Monthly Archives: January 2012

Turner & Hooch

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Michael Procopio

If I had to think about Turner and Hooch, it was going to be on my terms. And my terms generally involve cocktails. Continue reading →

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Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen…

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Michael Procopio

What mattered, I suppose, was that a throng of teenaged girls loved it. Well, they loved the cake pops certainly. They ate what was underneath when there were no more of them to devour. What (seemingly) took forever to produce was gone in no time.

Just like my goddaughter’s little girlhood. Continue reading →

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(Not) My Grandmother’s Panna Cotta

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michael Procopio

the only desserts my grandmother ever made herself were the uninspired, quivering kind: raspberry Jell-O, Royal brand chocolate pudding, and the most boring of all, panna cotta. Or panna cot’ as she liked to call it. Continue reading →

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Happy New Year, Happy Old Year.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Michael Procopio

My first act of the New Year– make that my third act of the New Year after flushing the Old Year down the toilet and washing my hands with soap and hot water–  was to bake a loaf of bread. … Continue reading →

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