Category Archives: Holidays

If it’s Holiday Themed, it gets conveniently shoved in this category.

The Corn Dogs of Easter

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Michael Procopio

When everyone else was praying for the souls of the recently departed, I was praying for breakfast. Continue reading →

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I Got It from Tom: Absinthe Jellies

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Michael Procopio

It is thanks to Maria von Trapp, God, Tom Lehrer, and that bottle of absinthe collecting dust on my liquor shelf that I am able to bring you a recipe that is sure to please (and thoroughly sozzle) your loved ones, just in time for the Holidays. Continue reading →

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The Brandy Snifter of Blood.

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Michael Procopio

My eyes rolled into the back of my head in the same spot where my brother’s had while acting dramatic with the brandy snifter in his hand. The two major differences being that I was not acting and that the brandy snifter was not in my hand… Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation: A Love Cake

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Michael Procopio

It looked like a Dutch Baby abandoned on the doorstep of a French woman with no maternal instinct.
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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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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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Practically Imperfect in Every Way.

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Michael Procopio

I’ve had a difficult relationship with “perfect” ever since I witnessed a measuring tape belonging to Mary Poppins refer to her as practically so in every way. We have the same initials, Mary and I, so the self-imposed pressure to emulate her … Continue reading →

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Giving Proper Thanks

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Michael Procopio

I’m not much of a holiday person. While the essence of Christmas is a lovely thought, I can’t bear suffering through six to eight weeks of blinking lights and enforced good cheer. New Year’s Eve is nearly always disappointing, filled … Continue reading →

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Rosemary’s Baby Food

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Michael Procopio

The great 20th century poet/philosopher Pat Benatar once remarked that “hell is for children.” Jean-Paul Sartre, a lesser-known thinker from the same century, wrote that “hell is other people.” I would like to take these ideas to the next, logical … Continue reading →

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Manicotti, Dad-style.

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Michael Procopio

See this young fellow? It happens to be his eightieth birthday today. And before you crack wise about his Shirley Temple ringlets, I can assure you this is a male child. I know because he’s my father. Just look at … Continue reading →

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