Author: Sista Felicia
Live From Chamber Small Businesses Man of Year Ceremony
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Live From The Studio Resturant Chamber Event
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Live From Captain Carlos
Madhouse Just took the stage! Official kick off to Summer 2015! Does’nt get better than this!
Newly remodeled outdoor bar looks great !Toasty warm with outdoor heaters!
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Are You Looking for a Quick and Easy to Prepare Recipe for Your Holiday Weekend Barbecue?
Watermelon and Baby Arugula Salad
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Thank You Aunt Joyce Curcuru
Yesterday I received a gift that I will forever cherish from my Aunt Joyce LoLo Curcuru ! Aunt Joyce I’m so touch by your thoughtfulness. The rosary beads handmade made by your aunt Jeannie that you gifted to me yesterday are absolutely beautiful. When I opened the box I was speechless. All 20 sets are gorgeous! Your Aunt Jennie Mooney truly has hands of gold! From the bottom of my heart I thank you both💕🙏💕 Please know they have been added to our family altar and will be put to good use each night of our rosary for many years to come!
Aunt Joyce you really pay close attention to detail…realizing our need for additional rosary beads this year! Each year our crowd grows and these beautiful sets of beads have been already added to my small collection of extra rosary beads draped on the Infant Of Prague Statue for family & friends to use during our prayer services🙏 during the Feast of St. Joseph. I look forward to leading our rosary with your beautiful gift next year!
I absolutely love the matching pearl sets you sent for my mother & I💕. You & your Aunt Jennie will be in my heart💗 each night I lead the rosary!
Thank You
XOXO
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Green Waves Rolling In On The Backshore!
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Lobster Mac & Cheese Panini
This weekend is “The Studio Resturant’s Grand Opening Weekend for the 2015 season! The Studio is offering half off their menu excluding sushi! Last night we kicked off for dinner with an appetizer of Fried Pickles served with spicy dipping sauce! Our beautifully plated dinners of Lobster Mac & Cheese were delivered to the table with fantastic service! Our meal of Lobster Mac & Cheese, Twin Lobster Rolls, Southwestern Burger and fries, Bacon Pizza, were all cooked to prefection! The desert menu was impressive and oustandly delicious, and all made in house! The Key Lime Pie & Chocolate flourless Cake were both Fabulous!
Today for lunch daughter Amanda and I decided to make a Lobster Mac & Cheese Panini using leftovers from last nights meal…. AMAZING!!!!! 
I think owner Dennis & manager Peter should concider adding it to this years menu! What do you think?
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Beautiful Bird Having Breakfast In Sista’s Herb Garden
Anyone know what type of bird this is?
Apparently it prefers Worms & Fresh Chive for Breakfast!
This bird has been stopping by to feed for the past week!
Joey edits:
from www.allaboutbirds.com
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea ORDER: PELECANIFORMES FAMILY: ARDEIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
- Similar Species
- Related Species
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A nocturnal heron of the southern swamps and coasts, the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron can also be found breeding along wooded streams northward to Indiana and Illinois.
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Gail McCarthy’s Wearable Art Show News Article Hits Newsstands Today!
Sista Felicia’s “Gifts Of Gold” 10 lb Pasta Dress modeled by her daughter Amanda Mohan in the 2013 SeArts Wearable Fashion Show makes it onto the pages of The Salem Evening News!
Dress designed and handmade by Sista Felicia
Hair & Makeup by Sista Felicia
Today’s Gloucester Daily Times issue also highlights Sista’s “Gifts Of Gold” along with 4 wearable art creations made by Gloucester residents. Two created by Sage Floral Studio, made from fresh flowers, one Crafted with green soda cans by Donna Caseldon and one sailcloth Lobster Dress submitted by Daphane Papp, both from Annisquam!
Looking forward to this years SeArts Wearable Fashion Show. The 2015 Sista Felicia Wearable Art Dress is currently in the making.
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Happy Birthday Ma!
Wishing our mother Pat a Happy Birthday!
We love you to the moon and back!
Thank you for all you do
XOX
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Banana Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Filling & Nutella Buttercream Frosting
Banana Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Filling & Nutella Buttercream Frosting
A small container of Coconut Cream Filling used in a cake inspired me to create this Cupcake for dessert a few days after Easter, during my quest to create new recipes using leftovers and ingredients from our Easter Feast…I have to say…They the Banana Cupcakes are OUTSTANDING!!!!
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Live From East Gloucester Schools First Preformance Of Robin Hood
Photos submitted by Andi Butler
Tickets are still avaible for the Thursdsy & Friday preformances @ 7 pm & Saturday 2pm
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Buona Pasqua!
