CF & FOOD / What to Bring to Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving nears, I am feeling nostalgic for so many wonderful Thanksgivings past. Growing up in Virginia, Thanksgiving was marked with a stunning landscape of colorful leaves, crisp air, cozy sweaters and a beautifully decorated dining room underneath my mother’s sentimental Austrian crystal chandelier. This is important because the traditions came with the ritualistic tasks […]

CF & FOOD / the ultimate pizza wine

Summertime brings me the best memories of chewy, bubbly, Neapolitan pizza – especially when reminiscing about my travels to Italy to visit parts of the Campania where my maternal great-grandparents were born and raised. While pizza is delicious anytime of year – there’s something about an outdoor pizza oven baking a fresh pie in the […]