Francesca Mulone Associate Broker at Coldwell Banker/Bedford Katonah Office

06/23/2025

11/16/2023

Perfect and best time for this recipe!!

Cream Cheese Chicken Soup cooks in one pot on the stove. Cream cheese, chicken, carrots, and potatoes simmer in a seasoned chicken broth base.

03/29/2023

12/18/2020

My Butterfly Garden!! 🥰

11/23/2020

Perfect day to make Italian Rainbow cookies!!

Ingredients:

7-8 ounces almond paste
1 cup unsalted butter (Room Temperature)
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
15- 20 drops red food coloring
15-20 drops green food coloring
1/2 cup raspberry preserves
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
non-stick butter spray

Instructions:

In a stand mixer using the paddle (or a large bowl using a hand-held mixer) add in the almond paste and break apart into pieces. Add in the butter and sugar to cream ingredients together, About 4-5 minutes. Add in the eggs one at a time. Mix briefly after adding each egg. Add in the almond extract and salt. Mix another 30 seconds. Add in the flour and use a wooden spoon to combine flour into the batter.
Split the dough into 3 equal parts. Add red food coloring to the first bowl of batter and stir combine well. Add the green to the second bowl, stir well. Leave the third bowl as is!
Spread each portion into the prepared baking pans. Bake about 10-12 minutes. The sides will be slightly brown and a toothpick should be inserted into the cookie to see if it come out clean.
Remove from oven, place on cooling rack for about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place the cakes on the rack to cool completely.

Assemble the cookies:
On a large sheet pan, place a large piece of plastic wrap (large enough to cover all three layers of cake. On top of that place a slice of wax paper to place the large cookie on so they do not stick to plastic wrap.
Invert green layer cookie onto the wax paper and cover with raspberry. Top with the plain cookie. Cover plain cookie with raspberry jelly. Invert and top with the red cookie layer.
Wrap the large cookie with the plastic wrap and place a cutting board on top of the huge cookie. Refrigerate from 4-8 hours or overnight. Remove from fridge, remove the cutting board, plastic wrap and wax paper. Trim all the sides to make straight edges. Set cookie aside.
Make the glaze:
Use a double boiler. Fill bottom pan three fourths full of water and place chocolate pieces in the double boiler. Heat over medium heat, stirring often.
Once the chocolate is melted, use a knife to spread half the chocolate on top of the cake. (You can use a fork to make swirls in the chocolate). Place cake back in the fridge for about 30 minutes to harden chocolate. Remove from fridge and carefully turn cake over. Top with remaining chocolate and if wish, make the swirls with a fork or leave solid chocolate. Place back in the fridge for about 30 minutes to harden chocolate.
To slice the Rainbow Cookies, use a serrated knife to cut the cake. Have warm water in a large cup ready to dip knife in for easy slicing. I prefer 1-inch slices.
Notes:
The almond paste, Odense comes in 8-ounce paste and others brands are in 7-ounce packaging. I have used both. If using 7 ounces. feel free to up the almond extract to 2 teaspoons.
The cookie layers can be frozen after step 3 to Assemble the Cookie.
When ready to eat, place frozen cookie layers the in fridge to defrost. Usually takes a few hours. continue with chocolate glaze step. ENJOY!!

09/17/2020

Please just take politics out of it and read this with an open mind using common sense.
Anyone out there who can tell me what our end game is with the covid 19?
What is the magic formula that is going to allow us to sound the all clear?
Is it zero cases?
The only way that will happen is if we just stop testing and stop reporting.
Is it a vaccine?
It took 25 years for a chicken pox vaccine to be developed.
The smallpox inoculation was discovered in 1796 the last known natural case was in 1977.
We have a flu vaccine that is only 40 to 60% effective and less than half of the US population choose to get one, and roughly 20,000 Americans will die of the flu or flu complications.
Oh, you'll mandate it, like other vaccines are mandated in order to attend school, travel to some foreign countries, etc.
We already have a growing number of anti vaxxers refusing proven, tested, well known vaccines that have been administered for decades but aren’t necessarily safe!
Do you really think people will flock to get a fast tracked, quickly tested vaccine, whose long term side effects and overall efficacy are anyone's best guess?
How long are we going to cancel and postpone and reconsider?
You aren't doing in person school until second quarter?
What if October's numbers are the same as August's?
You moved football to spring?
What if next March is worse than this one was?
When do we decide quality of life outweighs the risks?
I understand Covid can be deadly or very dangerous for SOME people, but so are strawberries and so is shellfish.
We take risks multiple times a day without a second thought.
We know driving a car can be dangerous, we don't leave it in the garage.
We know the dangers of smoking, drinking and eating fried foods, we do it anyway.
We speed, we don't buckle our seatbelts, we take more than directed.
Is hugging Grandma really more dangerous than rush hour on the freeway?
Is going out with friends after work more risky than 4 day old gas station sushi?
Or operating a chainsaw?
When and how did we so quickly lose our free will?
Is there a waiver somewhere I can sign that says, "I understand the risks, but I choose a life with Hugs and Smiles, and the State Fair and go to Church and go hug my Mom in her retirement home.
I understand that there is a minuscule possibility I could die, but I will most likely end up feeling like crap for a few days.
I understand I could possibly pass it to someone else, if I'm not careful, but I can pass any virus onto someone else.
I'm struggling to see where or how this ends.
We either get busy living or we get busy dying.
When God decides it's your time, you don't get any mulligans, so I guess I would rather spend my time enjoying it and living in the moment and not worrying about what ifs and maybes, and I bet I'm not the only one. I’ll sign that waiver!!!
I copied from a friend, please feel free to do the same ..

03/10/2020

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02/27/2020

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