April showers bring May flowers, or so the saying goes. Not only do the showers bring the flowers, but sometimes they create a beautiful rainbow. Do we all remember Roy G. Biv? That is how I was ...

I hadn't intended to make the tricolore, but since the Italians gave us pasta as we know it today, viva l'Italia. I'm not new to fresh pasta; my mom makes it, several Italian friends make it, and we ...