Mary Fioratti

When I was a kid, a new candy was introduced to the word. They called them Gummy Bears. It wasn’t long before this candy was a big hit and there was a surge of new competition. There were gummy coke bottles, gummy worms, and eventually they decided to make gummy vitamins to help convince the [...]

Its never too early to start thinking about beach wear and getting my body ready for a new bikini this summer. I have started my new diet so I can lose these extra Winter pounds that crept up on me. You don’t think that a big mug of hot chocolate with melting marshmallows every night [...]

Who decided that hamburgers should be served with french fires? Why did french fries become the standard side? Why not potato salad? Or potato chips? Or a piece of fruit? I have to stop eating french fries because they are fattening and have a lot of cholesterol. Do you have any idea how hard it [...]

There are so many delicious summer salads that make an excellent side dish – especially if you are grilling out. There is nothing like a big bowl of potato salad to go along with a fresh grilled hamburger. Or a wonderful pasta salad to go along with grilled salmon. Or how about a nice macaroni [...]

This year I want to try more seafood. I just realized that I have not had much of any seafood for a long time. I used to love to eat blue crab and oysters. Lobsters were for special occasions. And shrimp was something you could splurge on once a month or so. But it makes [...]