About Me

  • About Me: I am The Recipe Bandit! My accomplice in the culinary crime of recipe chasing and collecting is Xanga Land's own EliRiello. For the record, my "real" Xanga handle is LifeIsAPolka. I also go by PrayersOfTheSaints.

More About Me

  • Nicknames: The Recipe Bandit, Miss Chris, The Birthday Bandit
  • Nationality: German/Italian/French/English/Irish
  • Religion: Roman Catholic
  • Heroes: B16, JPII, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, St. Therese of Lisieux, Rich Mullins
  • Interests: Cooking/Baking/Cats/Knitting/Crocheting/Writing/Reading/Music/Snow-related activities
  • Expertise: Collecting recipes
  • Occupation: Domestic Diva
  • Industry: Human Relations & Communications
  • Website: http://www.xanga.com/LifeIsAPolka

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian!
  • Favorite Dishes: Just about anything pasta...
  • Favorite Desserts: Anything containing chocolate and or coffee.
  • Favorite Drinks: Coffee!
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips, Salsa Verde Doritos, Butterfinger candy bars
  • Best meal ever: Pasta Alla Phil at the 14th Street Restaurant, Marshfield, Wisconsin.
  • My Original Recipes: Too many to mention here! The latest, however, is Chocolate Mint Spritz Cookies...
  • Favorite Restaurants: Pagliacci Taverna (Stevens Point), Cafe Mulino (Wisconsin Rapids), 14th Street Restaurant (Marshfield)
  • Foods I hate: Tofu, etc.