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Living la vida pizza
I had to take a week off from writing here in order to focus on resting; I’ve been on the verge of getting sick, and I still am sick. I haven’t had the energy to keep up with everything that I wanted...
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Rainbow Chard and Smoked Provolone Bread Roll
A co-worker who subscribed to a weekly CSA was looking for a home for some rainbow chard she wasn’t going to use. I enthusiastically requested it, because my wheels were spinning in full force once I...
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My Family’s Deli in Orange Magazine
I talk a lot about my background working in my family’s Italian imports store in Middletown, NY (Orange County). My uncle, Giovanni, and my father, Domenick, brought the Bensonhurst-style Italian Pork...
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6 months of DDP Yoga
Image source = http://www.ddpyoga.com/site/index.php/en/press-kit/media-kit In the past several weeks, I’ve really been hard at work. My whole approach toward fitness is evolving, and I am very close...
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“You’re not in upstate NY any more…”
Last night, I watched a show I normally don’t like or watch on the Food Network. I watch a lot of the stuff on Food Network and Cooking Channel, but “Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell” hasn’t been...
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A very special derryX Dines: Butter Restaurant – New York, NY
For my birthday, I got to live out one of my dreams. Well two. One was having a meal at Butter Restaurant in NYC. The other, well, I never thought would ever happen, but did in the middle of my meal at...
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I’m featured on Happy Chef Uniforms
Back when I taught my Italian Comfort Foods class at The Cooks’ Resource in August, I got lucky and wound up being in a couple of pretty cool pictures that the staff there took of me in action. One...
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derryX Wedding: Mens’ Formalwear – Tuxego
This series of posts showcases the lovely images of our wedding as captured by Andy Kainz Photography (with the help of Marcie Pry) along with some stories from the big day. —————– If I may say so, I...
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125 pounds: GONE!!!
I’ve showed this picture before. That’s me back in 2006. I was 162.5 pounds. What if I told you that between that time and the end of 2010, I managed to let my weight increase by over double? When I...
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Goodbye Best Show on WFMU
Back in 2007, my life was going through a pretty awkward transition. Just when I was getting in the groove of being out of graduate school and beginning my career, the company I had worked for...
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derryXmas 2013
I have a bit of time off from work for the next week, so that gives me a little time to catch up on lots of things like the blog, cooking class recipes, and dining (specifically pizza). More...
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Christmas 2013 is a wrap!
Now that Christmas is all said and done, I can say it was a wonderful holiday. The party kicked off on Christmas Eve at my parents’ house and carried into Christmas Day at Cassie’s parents’ house. Our...
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Living in 2013
2013 turned out to be a very good year for me personally. The big event was our wedding back in April. But there were a few other events and things that happened that stand out as major highlights in...
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Starting 2014 with derryX
When we decided to have both New Years Eve and Day in our apartment, we intended for it to be completely uneventful and relaxing. I spent most of the day cuddling with our dogs and playing The Legend...
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2014 Initiatives
Looking back at 2013, it seems that I didn’t lay out any initiatives for the year. That’s a little surprising, since it always helps me to write down a few things that I want the next year to bring me....
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Pizza Cousins at Different Drummers Kitchen
This past Saturday night, my cousin, Bobby, and I taught an epic pizza experience at Different Drummers Kitchen in Albany. We’ve had the ball in motion planning it since the summer, but it was...
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Spring Break!
Alien says, “Take a break, a sprang break” Hiatuses on the blog are becoming more and more common for me since big things keep popping up in life for my family. Right now, we’re moving into a new...
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Celebrating 1 Year of Marriage
Being that we moved into a house just one week before our first wedding anniversary, as much as I love dining out, I felt like it would be a great housewarming experience to celebrate with dinner...
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Off track…
There’s a screen door in my house that is really annoying. When we moved in, it was on the track and was sliding back and forth with little resistance. Now, it’s barely on the track and really doesn’t...
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Defeating myself
About two weeks ago, I completely lost my motivation to be healthy. It was a downward spiral that led to a low point and then to me picking up the pieces and owning it again. One thing that my buddy,...
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