I am truly excited to have been accepted into the Cook Masters program here in Philadelphia!  Starting January 13th and over the next five weeks, and for seven classes I will be immersed in culinary education with some of the best chefs in this amazing food city. The program accepts ten people and this […]

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  • January 3, 2014 - 9:38 am

    deborah - Congratulations and felicitations! Great start to the new year!ReplyCancel

    • January 3, 2014 - 10:30 am

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Thanks, I am so excited.ReplyCancel

  • January 3, 2014 - 1:10 pm

    Rhonda - That is amazing! I’m so envious. Can’t wait for you to share all the new stuff you learn! I’m so excited for you! Have fun!

    Can I throw a few more exclamation points on here?!? 😀ReplyCancel

please click here:  Happy New Year! Here is what I know about 2014: Things will change Except some things which will remain the same I will get older I will tire of each season before it ends, and get very excited with the start of each new one I will keep writing and cooking I […]

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  I have always loved appetizers and hors d’oeuvres!  I love making them and eating them.  Today I’m sharing two recipes from long ago, and though both are old school, they’re classics.  Just in time for New Year’s Eve or Day, these two are festive, fairly simple and are sure-fire crowd pleasers. First is shrimp […]

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  • December 31, 2013 - 10:38 am

    Hoda - Looks yummy! What other cheese can be used, I am not crazy about goat cheese?ReplyCancel

    • December 31, 2013 - 10:48 am

      nrlowell@comcast.net - You can use any soft cheese,like ricotta or leave it out entirely, just add a bit more sour cream.ReplyCancel

They say everyone is beautiful, and in some way it is true. This is Madame X, painted by John Singer Sargent in 1864, it is one of my favorite paintings. I bought the print at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when I was in college, and have had it with me since then.  To me Madame […]

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  • December 9, 2014 - 7:34 am

    The Ugliness Project » Chefs Last Diet - […] matter if someone thinks I am beautiful because of or in spite of my physical appearance, they are equally real. Just as the great beauty you know who is unkind and unpleasant becomes […]ReplyCancel

  • November 27, 2016 - 7:19 am

    Life Moves Fast These Days » Chefs Last Diet - […] Everyone is Beautiful […]ReplyCancel

I don’t know the last time I fried up some bacon in a pan, splattering my kitchen with grease, standing over it, watching the bacon curl and twist… ugh, so much trouble.  It’s not that I don’t make bacon anymore, I just don’t make it in a pan.  My mom used one of those microwave […]

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  • December 27, 2013 - 12:50 pm

    Rhonda - My husband taught me this trick years ago and I thought he was a genius! So easy and efficient! Great tip, Nancy!ReplyCancel

    • December 28, 2013 - 9:36 am

      nrlowell@comcast.net - Well, clearly he is a genius!!ReplyCancel

  • November 29, 2015 - 10:02 am

    Sunday Bacon with You » Chefs Last Diet - […] for me to skip the bi-monthly bacon, though I do make a package from time to time. I’ll cook it all up, and wrap it and use it over a few weeks, but I only do this if I’m already using the oven […]ReplyCancel

  • September 20, 2016 - 7:43 am

    Top Ten Food Hacks » Chefs Last Diet - […] seen numerous bacon cooking hacks, but haven’t found one that is easier than my cook it on a sheet tray in the oven method.  And if you want really great bacon, don’t buy the cheap stuff and […]ReplyCancel

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