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Charleston Treasures

Soul Families & The Family Table This content was originally posted at the following link: http://www.charlestontreasures.net/2015/11/soul-families-family-table.html Have you given much thought to “soul families”? For some, this may be a strange concept especially for those who do not believe in reincarnation. However, I have been giving this concept a great deal of thought today. I believe […]

The Wall Street Journal

Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner? By Lisa Caponigri Sterling Epicure, 322 pages, $24.95 At Table, With Family by ARAM BAKSHIAN JR. Original text from The Wall Street Journal online. The title of Lisa Caponigri’s delightful guide to Italian family dining takes the form of a question, one that many Americans with no Italian blood but with […]

Kirkus Book Review

Caponigri shares her family’s tradition of Sunday dinners. A good cookbook to gather a hungry crowd and leave them happily satiated.

The Washington Post

Veal Polpetti With Green Sauce by Deb Lindsey Original post can be found at The Washington Post online. A strong dose of red wine vinegar balances the peppery parsley and the salty capers and anchovy in the salsa verde. In the polpetti, veal is a tender base for the cheese and prosciutto to bring big […]

Oprah

Full article can be found @ Oprah online. Though this appetizer is best in summer when tomatoes and basil are at their peak, you can make it any time of year. Be sure to use cherry and not grape tomatoes, though, otherwise they won’t stand upright and the filling will spill out. Serves 8 to […]

The London Free Press

Italian cookbook reinvigorates Sunday dinner by Elizabeth Baird, Special to QMI Agency Original post can be found @ The London Free Press online. Whatever happened to Sunday dinner? Well you may ask, whatever happened to families getting together to share their stories, camaraderie, support, love — and their favourite family dishes? American-born Lisa Caponigri wondered […]

The Jerusalem Post

Passion for pasta By FAYE LEVY Entire post can be found @ The Jerusalem Post online. In classic Italian menus, pasta has a place of honor as a separate course. At the family dinners of Lisa Caponigri, author of Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner?, meals were served in the Italian tradition: “an antipasto (usually a […]

Tampa Bay Times

Weekday dinner inspiration: Marinated Flank Steak and more By Janet K. Keeler, Times Food and Travel Editor Entire article can be found @ The Tampa Bay Times online. You’ll love this flavorful Marinated Flank Steak (recipe below) which can be broiled or grilled and serves enough for a party. Sauteed onion slices, quartered red potatoes with butter […]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Taste Buds By Mary-Liz Shaw of the Journal Sentinel Full article can be found @ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Intended as a guide to fixing multicourse, but relatively simple, Sunday dinners, this book also would be suitable as a go-to manual for any casual dinner party. Menus and recipes are designed to feed eight to 10 people with hearty […]

Metro Toronto

Lisa shares one of her recipes with the Canadian Press.

Montreal Gazette

Six O’Clock Solution: Hunter’s Chicken BY JULIAN ARMSTRONG, SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE Original article can be found @ The Montreal Gazette online. A family dinner is a fine time for easygoing Italian food, such as this recipe from the new cookbook Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner? by Lisa Caponigri (Sterling Epicure/Canadian Manda Group, $29.95). The […]

The Hamilton Spectator

Original article can be found @ TheSpec.com The family that cooks and eats together can create memories that will last a lifetime, says the author of a new cookbook. Lisa Caponigri has fond memories of wonderful Sunday dinners starting in her childhood.

Easy for Kids to Help With

Original article can be found @ TheSpec.com Delicious spring menu features fresh ingredients, easy for kids to help with. In Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner?, Lisa Caponigri has created 52 menus, one for every week of the year. They stem from years of cooking with her family each Sunday starting in her childhood.

TheHungryWife.com

Full article @ TheHungryWife.com Pasta with Pesto is a super flavorful dish, that is an excellent way to welcome the spring. Using fresh ingredients makes this pasta shine. The combination of pasta, potatoes, and pesto may seem like it wouldn’t work, but it does, creating a hearty dish pungent with the flavor of basil.

Cynthia-David.com

Excerpt from review originally posted on March 26, 2012… Caponigri, a second generation Italian-American, celebrates her grandmother’s cooking in this 250-recipe collection. Her Sicilian nonna would be proud. The recipes are well-written and inspire confidence that you, too, can bake a whole fish and whip up an espresso-hazelnut chocolate cake for dessert.