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Run Ride Eat and Sweet Salty Peanut Butter Cookies

The first year I ran a marathon, I couldn’t wait to take time off from running. After just completing my 7th marathon, I can’t seem to stop running. It has taken hold of me. I wish I could say I had this passion for running that surpassed all else. I don’t. My relationship with running is pure fitness motivated with obsession sprinkled in. It’s love-hate. I absolutely love how I feel after completing a long run. I absolutely hate how I feel when I get out of bed and have to motivate myself to lace up. But I do it [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-21T14:51:26-04:00April 21, 2013|cookies|3 Comments

Have to Try and Banana Flats

From a Newswire interview with Kara Goucher I think back to the two Boston Marathons I’ve run, I feel like I’ve learned a lot from that course. I don’t fear failing at Boston, but I do fear regretting not trying. There are so many things I want to remember when I’m running from Hopkinton to Boston on Monday, April 15th. All the positive affirmations that keep the feet moving forward when everything else is wanting to stop. I’m pretty good at staying focused since my running partner is a dog and he doesn’t say much and most of the time [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-12T16:24:59-04:00April 12, 2013|cookies|2 Comments

Dew Clipping and Praline Pecan Candy Bars

The one benefit we all get (all meaning the dogs and I) from running on the road is nail maintenance. The dogs nails stay filed down and I don’t have to suffer bruises and scratches when trying to clip them. Every once in a while, that dew claw gets a bit out of hand though, since it doesn’t hit the pavement. This is how we take care of it. 1. Shane: He LOVES to get into the shower. When Shane is in the shower, he becomes a mush dog so I can do all the nail trimming I want. 2. [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-03T12:18:06-04:00April 3, 2013|Baking|2 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Hj’s Chocolate Chip Family Recipe

It was going to be a beautiful day for a run as long as you could wait until after about 10 am. I’m impatient and want to get my workout over in the early AM so I couldn’t wait. It was too cold to do my long run outside at 6 am with temperatures at 2 degrees. I grabbed water, a couple of gels, put the fan on, turn the T.V. to Law & Order and ran for 14 1/4 miles on the treadmill. Finished outside for 4 miles with Shane and Zoey then made good use of the snow [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-10T10:28:54-05:00February 10, 2013|Taste of Utica|1 Comment

15K Stockade-Athon Road Race and CNYEats A Taste of Utica Butter Balls

No sleeping in this Sunday morning. We were up and running…well, I was since the dogs had to go out. Zoey and Shane went a couple of miles before Ted and I hit the road at 6:30 am to get to Schenectady for the Stockade-Athon, a 15K road race. It was raining and it wasn’t SUPPOSE TO BE RAINING! We kept checking the weather in hopes that 50 degrees with clear skies would set in by 9 am. It was an important race since it would give us an idea of where Ted was in his training for the Disney [...]

By Joanne|2012-11-11T16:13:52-05:00November 11, 2012|Taste of Utica|6 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Pizzelle

In our book A Taste of Utica, there are many recipes for this wafer treat, originally prepared using a cast iron mold heated on a gas stove then to an electric iron. Nowadays, you can make pizzelle with a "George Forman" type countertop grill. I used a “Big Boss Grill”. Hence...apple crumbles method: *Followed Dolores Cecere Piccione’s basic recipe. 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 1/2 cups flour 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 TBS white vinegar 2 TBS cold water *I ended up using more to try to get a flatter pizzelle. [...]

By Joanne|2012-10-13T19:03:51-04:00October 13, 2012|Taste of Utica|1 Comment