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Sista’s Grilled Lamb Chops with Creamy Dill Cucumber Dipping Sauce (Joey Says This May Be The Tastiest Thing He’s Ever Eaten)
Are you still looking for recipe ideas for your Easter Feast? Look no further…Trust me on this one!
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I just placed my order for lamb chops with the meat department manager at the Gloucester Crossings Market Basket…he highly recommends calling your Lamb Chop order in early today. Market Basket Lamb Chops $19.99 lb.,Danvers Butchery $24.99, and BJ Wholesale Club $16.99 Yes they are expensive but so worth it …
Grilled Lamb Chops with Creamy Dill Cucumber Dipping Sauce
This recipe was created several years ago, on a whim, using ingredients I had on hand in my pantry. The combination of flavors from the herbed marinated grilled chops are perfectly balanced with the Creamy Dill Cucumber Dipping Sauce. To say they are incredibly tasty is a huge understatement! These Grilled Lamb Chops have become the highlight of our Easter meal. I guarantee that they will disappear from the serving platter in minutes, and strongly recommend setting some aside for yourself if your the one cooking Easter Dinner!
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Filling Easter Baskets with Mariposa at Harbor Loop Gifts!
Spring has Sprung in Sista’s Mariposa!
I decided to shop “Harbor Loop Gifts,” located at the Building Center on Harbor Loop here in Gloucester for useful items to fill a nontraditional Easter Basket filled with my beloved Mariposa tableware! Harbor Loop Gifts has a wonderful assortment of collectable pieces from the Local “Mariposa” company’s product line, and is my go to store to purchase gifts of Mariposa for friends and family throughout the year! One of the great things about gifting Mariposa aside from the fact it always makes a perfect gift for any occasion, is that it’s sold at many different price points. I fell in love with the Starfish Salt & Pepper Set, Butter Dish and Trivet on display at the store. Below are a few photos of the Starfish pieces arranged in baskets that I prepared and brought with me to the store, to use as props to highlight a few gift basket ideas for last minute Easter shoppers!
If you’re still looking for a special gift basket idea, or special something to add to a loved one’s Easter Basket, or in need of a hostess gift for the chef preparing your Easter feast, stop by and check out the selection of Mariposa gifts available at Harbor Loop Gifts!
Mariposa will make a great addition to any Easter basket!
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Kids Easter Bunny Cookie Day at Sista Felicia’s Kitchen!
Before noon yesterday, I had received numerous requests and inquire to purchase an “Easter Bunny Cookie.” Unfortunately because of the exorbitant costs to build and permit a commercial kitchen space I do NOT currently sell Sista Felicia Foods, and simply share my dishes and confections with family and friends. Hopefully in the near future an opportunity to hurtle this giant obstacle presents, enabling my cooked foods to be sold to the general public, but for now I continue to share my passion for food, tradition, and the gathering of family and friends with the public here on GMG. I feel truly blessed to have the opportunity to and share my Step-by-Step recipes and personal experiences celebrating the three “F’s”, Family Friends & Food with the general public though my “Sista Dish” post daily on this website, created by my brother Joey.
I quickly turned yesterday’s frustrating morning of “sorry they are not for sale” into a fantastic afternoon, the moment I decide to whip up another massive batch of cookie dough,( my Italian Cookie Dough recipe is included below) and extended an open invitation “treating” the children of my family and friends with an opportunity come to my kitchen and bake a Bunny Cookie with me! Within hours an impromptu afternoon of baking Eater Bunny Cookies with all kids in and around my life was well underway! The afternoon couldn’t have been more perfect! As the word got out, three waves of kids between 3 and 6pm found their way over to my kitchen, to craft Easter Bunny Cookies, followed by daughter Amanda, Columbia tennis exchange student Laura, and mother Pat,who latter in the evening after tennis academy training and work made the 4th and final wave of bunny cookie makers ending yesterday’s baking extravaganza!
Sisters Lexi & Lola Carollo
GMG Contributor Nichole Schraft’s son Finn intently frosting his bunny!
The smiles on the kids’ faces were priceless!
Several Easter Bunny Cookies left the kitchen with missing ears and feet…Maybe GMG Contributor Alicia Cox DeWolfe’s son, Tyler DeWolfe can explain?
Thank you all for joining me last minute yesterday afternoon!
XO Sista
See video below for my Step-by-Step Italian Easter Egg Bunny Cookie Tutorial!
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The Winning # Is……
Sunday Night Sista Felicia’s Facbook followers and friends were invited to enter a chance to win an adult Easter Bunny Cookie. Below is the invite posted on FB!
