Rebecca meets Giada

Photo courtesy stew Leonard's

I feel badly that I haven't posted anything here in a while. Truth of the matter is that I haven't made anything new, that hasn't already been on the blog, or my husband has been out and the kids and I have had simple dinners of soup or sandwiches. (Have to confess that I love dinners like that!)

How Can I have a food blog when I can't seem to put anything on it?! Terrible! I should be ashamed! I've been busy. I head into surgery in a week to repair my damaged shoulder. It's my left shoulder. I am, of course, left handed! This should prove to be interesting! Three weeks in a sling, three weeks where I won't be allowed to drive or use my hand... or type! How will I survive? Really!!! And the cooking, for some time coming, will have to be handled by others. My children are always wanting to prove themselves in the kitchen. Well, now they will get their chance!

The Food Network is on almost 24/7 in this house. If I am not watching, it is often on as background "music." My older two are familiar with all the celebrities and their shows. They are happy to sit and watch with me. Sometimes they will watch it on their own. Often they will watch and ask if we can make the recipe that is being showcased at that time. So when I had heard that Giada de Laurentis was coming to a town nearby, I thought it would be fun to bring Rebecca. (Christopher would have enjoyed it as well, but some mother-daughter time was over-due!)

Rebecca and I stood on line on Wednesday to meet the lovely and beautiful Giada de Lauentis who was signing her latest book at Stew Leonard's in Norwalk, Connecticut.

We waited on a very long line. Rebecca described it perfectly. ""It's like waiting on line for Splash Mountain on a really hot day without a Speedpass!" And just like the actual Splash Mountain ride, this line, in the end was totally worth it! Rebecca and I talked to all the other people waiting on line. We were easily amused and entertained and it really didn't seem as though we had been standing for two hours!

Finally it was our turn. I pushed Rebecca in front of my so that she would have the chance to speak with Giada!

We purchased 4 books. Two for a friend, one for Rebecca and Christopher and one we had signed that will be auctioned off in conjunction with something else at the school auction, which I happen to co-chair. When she got to Rebecca's book Giada asked if she was Rebecca. She asked how old Rebecca was and what sorts of things Rebecca liked to cook. It was a short but sweet conversation between the two. When she looked up from signing Giada shone her trademark smile. I swear her pearly whites sparkled like they do in those cartoons! She has a large head of hair and she is petite, petite, petite! She personality truly resonates. She is captivating!

Rebecca was thrilled to have had the opportunity to meet Giada. And I am thrilled she did too, because Rebecca, and Christopher, will now have the opportunity to make some of the wonderful dishes in her latest book, while I am off and recovering!

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