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Recipe of the Week: Ricotta Gnocchi Cacio e Pepe

This unusually light gnocchi is very popular in Tuscany. “Gnocchi nudi” translates into “naked gnocchi.” It is so named because of the small amount of flour used in the recipe. It is the perfect choice for a luncheon. Serves eight. FOR GNOCCHI: 1 pound fresh ricotta cheese, drained ...

Poetic License: ‘Golf Course Alligator’

“Alligators are present — Enjoy them from a distance” — Sign on Dunes Golf Course I've watched him often from my caged poolside, Navigating noiselessly on the gray Waste water, and with stealthy slide, Submerge softly into the slime of hazard, Eyes like periscopes of peril, ...

Make ‘kitten season’ a thing of the past

Recently, we got a release that members of our newsroom — pet owners, all — have come to loathe: Kitten season is still in full swing. Here in Southwest Florida, kitten season is perpetually, it seems, in “full swing” with spring being particularly bad for “outdoor cats,” strays, ...

In the Garden: Southern showstopper

Confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is an intoxicatingly fragrant vine that causes me to take deep breaths to draw in the scent I associate with the heat of summer and lazy days on the porch. It is a quintessentially southern vine that grows rampant across any structure or ...

Faces on Faith: We must regain our spiritual balance

Well before having any thoughts of coming to Soutwest Florida to serve and live, my wife and I were on vacation down here in June of 2016 — here when the news broke of the mass murder which took place at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, a popular place for the LGBTQ+ community. It was a horrific ...