“Take a guess … How many lbs. of cookie dough? Closest guess without going over shall receive a Special Bunny Cookie made by my mother Pat & Joanne Frontiero Did you know that They specialize in adult Bunny Cookies!”
Last night the winning guess was announced with the help of Gloucester’s “Crazy Carl!”
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Congratulations to Sean Nickerson for being the first to guess
90lbs.!
A big thank you to all who participated in the guessing game! Until next time…
XO Sista
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Live From Caffe Sicilia
Beautiful handcrafted Easter Sheep Mazapan a perfect addition to any Easter Basket!
Small Single Sheep $15, Large in Basket $18
Enter Raffle To Win Giant Uova di Pasqua!
Tickets on sale now for a chance to win the “Uova di Pasqua” Giant Chocolate Easter Egg! A Traditional Italian Chocolate Egg Suprise, enjoyed by all ages during the Easter Holiday!
Caffe Sicilia has an assortment of Uova di Pasqua Eggs available for sale while supplies last! Shop Caffe Sicilia soon for best selection of color, sizes and price ranges!
Don’t forget to place your holiday pastry order for next weekend!
Don’t forget to tell them Sista Felicia Sent you in!
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Filling Easter Baskets Locally at Virgilio’s Bakery
Thursday I was inspire to create nontraditional Easter Basket for a dear friend, after spotting a mini can of my favorite Partanna Olive Oil, on sale at Virgilo’s Bakery. Creative thoughts immediately began running through my head the moment I laid eyes on the adorable, tomato red, petite sized can of Partanna Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Partanna Oil has been a staple ingredient in my pantry for many years. It’s used for sautéing, cooking, dressings, Pannini and everything in between on a daily basis in my kitchen by me and my twins! “Pani Cunsatu,” Hot Seasoned Italian Bread made with Partanna Oil is son BJ’s favorite after school snack. The fragrant Sicilian Olive Oil enhances the flavors of all ingredients it’s paired with.
If you’re looking to create a nontraditional Easter Basket for a special someone who has a passion for cooking or are planning to prepare an Easter Feast, or have been assigned to fix a salad to share you must include and use this oil.
Step away from the traditional Easter Basket this year and shop Virgilio’s Bakery for their classic assortment of dried pasta, and Italian specialty items. Many of the specialty ingredients used in the recipe collection included in my cookbook “Gifts of Gold In A Sicilian Kitchen With Sista Felicia;Harvest,” can be purchased locally at Virgilio’s bakery.”
Pick up the key ingredients for your special someone’s favorite Italian dish and creatively weave them into a beautiful Easter basket this year. Spring is around the corner, love is in the air, and Italians know the fastest way to someone heart is through their stomach with flavorful foods.
Embellish a gift basket with decorative bow and get shopping for ingredients to fill personalized Italian Theme Easter Baskets at Virgilio’s this week! Endless ideas will come to those who think out of the basket…
Look for the story and recipe in “Gifts Of Gold” surrounding my childhood memory my grandfather’s Italian Variety store “Pat’s Center Grocery,” with aunt Gina using Italian Tuna!
The basket shown above was created with an assortment of Italian specialty ingredients needed to create Pasta with Sardines, “Pasta‘a Milanisa” is an authentic Sicilian recipe highlighted on page #160 in my cookbook “Gifts Of Gold.” This recipe is real old school cooking. Sardines are known to have a very distinct strong flavor but that’s simply not the case in this dish! You won’t know what you’re missing until you give this recipe a try! Pasta with Sardines it’s heavenly!
Note~above basket is not included in the Virgilio’s Italian Dinner Easter Basket Raffle
For my Hot Seasoned Italian Bread, “Pani Cunsatu” recipe see “Gifts of Gold In A Sicilian Kitchen With Sista Felicia; Harvest” page #182
A friendly reminder to pick up a few containers of “Ceci” roasted chic pea, and “Simenzi” salted pumpkin seeds” for the car ride home and late night holiday card game with the family!
Enter to win the Italian Dinner Easter Basket
shown below
at Virgilio’s This week!
Be sure to Enter you name in the drawing to win this Italian Dinner Basket at Virgilio’s Bakery…applicable to all who make a purchase and fill out a red ticket located on display in the store. Basket includes, 1 Dried Pasta, 1 Virgilio’s Bread Dipping Oil, 1 Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce and 1 Italian bread.
***While shopping don’t forget to place an order for Virgilio’s famous breads and Dinner Rolls for your Easter celebration!****
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Good Morning Gloucester 