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The Joy of Cooking’s Peach Cake Cockaigne Surprised Me (in a very good way)

So I have 25 pounds of peaches.

Jun 30, 2021

The Joy of Cooking’s Peach Cake Cockaigne Surprised Me (in a very good way)

Jun 30, 2021

How to Take a Social Media Break when Social Media is Your Job

Ever been overwhelmed by the rate at which you consume information? Ever been haunted by the unrealistic expectations set by careful…

Jan 12, 2021

Jan 12, 2021

The Really Very Old Pumpkin Cookie Recipe

When I asked my mom to send me her pumpkin cookie recipe she sent me a recipe card with my own handwriting on it. I likely copied this out…

Nov 23, 2020

The Really Very Old Pumpkin Cookie Recipe

Nov 23, 2020

This Kabocha, Date, Nut Bread Kept Me Occupied While Social Distancing

Cut it out. Yes, I’m talking to you, regular person who feels the need to criticize anyone baking during this time. It’s a great time to…

Apr 20, 2020

This Kabocha, Date, Nut Bread Kept Me Occupied While Social Distancing

Apr 20, 2020

Tangy and Bright Marinated Beans

You may be like me right now: using pent-up anxious energy to haul your Dutch oven to the stove at 8 a.m. to prepare a big pot of beans. I…

Mar 25, 2020

Tangy and Bright Marinated Beans

Mar 25, 2020

I Finally Tried ThredUp and Here’s What I Think

So I’m not the official authority on thrifted clothing but I know a thing or two about the whole process. I’ve been trying to make the…

Feb 25, 2020

I Finally Tried ThredUp and Here’s What I Think

Feb 25, 2020

Prove Your Love: Make This Lasagna for Someone Special

What’s the most romantic food? Mass produced strawberries dipped in chocolate arranged like the finest rose bouquet? Spaghetti and…

Feb 17, 2020

Prove Your Love: Make This Lasagna for Someone Special

Feb 17, 2020

These Anisette Cookies and a Pot of Coffee are a Match Made in Heaven

Everyone is getting engaged and married and truly I feel sorry. Because no one will have a stronger, more solid union than my great…

Jan 21, 2020

These Anisette Cookies and a Pot of Coffee are a Match Made in Heaven

Jan 21, 2020

Garlic and Ginger Hot Sauce

I used to go to a Zumba class and we would dance to a song with lyrics “you got da sauce, you got da sauce,” and I’d be like yeah I DO got…

Jan 14, 2020

Garlic and Ginger Hot Sauce

Jan 14, 2020

The Mysterious Meat Sauce

Bestowed unto me, a box of hand-written recipes from my great grandma’s house. Among them are time-stained index cards with recipes…

Dec 23, 2019

The Mysterious Meat Sauce

Dec 23, 2019

Challenges and Joys of Vegan Cheese

I’m not vegan, but I understand and participate in the shift towards a more plant-based diet . Enter the meat substitutes and dairy…

Nov 25, 2019

Challenges and Joys of Vegan Cheese

Nov 25, 2019

In Praise of the People I’ve Met While Out, About and Alone

Don’t listen to anyone that says “don’t talk to strangers.” I mean, use your best judgment and obviously don’t talk to people that make…

Nov 18, 2019

In Praise of the People I’ve Met While Out, About and Alone

Nov 18, 2019

My Mindful Exercise: 30 Days of Thanksgiving

Around 4 years ago I was spending too much time working and not enough time taking care of myself. Weeks of antibiotics took a toll on my…

Nov 4, 2019

My Mindful Exercise: 30 Days of Thanksgiving

Nov 4, 2019

My Non-Recipe Recipe for Tomato Sauce

Every Italian person can make a red sauce based on pure instinct. Period. It doesn’t mean it’s the perfect sauce for everyone but damn…

Oct 29, 2019

My Non-Recipe Recipe for Tomato Sauce

Oct 29, 2019

Roasted Delicata Squash Grain Salad

Once upon a time there was a sophomore in college who finally had a kitchen and wanted to do nothing but cook all day. She spent the last…

Oct 22, 2019

Roasted Delicata Squash Grain Salad

Oct 22, 2019

Wipe Off the Dust and Drink the Old Amaro

Infatuated with the bittersweet, syrupy allure of the Aperol spritz, Americans have rediscovered a taste for aperitivo and digestivo…

Oct 14, 2019

Wipe Off the Dust and Drink the Old Amaro

Oct 14, 2019

Thrifting Threes: Clothing I Look For

I love thrift stores: the pre-loved clothing crowded on racks rich with past lives and probably dust, mismatched flatware and…

Sep 24, 2019

Thrifting Threes: Clothing I Look For

Sep 24, 2019

We can’t storm Area 51 anymore so I stormed Area 2

I hate it when someone tells me something is overrated after I express interest in going. Let me find that out for myself. Or not. I felt…

Sep 17, 2019

Sep 17, 2019

Blistered Shishitos with Tangy Yogurt Sauce

Do you ever pull a recipe completely out of your as*? I did. I didn’t even actually make this before suggesting it to my mom to serve at a…

Sep 5, 2019

Blistered Shishitos with Tangy Yogurt Sauce

Sep 5, 2019

Get Into Breakfast Salad

I unintentionally fell in love with breakfast salad while I stubbornly ate a leftover lunch that I refused to throw away. It was an arugula…

Aug 16, 2019

Aug 16, 2019

Marcella Micillo

Marcella Micillo

A vintage girl in a digital world. Translating family recipes. Home cooking. Find more work at www.picturemarcella.com

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