to “church-hop”. There are so many beautiful churches in Ridgewood  (St. Brigid,  St Matthias, St Aloysius) that I can’t help but visit them all. But on Palm Sunday I always go to St. Brigid’s, because after mass, the street is packed with parishioners buying and selling palms, chatting with Monsignor Kelly and eating food from the carts that set up on Linden and St. Nicholas. I asked this Palm maker how long it takes to create her arrangements. She said for the larger ones, about 20 minutes. All the palm arrangements […]

Everyone was raving about these southwestern turkey meatballs with cream sauce I made for Maureen’s Rockaway St. Paddy’s Day Party. I had several requests to post the recipe. I found it on skinnytaste.com. The name of the site implies this is a low-fat recipe and it is (!!) but for the party instead of baking the meatballs, I fried those suckers! Since then, I’ve made more creamy cilantro dipping sauce and used it on chicken cutlets. Total win – my Husband and JUMBO devoured  8 cutlets in one sitting. The […]