My new love is making soups and stews in a crockpot. Carlo absolutely loves soup and can eat it all year. However, for me, soup is for fall and winter, and the creamier the better. Since I’ve just started to make my own soup recipe, I was anxious to try one using broccoli that CarloRead more

A few weeks ago, Carlo and I went apple and pumpkin picking up at Applewood Orchards in Warwick, NY. We came home with a big bag full of apples and three good-sized pumpkins. Using one of those pumpkins, I made pumpkin soup for the very first time. My idea for pumpkin soup was to makeRead more

This post is coming to you from DJ Socks La Rock! Read the post first. Then look at the photos! As you have may have read before, C & C Cooking Factory celebrated their first wedding anniversary in the Great White North, specifically Niagara Falls, Ontario. After a flight into Buffalo, NY and drive overRead more

Carlo and I never ate apple butter before. Since we went apple picking, we decided to give it a shot. We also decided to try our hand at canning for the first time. To make the apple butter, we found a recipe on Allrecipes.com that worked well for slow cooking. In fact, the cooking timeRead more

I made apple sauce, and couldn’t believe how easy it was to do! Using Rome Beauty apples that we pick during our trip to Applewood Orchards, I followed a recipe called “Sarah’s Applesauce” that I found at Allrecipes.com. The only downside is that the recipe doesn’t tell you the size of the apples that youRead more